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INSIDE THIS WEEK APRIL 03, 2011

INTERVIEW

of pop Ali Zafar talks about what makes his 06 Prince new album different from his earlier albums

FASHION WEEK SPECIAL

Sunsilk Luxury/Pret-o-porter fashion week 08 PFDC report. It was shift from couture to prêt

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HERITAGE

Naunihal Singh’s haveli inside Mori Gate has majestic architecture

MUSIC

Preview of the upcoming albums this spring

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INTERVIEW

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EDITOR’S NOTE

ART

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masterpieces by artist Matloob Baig Ramzan talks about the success 52 See 32 Sheraz in his latest show ‘Changing seasons’ story of the international brand Quiz

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Lala lawn’s spring inspiration comes from the cradle of civilization, Egypt

SOCIETY

on the happenings and events in 42 Report your metropolis

HOROSCOPE

60 Astrological forecast for the week PICKS OF THE WEEK

64 Gobuysthrough the smart wish-list for best

Dear readers we are back with another scintillating issue of Sunday Plus. There is no let up in exclusive interviews and stories for you. Join us for the grand Fashion Week in Lahore as shift over from exclusive couture industry to prêto-porter begins. See the best prêt collection that Pakistani designers have to offer this spring. Meet the prince of pop music Ali Zafar who explains why his new album is completely different from earlier ones.

In our heritage section take a journey with Dr Shaukat Mahmood to the majestic haveli of the Sikh era. This week we bring the music preview of all the albums expected this spring and early summer. On our style pages we will take you to the cradle of human civilization, Egypt, to get spring inspiration for the lawn designs. And don’t forget to see our section ‘Picks of the week’ for best buys.

Send us your comments and feedback at splus@ nation.com.pk

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INTERVIEW

Q&A

Ali Zafar’s diverse persona has always captivated his ever increasing fan flowing.

But a true star is only then acknowledged when he comes back with a big bang. Ali Zafar with his soulful voice and his music being mastered at the world famous Abbey Studio’s has again hit the jackpot. The album was launched under Ali Zafar’s own Alif Studios while the world wide release would be handled by the Yash Raj banner. With his debutant movie ‘Tere Bin Laden’ (2010) music buff let alone music biggies were certain that making an album would be his last priority. But an inquisitive personality like Ali Zafar can never be tamed, with his next big bollywood project ‘Mere Brother ki Dulhan’ in line, Jhoom (2011) has finally landed. Ali Zafar talks to Sunday Plus about his experience with his new album.

What makes this album different from your others?

Ali Zafar: This album is different from other albums of mine, because I think it is very important for an artist to progress in his work and as an individual. And when one experiences something new and different it shows in your work. This album showcases what I feel and what I believe right now, and that obviously is different from the emotions I felt back then.

How do you think your fans will react to this album?

Ali Zafar: I feel that sometimes, artists, “stars” as you call them, are often stuck in their own aura. They aren’t able to get out of that persona that they have established and one that people associate them with. They think that nothing else will be accepted and that the public will not fancy other things. I do not think like that, I feel that when one’s work is sincere and good, whatever it is, it will be accepted and people will appreciate it and love you for it.

What is the message that you’re trying to give through this album?

Ali Zafar: I don’t feel that there is an inherent need to give a certain message in your work, be it acting, music or any other art-related field. People who have the ability and will to search for messages find them even in the ordinary things in life. So there is no literal message as such in this album. I have talked about the things I have experienced in life and if someone wants to derive something from it on their own basis, they can.

What inspired you to do this album?

Ali Zafar: I think life is the biggest inspiration in itself. Just the fact that you are born and have been given this life and have been given the opportunity to experience everything that life bestows upon you.

Parents, playing sports, weather, sea, mountains, people, love, even a cup of tea: all these things are so inspiring; every moment is filled with inspiration. What is required are the eyes of the viewers, ears of the listeners, minds of the thinkers. If one starts, even for a short time, to think, see and hear with an open and clear mind, then one will realize inspiration is all around us. So all in all my life inspired me to do this album.

Why is inspiration so important?

Ali Zafar: Inspiration is the key to success. Inspired people can do the impossible as they have ideas and thoughts which are important for success.

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FASHION

By Bishakha Kunwar

PRÊT SET GO! Couture has been typically in the agenda for most in the Pakistani fashion industry.

Designer wear has continued to be extravagance, and with this became the basic premise of inaccessibility. So when Pakistan Fashion Design Council decided to present PFDC Sunsilk Luxury/Pret-o-porter fashion week, skepticism came by the buckets.

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f course, shifting from being an exclusive couture industry isn’t an easy task. Especially in Pakistan, the industry is still at the nascent stage. Till now the fashion scene is mostly reigned by the larger-than-life clothes that came from the stables of the likes of Kings of the industry. Until a decade back, the designers were limited to miniscule revenues through extremely high priced couture and diffusion line garments sold in limited quantities. Changing this is easier said than done, because the shift from couture to prêt demands certain fundamental changes.

PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week in its second year seems to have found exactly the way to do so. We thought there was a lack of prêt wear in Pakistan. A non-starter some years back for lack of awareness, prêt is now top on the agenda of everyone including that of the PFDC whose single point agenda this year has been to promote local prêt collection. It takes an establishment of confidence to move up to your comfort zone and PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week this year has moved a step up by showcasing what prêt has to offer in Pakistan. Considering how the business of prêt has become the buzzword in the country Sehyr Saigol of Chairperson of the Executive Committee of PFDC said, “This is the perfect time to start to formalize the business of fashion industry and incul-

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cate that in our designers.”

At the PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week, there was a buzz of novelty. A new, better venue, improved facilities and a surge of exciting events.

Day 1 of the PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week was off to an epic and hectic start. Pakistani couture designers courted prêt, finally accepting that was where the moolah and market was.

It appeared as if anybody who was anybody in the fashion world was in attendance. Big names especially from intentional fashion circuit were also present on the front rows.

Among others Hillary Alexander, acclaimed British Fashion critic and Fashion Director at the Daily Telegraph, was a major highlight on the front row. I totally swooned when I saw Hillary with her famous glasses dissecting the show. She was supposed to come here way back in 2007 for the original Pakistan Fashion Week. She finally made her presence felt this year. Isabelle Ballu, a noted French designer from Paris, was also among the audience along with an array of journalists from around the world among other local journalists and scores of socialites. Isabelle Ballu talking to the Sunday Plus said that she was here only as a critic and as a designer and hoped that our

designers would take her criticisms positively.

She fashionably said, “It’s a nice opportunity of exchange. With every designer I aim to see if they are courageous and think out of the box.

I want to see if they identify with their collections or not.”

Apart from the glitz and glamour, an exhibit area was also set up for all the designers at the venue itself to showcase their collections allowing buyers, media and consumers to view the clothes off the ramp. Day 1 at the PFDC Sunsilk fashion Week came as a whiff of fresh air as the clothes were light and breezy. The focus, delightfully, is back on prêt fashion. It kept alive the spirit of Spring-Summer with vibrant hues, easy fabrics and bold styles.

In designs it was mostly tribute to Pakistani rich cultural heritage with power colours like red, yellow and black being big with most designers. Sheer was another top trend. Skirts, too, were seen aplenty- their lengths took the longer route, going well below the knees or high above the knees. Following were the designers who showcased their collection on DAY 1.

Sunday Plus provides an in-depth review of the designers who showed their capabilities in galore on Day 1.

NICKIE & NINA The show began to a dark audience with Nickie & Nina as a Mehreen opened the show in a fabulous emerald green long lehenga with short black embroidered blouse. It was indeed a celebration of feminine strength through their designs. This collection drew inspiration from the resilient women of Sindh, their rich culture and colourful dupattas. Myriad of hand block prints on silk and chiffon with traditional tilla work, thread embroidery with hand embellishment were the mainstay on long skirts, flared pants and dupattas.

The colours were mostly black with a combination of emerald green, pinks, bit of purple.

Though some of the pieces, prints and embroideries were heavily reminiscent of their last collection, some of those pieces were beautiful.

WOW POINT: Hand Block prints chunri printed slawars, feet kadas, and deep plunged backs.

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FASHION

YASHIR WAHEED

MOHSIN ALI

His collection titled “Hamarah Gandhara” was inspired by the Gandhara civilization in Pakistan and Eastern Afghanistan. The print based capsule inspired from the sculptures of Buddha and symbols used in Buddha’s teaching such as the Lotus and Bodhi tree finely blended into digital art. He aimed to spread the message of peace and harmony.

But the usage of fabrics such as knitwear, velvets and silk satins were huge disappointment along with knitted ponchos and capes in this springy season. We agree that the poncho is a reminder of Buddha as a hermit. The digital printed sculpture of Buddha and his feet didn’t do much for me.

WOW POINT: Loved the prints of lotus especially the sari with digitally printed Lotus borders. Must have!

His collection entitled “Fables and Dreams” was inspired by the designers’ beliefs in Pakistan’s rich historic and urban culture with assymetrical hemlines.

Mohsin primarily used colour blocking with hues like lemon tart yellow, blacks, pinks, mustards, coral, reds, emerald greens, crayon blue popping out. He used structured modern outerwear cuts with inner draperies which created a feeling of androgyny but with right balance. He mainly focused on fabrics like woolen, cotton, linen, jersey with cotton, embellished with woolen threads and locally hand embroidered work. His use of headgears like charpoy beds, footballs, half woven basket on top of hairbands was truly ingenious. Romantic, yet dangerously passionate and real, it was fascinating that Mohsin’s collection truly captured and represented that fables and dreams of Pakistan perfectly.

The showstopper Rizwanullah wearing a black sequined robe with an elaborate headgear of golden trees branches with ribbons of various fabrics hanging from it was truly an icing to the show. In the end the crowded space roared for Mohsin. After his collection ended designers and people critics were heard saying “Isn’t this kid talented or what?”

WOW POINT: His usage of Pakistani inspired headgears is commendable and love the colour burst.

SAHAR ATIF Arieb Azhar ‘s soulful voice and raw sound was in harmony to Sahar’s collection entitled “Do Mail”- a point where River Neelum merges inot Jhelum in Azad Kashmir. His lyrics “Mere des me hen imkaan bohot, aas umeed armaan bohot” perfectly complemented Sahar’s theme.

Her collection brings Aik Hunar Aik Nagar (AHAN) under her label Saai. This two capsule collections brought voile as the only material used with monochrome tones of only all blacks and all whites with ethnic Kashmiri embroidery in one segment and traditional Kashmiri shawl motifs incorporated into intricate cutwork in the other. The texture used on the hemlines and sleeves were attained with thick pipings made of foams which added some interesting textures.

Despite the play of shape at the hemlines, the range mostly comprised applications of the same few elements, with not many variations.

WOW POINT: Her support and Recognition to AHAN as a designer and support to women affected by the 2005 earthquake.

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SARA SHAHID Her collection entitled “A Sublime Existence” had a fresh feel to it. Her usage of bright colours depicted the joy that Pakistani women bring to the world. Her hues ranged from tang orange, melon-soothie coral along with the yummiest citrus shades pack in a punch this season. Through this collection she tried to honour the beauty of both veiled and unveiled women and their coexistence through her designs.

Silhouettes rich in elegant capes, flowy summer dresses to of many lengths to traditional colourful veils were showcased. Resort is Sara’s forte and this collection with its multi-colors, easy silhouettes and flow-ey separates showed just that. The designer stuck to her easy-breezy colorful aesthetic which has worked in the past. The collection wasn’t color shy, while crushed cottons, chiffons, mixed silk, nets were fabrics of choice.

WOW POINT: The colours.

The look in white with yellow dyed gown was one of my favorites and the all shades of oranges.

Wish she had played off of that idea more. That dress needs to find its way into our closets!

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ZAHEER ABBAS

MUSE

He showcased the collection entitled “Rise and Fall”. The collection’s inspiration was drawn from a verse of poet Allama Iqbal’s couplet “sitaron say agay jahan aur bhi hain” and thus inclined towards the futuristic expression, carrying modern silhouettes with uplifted pleated shoulders with braided surface treatments. Complex pleating signified the rise and the lengths were rising too high as well with more emphasis on minis and short lengths in the beginning.

Later his classic flowy fabric strutted down that signified the fall in the collection. Zaheer managed to create textures through the fabric. He mostly used chiffon and raw silks in hues like ice blue, grey, navy blue and maroon (burgundy). The main attractions were the pony tailed hair with plain thick silver chokers and thick bracelets that helped create more of a futuristic look.

WOW POINT: It seemed that hard labour has gone into the creation of 3-D textures.

Theirs was one of the more anticipated shows and it didn’t disappoint. Sharply cut clothes, pleated fabrics, female accentuated silhouettes with harem pants and chic separates in mostly electric blue, red, and grey were to drool worthy. This collection was a bit more special as the colors were mixed with gold embroideries that gave a twist to Eastern wear. This collection was based in silks and embellished with paillets, beads, pearls, and laces. Each piece of this collection can be worn as a smart separate. The well-crafted pieces are perfect for the spring season.

WOW POINT: Special pleating and colour blocks in separates especially pleated pants in silk.

FAHAD HUSSAYN The collection entitled “Moura Encantada” was inspired by Portuguese mythological characters the Moura-Moura encantada who are magical ladies who guard the treasures. The colour palette was mostly black combined with nude shades such as beige, nude pink, combined with traditional techniques of silver gota work along with traditional Portuguese patterns through macramé, crochette, weaves, origami and embroideries. He mostly used chiffons, velvets, nets, cotton, linen and silks.

In creating a world of fantasy Fahad seemed to have skipped on paying attention to the clothes.

The collection was a mixed bag of everything all at once from unnecessary headgears to very dramatic voluminous skirts.

Fringed velvets popping from the dresses and minis did not make any sense. His experiment in futuristic yet wearable surfaces did not work at all and was sort of boring.

WOW POINT: Nothing special

BEEKAY PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week debutant, Beekay’s collection entitled “Trees” is the first ever showcasing of this UK based designer. He takes inspiration from natural elements and motifs such as the round and twisted contours of tree trunks and the raw textures of tree leaves. His collection took a fresh approach to dark heavy metal animations with fitted leather jackets mixed with jippers. The collection was centered on wide range of leather, along with lycra, jersey and cotton. He mostly used black with few chocolate browns.

WOW POINT: Loved the Army boots that dominated the show.

The accessory made of nuts was to droll over.

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MOVIE

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THENEW TWILIGHT ISHERE! eople were saying “maybe Hardwicke just made her trailer to look Twilight to attract the same audience, but maybe the film will be different!” Wrong! Red Riding Hood and Twilight go together like “The Colbert Report” and “The Daily Show“. If you like one you’re bound to like the other despite its SLIGHT shift in tone and structure.

THE PLAYERS:

• Movie: The Red Riding Hood • Director: Catherine Hardwicke • Writer: David Johnson • Actors: Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas, Julie Christie • Executive Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Alex Mace • Original Music by: Brian Reitzell • Cinematography by: Mandy Walker

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THE PLOT: The plot takes the original fable of Little Red Riding Hood, who went through the woods to bring food to her sick grandmother. Along the way she meets the big bad wolf who wants to eat her. The wolf hides at the grandmother’s house and pretends to be the grandma, but before the wolf can eat her, a woodsman appears and kills it. Numerous versions of that story exist, but that is the primary storyline.

The movie Red Riding Hood has a grandmother that lives in the woods, a girl that wears a red clock, and a wolf of sorts, but the similarities end there.

In this version, Little Red Riding Hood is a girl named Valerie (Amanda Seyfried), who lives in a small village called Daggerhorn that has been plagued by the curse of a werewolf for years. Valerie is in love with a woodcutter named Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her mother Suzette (Virginia Madsen) wants her to marry a

MOVIE local blacksmith named Henry (Max Irons), because apparently, blacksmiths are way cooler than woodcutters.

Drama in the woods!

THE GOOD:

• The Use of Colour: The use of light and dark with the vibrant red sticking is a strong theme in this film and beautifully done. The colours almost always resonant with the tone of each scene and help draw out more passionate emotions.

• The Cinematography: If Mandy Walker knows one thing, it’s how to make people and things look pretty. Everything from the lighting to the style of the shots were expertly crafted.

• Amanda: Despite the overall acting, Amanda had some great ideas for her character that had she been in a different film might have won her some awards. She’s fascinating to watch and does the best any actress can do with this story. Sadly she’ll only walk away from this with a “MTV AWARD” — that is if Twilight doesn’t get it.

She did manage to score extra points at the press conference for the film by answering the questions wittily.

• Evil/Dark: It was great to see them take a kids tales and try and make it so dark, scary and adult. They went for an overtly dark in tone and attempted to stick with — both with the physical violence taking place and a look into the darkness in mankind.

THE BAD:

• Evil/Dark: Unfortunately the attempt is not fully successful. It’s needlessly gruesome and sadistic in some ways and yet it’s still very PG-13. The darkness didn’t add up to anything meaningful, and though you could rationalize it, it didn’t feel like there was much of a point to it or that it was effective on the audience. If they wanted to really do what they appeared to want to do with this film, it needed to be rated R. • Werewolf: If it’s going to be vicious can it do a little bit more than bat at people and knock them over? If you’re going for dark and evil, now is your chance!

• The Acting: Even normally fantastic actors that normally blow you away just don’t make any sense in this film. It feels like they’re trying to come in and do what the director wants and save the day — but there are no super-heroes in this film.

• The Prettiness: For something so dirty and gritty, the towns people all looked like they walked off of a Diesel photo shoot with perfectly messed up hair, skin that was

so clear it was wax like, and outfits that seemed to repel dirt. Then there are the supporting townsmen and women that could be in the background of a music video. That being said, someone needed to tell the extras what to do, for the most part they were just wiggling things over and over again.

• Order of the Town: Wait, who is exactly upscale here? And why does it look like everyone lives in the same house? If you’re going to play up a love triangle we need to be able to see the difference in the two potential lovers. How exactly can we tell who is the “better” man with more to offer when the only difference between the two is their hair colour and what people seem to be saying about one having more money?

• Worst Parents Ever: “The big bad wolf is out and you think someone is hurt?

OK darling go outside alone and I’ll just keep stirring this porridge.” WHAT??? Who does that? And why does no one care that she’s NEVER inside when she’s supposed to be?

Someone get control of her!

• The Impromptu Dance Scene: WHY? Why have it look so overtly choreographed and forced? Why do the dance? Why is the random girl who before and after this scene a prude so into getting down with Riding Hood for 5 minutes? It. Just. Makes. No Sense!

AT THE PREMIERE...

Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen & Shiloh Fernandez

Amanda Seyfried

Thomas Dekker

Nikki Reed

Amanda Seyfried

OVERALL: As said before, if you’re a Twilight fan, prepare for a new adventure, if you’re not, RUN!!!!!!!

SIMILARITIES TO TWILIGHT:

• Opening Shot: Flying over Pine Trees in the middle of a forest with some “deep” music.

• Three-Way: Another beautiful young lady torn between two wax-like men, one of them deep, pining and of course brunette, and the other sweet, good boy who tells her all the right things.

• A girl with special abilities that can’t make up her mind!

• Over-Dramatic Statements… every time they speak.

• Day/Night Issues for the people — the night is always scary in a Hardwicke film!

• Romantic TV Sitcom Music: Circa “Dawson’s Creek” era.

• Make-up: Heavy and Distracting.

Shiloh Fernandez

Emily Browning

Max Irons

Katerina Graham

Kelly Monaco

Judith Godreche

RATINGS:

• My Rating: 2/10 • Twilight POV Rating: 8/10

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TRAVEL

SRI LANKA: A LAND OF LIMITLESS BEAUTY Sri Lanka is an island with smiling people who are well known for their hospitality.

This beautiful island is indeed a land like no other. It has something to offer everyone.

The highly developed tourism sector presents a wide variety of attractions/choices to the discerning visitor to the country. Legend as well as history record that Sri Lanka has always delighted visitors to its shores. For countless centuries its fragrant spices, priceless gems and pearls, legendary beauty, sublime culture and friendly people captivated princess, poets, traders, empire-builders and admirers.

RELIGIOUS TOURISM AND HERITAGE Sri Lanka has a documented history, spread over 2500 years. Five centuries before Christ, Sri Lanka was a land throbbing with vitality and well-ordered civilization. Anuradhapura, Mihintale, Dambulla, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa, Yapahuwa, and Kandy, are a few of the heritage sites.

Six of Sri Lanka’s historical sites are declared as World heritage sites by the UNESCO In 247 B.C. Buddhism was brought to Sri Lanka by Arahat Mahinda, son of Buddhist Emperor Asoka of India. Sri Lanka, today is 14 SUNDAY PLUS April 03, 2011

enriched with many religious places.

Anuradhapura: is Sri Lanka’s first capital founded during 4th century B.C. Religious places include Ruwanwelisaya, Jetawanaramaya, Abayagiriya, Sculptures - Isurumuniya lovers Sri Maha Bodhiya one of the oldest chronicled trees in the world.

Polonnaruwa: The capital from 11-13 centuries A.D. blends South Indian Hindi culture with Sinhala artistry resembled in rock shrines such as Gal Viharaya, circular ruins such as Vatadage, lakes such as the” Parakkrama Samudraya”, gigantic Buddha statues and granite sculptures.

Sigiriya: a world heritage site at the centre of the cultural triangle is a magnificent fortress, with swimming pools, fabulous landscaping, stunning frescoes and mirror walls, constructed in the 5th century A.D. by King Kashayapa, is considered the eight wonder of the world.

Mihintale: 7 miles east of Anuradhapura, is regarded as the cradle of Buddhism.

Kandy: The last capital of the Sinhala

TRAVEL kings is a living record to a magnificent past.

The main attraction is the Dalada Maligawa, the temple of the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha.

Nature: We offer everything from misty mountains to tropical rainforests to wildlife sanctuaries to lush waterfalls for the nature lovers Rainforest: Sinharaja, Sri Lanka’s last remaining rainforest is as multi layered with vegetation as the Congo or the Amazon.

Mountains: Pidurutalagala, Sri Lanka’s highest mountain of 2524m, Hunasgiriya, Knuckles, Haputale, Namunukula, Madulsima, Rakwana, Kirigalpoththa, Totapolakanda, Adam’s Peak are enticing challenges. The Horton plains plateau, s secluded wilderness sanctuary 2130m high, offers an unforgettable view.

Waterfalls: Diyaluma (170m. - Sri Lanka’s highest perennial waterfall and the world’s 6th highest), Bambarakande (241m) Ramboda, Aberdeen, Devon, St. Clair, Dunhinda, Rawana Ella adds dramatic beauty.

Wildlife sanctuaries: safari parks at Yala, Wiipattu, Wasgamuwa and Udawalwe, Kumana bird sanctuary and turtle hatchery of the west coast are popular tourist attractions.

Horton Plains National Park, Knuckles forest reservation, Hakgala gardens, Tangamalai, Udawattekelle, Kalani Valley forest reserve are rich biodiversity sites with picturesque landscape.

Botanical Gardens: Royal Botanical gardens, Peradeniya, Hakgala Botanical gardens Unspoilt Beaches: Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by 1600 km of beautiful tropical beaches on the southern, western, eastern and northern shores.

Sri Lanka offers a wide choice of outdoor activities such as mountain climbing, biking, trekking/camping, hiking, cycling, cave trek, white water rafting, sailing, skiing, deep sea fishing, canoeing/kayaking, diving, bird watching, wild life viewing (bird, wildflower & botanical treks, butterfly watching) SPORTS TOURISM Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Water Sports, Motor Racing and many more......

Cricket -Sri Lanka has made its mark in the international arena for cricket. Many international tournaments are held in Sri Lanka.Golf- Three fine 18-hole courses are available for visitors. The Royal Colombo one of Asia’s oldest, Nuwara EIiya course at an elevation of 1890m also considered as one of the best in Asia, and the Victoria course near Kandy overlooking the sweeping waters of the Victoria reservoir are well maintained to international standards.Water based sport- wind surfing, water skiing, surfing, sailing, scuba diving, snorkelling, speed - boat, canoeing, water polo, banana boat, jet scooter and fun tube riding.

HEALTH TOURISM Sri Lanka indigenous medicine harbours

secret cures and home remedies for rest and relaxation and better living. Ayurvedha comes from a 3000 year old tradition of health and healing.

Meditation, medicated massage, herbal saunas, lotus spa, steam baths, herbal therapy & diet, are available at Tourist Hotels.

FESTIVALS The festivals of the four main religions are celebrated in Sri Lanka. The Sri Pada pilgrimage, Thai Pongol, Duruthu Perahera (Kelani Raja Maha Vihara perahera), Navam perahera (Gangaramaya temple) Sinhala Tamil New year, Wesak, Poson, Kandy Esala perahera (Asia’s grandest traditional pageant parade for 10 nights to honour the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha), Bellanwila (Bellanwila Rajamaha Vihara), Kataragama Fes-

tival, Vel, Munneswaram Udappuwa and Nallur Festival, Devinuwara (Dondra) Festival, Deepavali, Ramazan, Christmas, Madhu and Thalawila Festivals.

SHOPPING, FUN & ENTERTAINMENT Sri Lanka is a shopping destination. Designer clothes manufactured in Sri Lanka are available at reasonable prices in and around Colombo. Plenty of souvenir shops selling wood carvings, ceramic, handlooms, colourful batiks, gem stones - blue sapphires, rubies, alexandrite, amethyst, garnets are also available island wide.With the rapid westernization of the city, nightclubs, casinos and pubs can be seen in every corner of the city.

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EVENT

By M Mufti

POWEROFDETERMINATION Change is always refreshing to the core and when it comes to your college in vibrant coloured balloons, you know it is not going to be another boring day of classes alone.

Recently, I experienced one such refresher when I arrived at my college.

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he campus seemed to have come alive there was an air of excitement I had not felt in days.

I scurried towards the spot where the crowd had gathered as soon as I got done from class to learn that 50 flags had been hidden across the campus and we had to hunt the to participate in the contest to win a free phone.

Like thousands of my fellow students, I was confident that no one else knew the campus better than myself, I went about looking for the mysterious flags. I upped my speed when I overheard two ladies who looked like the organizers mention that 15 flags had already been found!

The ladies belonged to Mobilink Jazz who had brought an interesting activity to NUST Business School, Islamabad. They called it “Such Jazba Treasure Hunt”. The event was a day long activity in which we looked for

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flags hidden all over the campus. While the team from Mobilink managed a kiosk handing out information as to what the event was all about, students ran about in excitement looking for flags in order to claim their “Such Jazba” shirt and a chance to win the stylish Motorola Flip out phone. It was happening, fun and cameras were clicking away as my friends posed with the flags they had dug and uploaded them on Facebook. I got a flag too with great difficulty and ran to claim my t-shirt that I put on immediately and got my picture taken.

The event was an interesting gesture

by Mobilink to interact with us students and instil within us a feeling of jazba and passion. Be it the jazba for supporting the cricket team in the world cup, to changing the current saddening situation of the country,

or simply the jazba to go all out jumping and laughing looking for a flag for a chance to win a shirt or phone the activity helped revive the faith that when we get to a task, we can do it with passion, determination and fun.

For the 15 minutes I looked for the flag, I was completely in my own world. My aim was just to find that flag and it was at that moment I realized, the power of one’s determination. Maybe this was a hidden message in the campaign all along and the concept behind targeting the youth. Indeed, with such motivation embedded in the students and such a vibe of energy and colour all over the campus, the event did very well in relating to the youth and motivating them and instilling knowledge by a practical example that hard work and determination help one go the extra mile.

HERITAGE

By Dr. Shaukat Mahmood

A MAJESTIC HAVELI OF THE SIKH ERA Chroniclers of Lahore, particularly those recording its architectural history, have written a lot on the subject but they have focused their attention mainly on forts, gardens, royal palaces and tombs. Seldom have they endeavoured to describe the structural beauty of the stately homes, generally called havelis, of umara, nawabs and wazirs.

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he city of Lahore, being the seat of Punjab rulers since ancient times, is very rich in old havelis. However, urban expansion, vandalism and neglect are fast depriving us of this great heritage. Whatever is left is in the process of annihilation. Nevertheless a couple of havelis, which have been repaired, represent the worst kind of taste in the art of conservation and restoration.

All the umara, whether they were Muslims, Hindus or Sikhs, got their havelis constructed in the city of Lahore according to their wealth and status. Nawab Sa’ad Ullah Khan of Chiniot, who was the prime minister of Shahjahan, started the construction of a haveli in Shah ‘Alam gate area. It was completed after his death by his son Nawab Mian Khan and thus became known as Mian Khan ki Haveli. This sprawling haveli was so big that 10 wells supplied water to it. It had three parts, Mahal Sarai, Rang Mahal and Kalai Khana. Rang Mahal was later turned into Rang Mahal Mission School by Christian missionaries in the British days.

During the rule of Mahammad Shah, three amirs namely Bahadur Ali, Nadir Ali and Babur Ali constructed a haveli in Mochi Gate area. Coinciding with its completion Bahadur Ali was blessed with a son. Thus the haveli was named Mubark Haveli. Prince Shah Shuja ul-Mulk was made to stay in this haveli

by Ranjit Singh, who later forced the prince to surrender Koh-i Noor to him. The renowned diamond is in the possession of the British government.

Ilm al-Din Ansari better known as Wazir Khan, famous for his Wazir Khan Mosque, built his haveli in the Shah Alam gate quarters. It was known as Pari Mahal (Palace of Fairies) and was the private residence of Wazir Khan. S.M. Latif tells us that Lahore had another haveli, called Andhi Haveli be-

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cause of its very dark interior. It was located in Jura Mori quarters. Two brothers, Lakhpat Rai and Jaspat Rai, diwans during the rule of Muhammad Shah, constructed their havelis in Shah Alam gate area. During Nawab Zakaria Khan’s viceroyalty of Lahore, his military commander Mir Jawad constructed his haveli in Delhi gate area.

Two havelis were also built close to the Begum Shahi Mosque (or the Mosque of Mariam Zamani Jodha Ba’i, wife of Akbar).

The mosque is situated almost opposite the Masti (or Maseeti) Darwaza of the Lahore fort. This area today is known as Chuna Mandi. One of these havelis belonged to Jamadar Khush-hal Singh. The other one, larger than that of Jamadar Khush-hal Singh, belonged to Raja Dhian Singh. Originally this was built

by Nawab Asaf Khan, the father of Arjumand Bano Begum better known as Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of Shahjahan. Asaf Khan is described in history as the most powerful and rich of all the wazirs of the Mughals. It is reported by historians that he was corrupt to the core and took lot of money in bribe.

His wealth had no limits. He constructed the biggest haveli of Lahore. During the Sikh rule Raja Dhian Singh, who was the prime minister of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, occupied this haveli and affected a lot of changes and modification in it.

In the Delhi Gate quarters also stood havelis of Raja Dina Nath, Diwan Baij Nath and in Lohari gate area there was the famous haveli of Nawab Imam al-Din Khan. The Nawab was governor of Kashmir under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

In the Mori gate area there once stood one of the most ornate and highly embellished havelis of Lahore. This haveli still survives but only as a memento of the good old days, the glorious days of the Sikh regime. The

haveli belonged to Naunihal Singh, grandson of Ranjit Singh. Ranjit Singh died in Lahore on 27th of June 1839, aged 57. He was succeeded by his eldest son Kharak Singh, an imbecile monarch who died in 1840. Kharak Singh was succeeded by his son Naunihal Singh. Naunihal met his death by the fall of a portion of an archway leading to Hazuri Bagh., as he was returning after performing the funeral rites of his father (Kharak Singh); and thus the same day that witnessed his coronation, saw him deprived of his life. The ashes of grandfather (Ranjeet Singh), father (Kharak Singh) and son (Naunihal Singh) are

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The wooden roof of Naunihal Singh’s Shish Mahal is divided into several geometrical compartments and each one is fitted with a small mirror in the centre. In the middle is the ‘Surya’ or the sun-motif. all preserved in smadhis close to the Badshahi Mosque and the Lahore Fort. Not long time ago the marble urns containing the ashes were placed under the chhatri inside the smadhi.

These are not there but I have picture of those beautiful urns.

Sikh rulers of the Punjab were great lovers of music and dance. Naunihal Singh was no exception albeit he also patronized visual arts like painting and architecture. His haveli is a testimony to his taste. This lofty haveli is reckoned among the most magnificent buildings of the city of Lahore. Naunihal Singh used it as his private residence. It contains numerous specious chambers, halls and balconies. The roofs are decorated with paintings, woodwork and mirrors, and are worked in gold. The walls are richly and tastefully ornamented with glass and artificial flowers. It is now government property and is used as a girls’ school.

Naunihal Singh’s haveli is situated inside Mori Gate. This gate is one of the 14 gates of Old Lahore and is located between Lahori (Lauhari) Gate and Bhati Gate. The Mori Gate is the smallest of the gateways, and, as its name implies, was in old times used as an outlet for the refuse and sweepings of the city. It was created during the Ghaznavids rule. Behind the place where Mori Gate once stood is a narrow street. This leads to an even narrower street on the left side. This street is hardly a meter wide. After meandering for some distance the street ends on an open area. This open area was once a large garden and the haveli of Naunihal Singh stood at one of its extremities. Not a vestige of that garden remains but the haveli survives with some of its decorative motifs in situ.

The haveli, rectangular in plan, is a fairly large building. It entrance is on the west side and the façade has been divided into two clear sections: one housing the entrance gate, which is profusely decorated and the other, simple but has plenty of fenestration. If there was any decoration on this area it has been destroyed by the ravages of time and the thekedars who worked on this building from time to time.

The building had a basement and four stories above the ground level. The basement is no longer approachable though the passage which leads down still survives in the south-western corner of the sahn of the haveli. Out of the four

stories above ground level, two stories encompass the whole area, the third story is partially crumbled while the fourth storey stands in the north-western corner and is called Shish Mahal. Shish Mahal in fact is like the Mughal’s Hawa Mahal or Palace of Winds. Hawa Mahal used to be at the top of the royal buildings where fresh breeze could be enjoyed and at the same time a view of the surroundings could be relished. The Shish Mahal of Naunihal Singh’s haveli served these purpose very well.

This Shish Mahal is in no way comparable to the Shish Mahal of the Lahore Fort which is huge, massive and matchless in its brilliance.

The wooden roof of Naunihal Singh’s Shish Mahal is divided into several geometrical compartments and each one is fitted with a small mirror in the centre. In the middle is the ‘Surya’ or the sun-motif. Northern and western walls have fenestrations in the form of windows and ventilators. There are blind arches in between the windows and ventilators. These arches house miniature paintings depicting religious and secular themes. Their colours are still fresh and speak a lot of the expertise and paintmanufacturing of the Sikh artists. Gold, blue, red, and orange colours dominate. These paintings are rendered in 18 x 18 inch areas.

Beside these miniature paintings there are several other kinds of decorative works like cut-brick work, woodwork including carvings and engravings, painted floral motifs and stucco work. The cut-brick work, however, is of the finest kind. It seems that Sikh craftsmen especially excelled in this kind of masonry.

This brickwork manifests its perfection under the oriel windows (jharokas) and under the cornices. The carving of the bricks is so sharp, precise and accurate that bricks seem to be made of wax rather than of baked clay. Woodcarving is noticeable on doors and windows and miniature columns introduced at the corners of the oriel windows. Painted work exists almost everywhere although it is decayed at several places. The quality of restoration, however, is very poor. The paint used has already flaking off. Stucco work was created for developing multifarious kinds of floral motifs.

At places magnificence of the bygone days still stands out. Haveli is a treat to anyone who has antiquarian pursuits.

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FEATURE

By Fatima Majeed

MOTHERHOOD ISSUES M others are not born, they are trained.

Sometimes it takes whole life and for few lucky ones they become one the instant the baby is born. Somehow, we have psyched ourselves into believing that a woman who is biologically capable of bearing a child is intrinsically equipped to be a mother. In our part of the land, parenting is never considered a skill but something innate almost like household chores which come naturally with other marital responsibilities. It’s a tradition that one generation proudly passes on to the other with its essential baggage of mistakes.

In short, it is a trial and error process. It is by second or third child that parents learn how to go about things. But by that time it is

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too late and every child adds on and posses more difficult situations. The bubble of the parenthood glory bursts when the baby comes into the world and turns everything topsy turvey. The little angel does not seem angel anymore. The reason is that until now you have not experienced the real responsibility of a child and you are not even prepared for it.

In order to find opinions of women from different stratas of the society we conducted a survey. Mrs Irum Asim, a housewife, said, “Initially the depression of baby blues is hushed up but it starts a vicious cycle of depression and disappointments. If a mother is having difficulties in accepting the newcomer then she cannot even discuss this with anyone as the issue is stigmatized and tabooed.

After all there are set standards for a new mother to behave and the poor soul tries her best to live up to that. She has to fake it in order to avoid the label of thankless creature and bad mommy”. So, if a woman realizes that baby blues is a normal attitude and there are million women facing the same situation, then she would definitely feel better and take motherhood positively.

Farhat Owais, 60 yr old grandmother opined, “The fact I want to reiterate is that the institution of parenthood should be revisited and revamped. Parenting is a skill and it must be taught academically. If there could be courses in the west about everything under the sun then why not parenting. Parenting entails many duties and responsibilities which can be learnt and mastered. First

of all the mother should be fully prepared of the psychological and physical changes she is going to face. Until the D day she is living in utopia believing that once the baby is born she will have her physical form back along with her freedom. When the bubble bursts its aftermath is even worse”. Definitely if mothers to be get some training then they can handle the situation very well.

Abida Arif, 38 yrs old banker said, “Motherhood requires an unlimited amount of patience and energy. In order to deal with the child in a better way she must know the basic child psychology. Her responsibilities almost double with the baby so she needs to learn time management skills as well, so that she can juggle between her tasks without neglecting her personal life.”

Dr Amna Khan , psychologist expressed her views, “ There is a mindset that mothers have to fight “Peer Pressure”. From the moment the baby is born to the end of your life he becomes a yardstick against which your competence is measured. From his physical attributes to his spiritual and mental training, everything is the result of your training.

The fact that needs to be realized is that every child is a different individual, he is not merely your genetic extension .So please don’t spend your entire life looking for your reflection in the poor baby. It will just add up to the disillusions and disappointments.

Respect him as an individual and enjoy his different qualities. Motherhood can be much fun with a bit of training” “Relatives swarm you with their wisdom, experience and anecdotes. Among so many opinions it gets impossible to decide how to handle the baby” said Fatima Shoaib, a confused new mother. “I wish there could be one authentic source to train me” she added sadly.

Parenthood can become easy and improved with proper training. So, we should initiate some parenting skill programs to produce better parents.

MUSIC

SPRING MUS WASTING LIGHT

For their seventh studio album, the Foo Fighters and producer Butch Vig had three rules: “It’s got to be hooky, heavy and we’re going analog all the way,” says Vig, who first worked with Dave Grohl two decades ago on TERS H G Nirvana’s Nevermind. “It needed to sound like an atom bomb,” adds Grohl. “That’s why I called Butch.”

I F Last summer, the Foos set up in Grohl’s two-car garage in Encino, California (“a ballad-free zone,” FOO says the singer), and hammered out face-melting riffs for tracks like “Back & Forth,” “White Limo” and first single “Rope,” which debuted atop Billboard’s rock chart.

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BLOOD PRESSURES The Kills’ previous three discs were all amped, electric blues punk, but for the duo’s fourth, guitarist Jamie Hince broke out a secret weapon: his very first acoustic guitar, a 1935 Gibson L-00 he bought last year. “With an acoustic, you tend to write songs, not riffs,” he says. “This is blatantly obvious to anyone who’s ever done it, but for me it was a fucking breakthrough.” The resulting disc sets singer Alison Mosshart’s wailing vocals against sleazy dub on “Satellite,” sad Mellotron chords on “Wild Charms” and sampled pingpong-ball percussion on “Heart Is a Beating Drum.”

ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

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LADY GAGA

THE FAME MONSTER Lady Gaga’s self-empowerment anthem “Born This Way” is already a Number One smash and one of the most successful singles of her career – but her ambitions for her second LP (due May 23rd) are way higher. “’Born This Way’ is just the beginning of this album,” Gaga promised in a recent interview. “It’s certainly not even the biggest hit on the album.”

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Adam young returned to his home studio in Owatonna, Minnesota, to cut the follow-up to 2009’s platinum Ocean Eyes, once again playing most instruments himself. While tracks like “The Real World” and “Astronauts” recall his sugary electro megahit “Fireflies,” Young also stretched musically, fusing digital pulses with acoustic country guitar on “Honey and the Bee.” Other new tunes reflect post-fame experiences, like “Deer in the Headlights,” which he says details “a bittersweet relational thing.”

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CODES AND KEYS

In the three years since Death Cab for Cutie released their last album, the Washington-based rockers have been busy – and not just working on their seventh LP, Codes and Keys. Since 2008, every Death Cab member has undergone a Major Life Change: frontman Ben Gibbard and bassist Nick Harmer got married (Gibbard to actress Zooey Deschanel); drummer Jason McGerr had a kid; and guitarist Chris Walla relocated from Portland to Seattle.So it makes sense that the band’s new album (out May 31st) wrestles with the idea of belonging.

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MARY J . BLIG E

For her tenth album, the queen of hip-hop soul has enlisted a studio full of top R&B producers, including Jerry Wonder, Danja, Tricky Stewart, Babyface, The-Dream and Terry Lewis to craft a retro album with lots of live instrumentation and soul samples. “I’m gravitating towards the natural warmth and depth in music, the way the instruments felt when we were coming up,” she says, citing Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan as inspirations. She’s still recording.

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“Most Defused to talk all the time about how jazz musicians would just come together in a room and see what they came up with,” says Kanye West. “Four songs, five songs, whatever – then they’d put out an album.” Mos’ history lesson is the inspiration behind Watch the Throne, a full-length collaboration between Kanye and Jay-Z recorded in studios from England to Australia. “It’s nonarguable,” says Kanye. “Me and Jay-Z are the two most influential rappers of the last decade, and we connect on all these different levels.” Though their operatic single “H.A.M.” fizzled on the Hot 100, Kanye predicts another critical masterpiece. “It’s going to be way more awesome than My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. My skills are increasing.”

LENNY KRAVITZ

BLACK AND WHITE AMERICA SUMMER “My rock’s always got some funk in it, and my funk always has some rock in it,” says Kravitz, who cut his first disc since 2008 at his home studio in the Bahamas.

Highlights include the seductive R&B jam “Super Love” and the raw “Come On Get It,” on which Kravitz pants like a dog in heat. The title track is about the obstacles his parents endured as a mixed-race couple. “When they walked the streets, they were in danger,” he says. “People would spit at them. It’s my story. And it’s black and white America. It’s who I am.”

LIL W A YN E

THA CARTER IV

Starting just days after his release from Rikers Island last November, Wayne has practically lived in Miami’s Hit Factory studio. “We leased it for the whole year – every day, 24/7, so he can just go whenever,” says manager Cortez Bryant. Wayne has already cut dozens of new tracks with help from stars including T-Pain and Kanye West. The schwingtastic “Wayne’s World,” a contender for the final track list, is three machine--gunning minutes of adenoidal wordplay topped with a triumphant hook. Weezy is confident that his dense, intricately crafted new verses will have the competition reconsidering their future. “There’s a lot of rapping on this,” he says. “I want other rappers to hear it and say, ‘I quit. I better start making club songs.”

K-182 BLIN

TITLE TBD SUMMER Blink’s first full album since 2003 amps their bratty, supercatchy pop punk with new moves they learned during the years apart. “It’s a great mix – huge stadium rock, punk and indie-rock elements, with drum-and-bass beats,” says singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge. The self-produced set is still taking shape: DeLonge is laying down his parts in San Diego, while singer-bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker are recording in L.A.

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DECOR

Amina Saeed After 3 yrs of consistently working in residential as well as office projects all over Pakistan, Amna Saeed successfully launched her brand “The Furniture Gallery” in 2010. Her philosophy is based on ‘cuts and curves’ bringing beautiful shape and style to wood giving it a sophisticated and stylish look. Her pieces exude comfort, vintage, antique as well as modern feel that creatively express a meaningful space filled with style, sophistication, combined with that of an appreciation.

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INTERVIEW

By Emanuel Sarfraz

‘WINDSOF CHANGEWILLNOT STOP’

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The winds of change blowing across the Muslim world would not stop. They will sweep away the old and incompetent regimes.

These are people’s movements and are deep rooted. The change in Pakistan is also on the anvil. People would not vote for Pakistan People’s Party or the PML (N) in the next elections. hese views were shared by Dr Haider Mehdi, a political analyst, columnist and professor of political science at a university in UAE, while talking to Sunday Plus during an interview. Dr Mehdi did his masters in political science from Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA and PhD in global politics from Columbia University.

Dr Mehdi is of the view that change was long overdue in Muslim countries. “Forces of right wing are crashing to the pressure of the people. The process of change has begun and it is not likely to stop. What happened in Egypt is quite clear.

It was pure people’s revolution. The people’s self management in the protests there was remarkable. I agree with some people that not much has changed as the army has taken over in Egypt. The world has not changed for the Egyptians but the process of change has begun and will stop,” he maintained.

On a query about the input of foreign powers in these protests the professor said it was not so much. “A number of people from Egypt had been going to USA for leadership training programmes for some years. They learnt the techniques of human management. But it was not an engineered thing. People were tired of the status quo. They wanted change and democracy. The motivation level of the people was very high,” he said.

About the uprising in Libya Dr Mehdi said the change was imminent. “Gaddafi did a lot of wonderful things for his people. He made great strides in developing the country. He, however, has now become irrelevant in present times. He is no longer needed. People want to carve their own destiny

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through democracy.

“It is wrong to use force to crush the people’s movement. Why not dialogue? There is need for all the regimes in Muslim world to resort to timely dialogue with people otherwise things could get worse in a very bad way,” the professor maintained.

About the political situation in Pakistan Dr Mehdi said the people were fed up with the rulers and change could soon take place. “We have a provision for holding mid term elections. We should go for it and hold mid term election to bring change. There is need to change the political culture of Pakistan otherwise you will lose the freedom that was won after so many sacrifices.

“The mindset of our political elite is very close to that of colonialists. This has to change. The media has played its role in spreading awareness. People can no longer be hoodwinked by the politicians. The prevailing political culture will not last long. In the next elections the results will be different. The big political forces that have been ruling for long will lose in the next elections,” Dr Mehdi maintained.

He further explained that the politicians had failed to deliver because of the management crisis.

“The economic planning has been miserable. There is crisis of leadership in the country. The current leaders have failed to provide good administration and planning. The America centric policy will have to be changed. Drone attacks are happening everyday but the politicians due to their own vested interests are not fully opposing them.

“Pakistan’s situation today can be compared

to the situation of 1971 when we lost East Pakistan. The rulers are enjoying while the masses are suffering. The price hike due to rising inflation is destroying the very fabric of our society. Many people say that we are moving towards anarchy.

But we should not forget that out of anarchy you may finally get some good leadership,” Dr Mehdi was of the view.

Pakistan truly is going through the most difficult times. We are a nation of builders and have come a long way since independence. Nothing is permanent except change. Hopefully in our transition to better times the coming changes in the near future are positive.

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By Bishakha Kunwar

QUIZ YOUR FASHION IQ Transitioning from winter into the spring was never this chic. This year will see its fair share of fashion action as Quiz opens its second store at the Mall of Lahore.

Debuting only a year ago in Pakistan, this British high street ladies brand has added fast to the Pakistani fashion.

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Quiz has become a name that sends shopaholics into buying frenzy as it can easily be described as the most innovative and dynamic fast fashion retail group that focuses on delivering catwalk style looks and all the latest trends at affordable rates.

The outďŹ ts at Quiz are exciting and innovative, offering the clients the right garments and the right trends at the right time. To stay in touch with the ever changing trends and meet customers’ demands Quiz puts something new in the stores every twice a week. Even at its franchise in Pakistan, they update latest trends every fortnightly.

With Quiz the customers know that every week there will be new items.

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Quiz began in 1995 with mere three stores in Scotland. Much has changed in the last fifteen years, not at least of which is the fact that it has now grown worldwide to 50 franchises in the Middle East, Ireland, Europe and Asia with more than 100 stores in most of the major shopping centres and high streets across the UK and Ireland. The sensible design team at Quiz brings the latest fashions from the catwalks quickly to the shop floor. This fast, flexible supply chain, together with the winning formula of style, quality, value and service has enabled Quiz to grow rapidly into an extremely successful brand.

Its entry into Pakistan is part of a franchise with local company Pakistan Belting Pvt. Ltd. which is lead by Director Aftab Arshad Sheikh. Recently Sheraz Ramzan, Development Director of Quiz from Glasgow was here in Lahore to expand its sec-

ond outlet. Sheraz said that Aftab Sheikh has done excellent in building Quiz branding in the Pakistani market. Sunday plus talks to Sheraz about the inside story on the brand that aims to make ladies fashion solely fun and simple.

• How would you define Quiz’s design philosophy?

We specialize in following the latest fashion trends for young girls who want to look chic and fashionable. At Quiz Clothing we are dedicated to bringing you the latest trends in women’s clothing. We keep a constant eye on ladies fashion to make sure that the women’s clothes we stock are upto-date. We want girls to be confident and stand out in the crowd and who doesn’t want to look special, right? That is exactly what our design philosophy is.

• Who are your target audiences?

Our target audience is the fashion conscious 15-35 women’s wear market. We realise the most important part of our success is our customer. This is why we are focused on delivering an exciting shopping experience and making sure that our high standards of quality, value for money and service are always met.

Led by a team of highly dedicated and motivated group of individuals we are firmly focused on our customer’s needs.

For us, the customer is the centre of our world.

• How do you think Pakistan is similar to and different from other markets where Quiz is considering expansion? How has your experience been in Pakistan?

To be honest our business so far in Pakistan has been very smooth as we have been associated in excellent franchise with Aftab Arshad Sheikh. For international retailers like us, we are lucky to give him our franchise. The business here is great but the ever increasing import duties levied on our local retailer is slightly discouraging. The Pakistani government should concentrate on giving incentives. Retail creates stability in jobs. The local government should encourage international brands to penetrate into the local markets as it helps in generating jobs. If you take Britain’s example, during the 80s our retail industry was in shambles due to the penetration of the East Asian markets. Today we have been able to establish strong retail market with brands like H&M, Topshop,

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Marks & Spencer and Quiz.

• Even during the global economic meltdown, how has Quiz coped with this scenario?

Over time it has taken time for us to expand. We are finding things very buoyant. Thus we are bringing better options and are having a great response despite the economic crunch.

• Since the launch of Quiz last year, how has the response been in Pakistan so far? Is this your first visit to Pakistan?

This is not my first visit to Pakistan as I have ancestral roots associated with this great nation.

But this is my first business trip to Pakistan. Pakistan is different than other countries. The business of retail is not as developed as it is in the Middle Eastern countries. International retailing has just taken its pace here. Now is the right time to introduce newer range of retail brands in Pakistan.

Previously people had to travel to Dubai to buy international brands, but now international brands are accessible at your doorstep here. Our response here has been great and very welcoming. We are expanding our premier store to one more outlet in The Mall of Lahore soon.

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CANDIDCONFESIONS:

• Describe your job in 3 words…

Fast, exciting and fun • What do you like the most about your job?

Travelling around the world to various countries and expanding our franchise. In the meanwhile meeting new people and newer experiences.

• What has been your smartest business idea?

So far the smartest business idea has been franchising mainly in Middle East, Russia. This has been huge growth for us.

• And your worst decision?

Not major ones. But things can always be done better • When do you turn off your BlackBerry?

Never. I put it on silent.

• What is the secret of your success?

I believe the only secret of our success is that we are brining something different to the retail market and we are not copying any brands. This is how we are different and this is our secret of success.

• What are you reading?

The Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden • How would you characterise the Pakistani way of doing business?

You have to have the right contacts and need to know the right people. So far as I mentioned earlier it has been very smooth in Pakistan. But again I would mention that government needs to relax import duties in order to give more incentives.

• What is your Golden Rule?

Think positively and look for new opportunities.

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This season Lala lawn went right back to the cradle of civilization, Egypt, for their spring inspiration and have incorporated vivid hues from yellow, coral, pink to softer tones of blue, white, along. Come fall in love this season!

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Lustrous marigolds dot the canvas of Mr. Matloob Baig’s centerpiece on display at Royaat Gallery’s latest show – Changing Seasons. The show seeks to capture the beauty of the ephemeral seasons. Using a vibrant color palate and vivid strokes, Matloob has captured wonderful movement in his landscapes, depicting the interplay between the wind and sunlight. His extravagant, multi-layered images draw the viewer in to celebrate the glory of nature and its transformative powers. However, some of his water paintings almost have a surrealist quality, as if the glassy surface of the water led to the gateway of a different world.

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Recently, an exhibition titled, ‘Reading Faces Marking Places’ by Tahseen Ali Khan was held at Alhamra Art Gallery, Lahore. The exhibition was an effort to pay a tribute to all those women who have played an important role in Tahseen’s personal and professional life.

ahseen Ali Khan, is a New York based designer and paints in her studio on Gramercy Park.

Her work is regularly exhibited in member’s shows at the prestigious Salmagundi Art Club.

She also maintains her membership with the Punjab Artists’ Association and participates in their annual exhibitions in her hometown, Lahore. One of her portraits titled, ‘The Composed,’ has the honour of being part of the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery in Islamabad.

Painting is something she pursues as a hobby and has remained dedicated to it as a medium of self expression. While talking to the Sunday Plus of Daily The Nation, Tahseen Ali Khan stated, “I am a fashion designer by profession and art for me is a medium of personal impression which comes from within.

I have the good fortune to have been tutored by iconic and inspirational artists such as Anna Molka Ahmed and Zulqarnain Haider at the University of the Punjab, Johan Howard Sanden at the Art Student League; Richard Pionk at the Pastel Society of America and John A.Parks at the School of Visual Arts in New York.”

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Ali Khan is inspired by museums, galleries and shows in and around New York City. Her well documented travels around the world also offer her a wealth of subjects for her paintings.

“This is my first solo exhibition in Pakistan and the reason I decided to do it on International Women’s Day was to highlight these role models who are an inspiration to me and the very reason of our living; beginning from my mother who first taught me to draw, to Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and an active political figure in the movement for independence and PM Benazir Bhutto Shaheed.”

She further commented, “if life is like smoke, then attempting to capture the impressions it leaves on one’s mind might be like trying to trap those fleeting swirls of smoke in a jar. Though, it is life that has chosen me, as an artist I can only hope to gather, in paint, some of the countless glimmers of its brilliance. It is my belief that art should transcend differences across ages and locales---the current and the historical, the familiar and the foreign alike. ‘Reading Faces, Marking Places’ is my attempt at finding a new visual vocabu-

lary to express, within a traditional medium, the vivid effulgence and subtle nuances found in diverse places and distinct personalities.”

The exhibition was attended by prominent artists like Salima Hashmi and Wahab Jaffer who appreciated the works of Tahseen Ali Khan.

Students, teachers, media personnel and people from all walks of life attended the show. According to Zara David, another amiable artist and coordinator of Ejaz Gallery commented, “Tahseen Ali Khan has put her heart and soul in the paintings. Her colour compositions, textures and light are appropriate and well defined.”

Khalid Ghais, another friend of Tahseen Ali Khan pointed out, “I have known Tahseen for the last few years and the exhibition shows her creativity, innovation and style at her best.”

The prices of her painting collection ranged between Rs 30000 and Rs 115,000. Overall, the painting exhibition, ‘Reading Faces Marking Places’ was appreciated by many and confirmed the level of skill, sensitivity and sincerity artistry which are the very essence of Tahseen Ali Khan’s insignia.

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very sphere of life has been subjected to growth for many centuries, decades and years. This is also true about print as well as electronic media. As a matter of fact, about a decade back or so, there was only one government channel Pakistan Television (PTV), now with the passage of time and broadening of people’s horizon many news and entertainment channels have rapidly sprouted up left and right. This goes for newspapers as well, the number of daily newspapers being published is enormous, the category of evening newspapers has increased to such extent that it is very difficult for the common man to even rely on such information providers. In fact, during the just concluded 22nd session of the Punjab Assembly, quite interesting information was given about newspapers and other periodicals published from industrial city Faisalabad, which is also known as Manchester of Pakistan and Gujranwala.

Information given during the Question Hour said that as many as 505 newspapers and other periodicals are being published from Faisalabad and another 272 dailies and other periodicals from Gujranwala. Publications from Faisalabad included as many as 134 dailies whereas no such break up with regard to Gujranwala was given. Quite obviously, the number of publications so given would be those in whose favour declarations were issued, irrespective of these being published regularly or not.

This prompted the scribe to find out the situation with regard to the dailies and other periodicals which were published from Lahore in the distant and recent past. The result was quite interesting as well as informative and educative. While searching and scanning through various reference books to find out what Lahore was in the past prior to traversing through the city presently, this scribe was surprised to find out that only a little more a century ago, 1915 to be exact, there were 23 newspapers which in those days enjoyed circulation of 1500 or above.

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Hindustan, Paisa Akhbar, Fauji Akhbar, Himala,Desh, Loyal Gazette, Parkash and Bulletin. Civil and Military Gazette was among other 14 dailies which had a circulation of over 1500.Other dailies were Watan, Tribune, Bir,Arya Gazette, Sheri-Punjab, Phul, Akhbar-i-A’am , Punjabi, Kashmiri Magazine, Rajput Gazette, Martand, Fasana and Chakarvarti.

It would be also of great interest to the readers that in 1914, a total number of 166 newspapers and periodicals were published from Lahore alone. During the year, 35 ceased publications on one account or the other and another 43 started appearing.

Apart from yearly, half-yearly, quarterly, monthly, fortnightly tri-monthly, weekly and daily newspapers and journals, one was published twice a week and another two thrice a week then. As per classifications language-wise , 32 newspapers and journals were published in English, 108 in Urdu, just one in UrduHindi, 10 in Hindi and 15 in Gurmukhi (Punjabi).

Furthermore, Civil and Military Gazette was the only paper published by the Europeans, Bulletin published only war news, Fauji Akhbar was for the consumption of Indian soldiers and contained besides general news and notes, topics of military interest while Phul was designed for juvenile readers. Martand, Chakarvarti and Fasana had social and moral tendency as the very titles amply suggested Fasana as its name (the novel) implied, contained translations of novels in other languages and other stories of public interest. All the remaining papers were more or less actively political, their columns being devoted mainly to the criticism of the then British Government measures and policy.

Generally speaking, as the official document pointed out further, these were either sectarian or the mouthpieces of various classes or cliques of the educated community. And, there were as many as 75 printing presses working in Lahore, most of which were owned by the Hindus. And out of these presses, a little less than two thirds published newspapers and advertising sheets, the remaining third or more published books to some extent, but mostly did miscellaneous and job work.

This was not all. Going further back than this, six weeklies including one in Arabic and other six were being pub-

lished in Urdu language in Lahore around 1883-84.Weekly being published in Arabic language was titled “ Naf’a-e-Ul Azam” . Maximum publication was being enjoyed by journal “Koh-i-Noor” and “Akhbar-iA’am” was the cheapest among all as it was just priced at paisa one then. Even a medical journal was also being published. All these publications were printed in litho. Even one journal was published by literary organization “ Anjuman-e-Punjab” which mostly included academic and educational articles .English weekly “Punjabi” contained news, political and literary articles and essays.

At that time, there were 18 printing presses which between themselves published 15 dailies and 15 journals. Civil and Military Gazette Press published three dailies and one journal. Other printing presses were Punjab Printing Company, Egerton Press, Albert Press, Tribune Press, Punjabi Press, Bailey Press, Qadri Kasur (then Kasur was part of Lahore district), Aftab-e-Punjab, Victoria Press, Delhi Panch, Qanoon-e-Hind, Koh-iNoor Press, Punjab Panch, Mustafvi Press and Qadri Press.

According to the information available from different sources and writings of local and foreign writers, “Lahore Chronicle” was the first English daily which had commenced publication from Lahore in 1840. “Lahore Chronicle” was regarded as the fore-runner of English dailies “Indian Public Opinion” and “The Civil and Military Gazette”.

And till recent distant period, 15 dailies, 59 weeklies, 103 monthlies 33 fortnightlies and 8 quarterlies were being published in Lahore in 1984 or so. Dailies

included Nawa-eWaqt, Imroze, Pakistan Times, Mashriq and Jang , being the main Urdu and English newspapers besides Tijarat, Wifaq, Azad, Maghribi Pakistan, Waqt, Sahafat, Sadaqat, Afaq, Sayasat and Saadat, according to an official publication.

As of now, in short, nine English dailies are being published which include The News International, The Nation, Daily Times ,Business Recorder, Pakistan Today, The Frontier Post, Express Tribune, Pakistan Observer and Dawn.

Scores of Urdu dailies and two Punjabi language newspapers are also being appearing from Lahore. These include Nawa-e-Waqt, Jang, Express, Aaj Kal, Khabrain, Jinnah, Ashsharq, Pakistan, Ausaf Taqat, Din and Asaas in Urdu and Bhulekha in Punjabi among others.

Couple of evenings in Urdu are also appearing. These include Daily Inqilab, Naya Akhbar among others. Detailed account of English and Urdu dailies which have survived the vicissitudes of time, weather and other odds would be mentioned some other time, please, so that some justice could be with these dailies besides mourning the deceased ones.

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Title: Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril Author: King Abdullah Abdullah (King of Jordan) Pages: 318 Price: Rs. 2,795 Genre: International Politics SYNOPSIS: “Why would a head of state want to write a book?” It is the first question King Abdullah II of Jordan poses in the preface of his book, Our Last Best Chance: The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril. Considering the political risks, what does a sitting Arab monarch have to say, and to whom?

At first, the King writes, he had hoped his book’s publication (it hits stands this week) would celebrate the resolution of the PalestinianIsraeli conflict and an era of Middle East peace.

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War, Al Qaeda and militant Islam, a rogue Iran, the struggles among and within Arab countries, EastWest tensions. Nothing, Abdullah warns, can be fixed in the Middle East until the Palestinian issue is resolved.

But while the title suggests an urgent policy manifesto, Our Last Best Chance is a memoir. In sharing his personal story, from Jordan’s (some might say unenviable) position in the heart of the Middle East, the King frames and provides context for the many issues facing his country, his region, and the world.

His voice is reasoned and often humorous, didactic rather than dictatorial; at times he seems to be writing for a young audience, befitting his oft-articulated concern with Arab youth and educational opportunity. Abdullah recounts his own education with delight and verve.

At other times, he is a spokesman for his

country. Those who know and love Jordan will enjoy Abdullah’s accounts of Hashemite palace tensions, covert operations, and his insight into Jordanian character. Among the leadership strategies learned from his father, the beloved King Hussein, Abdullah has been known to venture into public in disguise, to hear the concerns of his citizens and punish wayward bureaucrats. He writes with pride of his family, and of Jordan’s protection of refugees, its strides in women’s rights, and its difficult economic reforms.

Abdullah reminds us that Jordan has often held the line against Muslim extremists who have hijacked Islam, the Palestinian plight, and international discourse. The King has been the target of assassination attempts, and Al Qaeda struck Amman in November 2005, in coordinated bombings that killed sixty people.

The King’s personal stories are the highlights

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of the book, particularly those involving bizarre diplomatic outreach. One night (the date and year are not given), when young Abdullah was an officer in the Jordanian army, King Hussein summoned him on a secret mission. Under cover of darkness, father and son, along with the prime minister and royal court chief, rowed a small fishing boat across the Gulf of Aqaba into an Israel harbor. Abdullah watched the craft—so did an Israeli sniper—as the King hopped into a dinghy manned by a Mossad agent and floated towards the black shore to meet with Israeli officials.

These secret meetings laid the groundwork for the peace treaty signed between Jordan and Israel in 1994.

Abdullah has a knack for describing characters and grasping delicate political situations. This book would be a useful guide for newly-elected officials, or arriving extra-terrestrials, for its tips on navigating the perilous waters of international diplomacy.

But most of his warnings, some startlingly blunt, are about Israel. “[E]veryone in the region increasingly fears that we will soon be plagued by yet another devastating war,” Abdullah writes.

“Israeli politics are mainly to blame for this gloomy reality.”

For Muslims, Abdullah writes, the Arab-Israeli conflict is not a religious one, but rather a struggle over rights and land. For many in the West, “Palestine” is a noun only in a Biblical context, a stateless abstraction; for most Muslims, it is an absolute, a raison d’être. Abdullah holds moderate views: he uses the phrase “illegal occupation,” but insists in the legitimacy of Israel, a largely peaceseeking populace with a right to protect itself.

And what is “our last best chance”? King Abdullah seems most enthusiastic about the Arab Peace Initiative, which the Arab League first proposed in 2002, and which Israel and America summarily ignored. The initiative called for full Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territories occupied since the 1967 war, a solution for Palestinian refugees, and a sovereign Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem. In return, all twentytwo Arab League members would consider the issue resolved, and establish peaceful relations with Israel.

Time is not on our side. With peace as elusive as ever, King Abdullah today faces turmoil among his neighbors and discontent at home. He knows that he will need to modernize, work hard to secure decent lives for Jordanians, and address domestic issues that have sometimes taken a back seat to international concerns.

But perhaps Abdullah took away a different lesson: “My military training,” he later writes, “taught me that expecting a lot from people deliv-

KHAWAB LEHLAHANAY LAGAY Author: Hamza Hassan Sheikh Poet: Khalid Mustafa Pages: 140 Genre: Poetry

SYNOPSIS: The verses containing terminologies of battle field as well as having a deep passion for homeland made Khalid Mustafa unique from other poets of his era. The historical background flashes in his many verses are related to different events of battlefield.

His metaphors and similes attract the readers and capture his attention to enjoy with the rhythm. He uses every kind of diction which made his way easy to express his feelings. He is soldier in his practical life and he reflects his experiences in his verses. He is the warrior, standing in the battlefield and challenging the enemies by his direct expressions. The themes of bravery, warrior, triumph, poverty, hunger are also apparent in his verses which are the representative of social problems and the society who is leading towards poverty day by day.

Egocentrism is also among major themes in his

poetry. His ego is obstinate and strong which doesn’t like to bend. He is egoist and don’t like to bend before anyone for sake of anything. The bravery of soldiers, the death of young ones, defeat and victory, withdrawal, ceasing of war, the attacking these are used constantly plans on enemy, the ultimatum, and such other terms are used in war but in the verses of Khalid Mustafa which convey the reader that he is not only a poet but a true warrior who can share his personal battle experience with readers through.

Khawab Lehlahanay Lagay is his first collection of poems which is having these unique qualities and these all qualities term him as a genuine poet among the poets of his era. Renowned poets Amjad Islam Amjad , Mohsan Bhopali , Mohsan Ahsan and Shahab Safder endorsed their remarks on flaps and famous poet and columnist Muhammad Izhar-ul-Haq wrote the preface of the book.

THE PAKISTANI MASTERS Author: Bill Ricquier Pages: 190 Price: Rs. 495.00 Genre: Sports

SYNOPSIS: Pakistani is one of the youngest of the Test playing countries, having played its first Test match in 1952. Over the years it has produced some of the most talented and exciting cricketers the world has ever seen. These have included the charismatic all-rounders Imran Khan and Wasim Akram: the ‘Little Master’ Hanif Mohamed; Javed Miandad and the modern master Inzamam ul-Haq; Pakistan’s first genuine cricketing hero Fazal Mahmood; the mesmerising leg-spinner, Abdul Qadir; and two of today’s most exhilarating stars, Shoaib Akhtar and

Shahid Afridi.

The Pakistani Masters profiles these players and many others; the informative and entertaining profiles being accompanied by superb photographs. Intertwined with the portraits of these outstanding players is the colourful story of Pakistan’s turbulent history in international cricket with triumphs and controversies rapidly succeeding each other.

With a Foreword by Wasim Akram this will be a delightful read for all Cricket enthusiasts.

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BAKED AUBERGINE 'OMELETTE' INGREDIENTS 2 tsp olive oil 4 medium aubergines, cut into strips 75ml/2½fl oz double cream 3 garlic cloves 50g/2oz breadcrumbs 1 tsp ground cumin 4 free-range eggs, beaten 2 tbsp pine nuts, toasted 50g/2oz raisins salt and freshly ground black pepper green salad sun-blushed tomatoes freshly grated parmesan METHOD 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/360F/Gas 4.

2. Heat the oil in an oven-proof frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the aubergine pieces, turning occasionally, until goldenbrown on all sides.

3. Meanwhile, place the cream, garlic and breadcrumbs into a food processor and blend to form a paste.

4. In a bowl, mix the cumin with the beaten eggs until well combined.

5. Add the egg mixture to the breadcrumb paste and stir well to combine.

6. Add the pine nuts and raisins and mix well.

7. Pour the mixture over the aubergines, then bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

8. Remove from the oven, then turn the 'omelette' out onto a plate and allow to cool for couple of minutes.

9. To serve, cut the 'omelette' into wedges and serve with a green salad sprinkled with the sun-blushed tomatoes and the grated Parmesan.

SOUFFLE PANCAKES INGREDIENTS For the filling 12g/½oz butter 1 tbsp honey 1 eating apple, cubed 1 pear, cubed For the pancake 2 eggs, separated 25g/1oz flour 2 tbsp milk 1 tsp caster sugar pinch nutmeg or other spice butter, to fry

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Pour in the batter and cook gently until the underneath is brown.

Cook the top of the pancake under a hot grill.

Spread the fruit filling over the top and serve immediately.

STIR-FRIED VEGETABLE OMELETTE INGREDIENTS For the stir-fried vegetables 1 small aubergine, cut into chunks 1 red chilli, diced 2 tbsp sesame oil 75g/2¾oz tofu, cut into small cubes 1 tbsp sesame seeds 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 lime, juice only For the omelette 3 free-range eggs 50ml/2fl oz coconut milk 1 tbsp sesame oil 1 tbsp soy sauce

METHOD For the stir-fried vegetables, in a hot wok add the sesame oil, chilli and aubergine. Cook for three minutes and add the reminder of the ingredients and cook for a minute.

2. For the omelette, in a bowl mix all the ingredients for the omelette together.

3. In a medium-sized non-stick frying pan place the mixture into the pan and cook for two minutes over medium heat.

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It’s All About the Curve!

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jeans that are are based on the difference between the measurement of a woman’s hip and seat – the greater the difference, the more curvy the body.

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The Noodle House

Exhibition in Lahore: 9th-11th April & Karachi 10th-11th April.

The noodle house is the flagship restaurant of Jumeirah Restaurants LLC. Launched in 2002, the brand has gone from strength to strength with 15 restaurants in the U.A.E, Oman, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Cyprus, Australia and Qatar and expanding globally with agreements already signed with fran-

Heaven in Your Mouth

Tiramisu is a proper experience of fine dining with an array of exquisite Italian and French dishes. It’s not just about eating great food here; but eating great food in a peaceful environment. What could be better than a chocolate cake for dessert?

How about a chocolate cake that is served warm with a river of chocolate running

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