Pakistani handicrafts: Intricate and beautiful

Pakistani handicrafts: Intricate and beautiful:

Ceramics and glazed pottery traces back to Indus Valley Civilization (2500 BC) making it among one of the oldest art forms in Pakistan. PHOTO: FARAH KAMAL

Silver bracelets inlaid with semi precious stones. PHOTO: FARAH KAMAL

Metalwork, including inlaid or engraved traditional style utensils, boxes, dishes, and tea sets made from brass, copper, silver and gold are important crafts. PHOTO: FARAH KAMAL

The most popular techniques for pottery include engraving intricate designs into the undercoating of the pottery and then glazing it with colored transparent glazes. PHOTO: FARAH KAMAL

Intricate colorful hand embroidery with tiny pieces of mirror stitched in the colorful patterns on a patchwork piece. PHOTO: FARAH KAMAL

The art of carving on metal not only show the aesthetics of the artisans but also depicts the history and tells stories. PHOTO: FARAH KAMAL

  Club Genova launches in Karachi. Areeba. PHOTO COURTESY CATALYST PR

Shaheen Khan holds a fashion show for the launch of her lothing-line, Khanz, in Karachi. Urooj.PHOTO COURTESY SHERAZ PHOTOGRAPH

Trekking the heart of Karakoram:

(Courtesy: The Express Tribune )

Sand dune between Lilygo and Urdokus. PHOTO: SABINA KHAN

Towards the Camp Goro. PHOTO: SABINA KHAN

Waiting for the snow storm to end. PHOTO: SABINA KHAN

The nightview of Concordia. Concordia is the only radius point in the world from where four 8000m above peaks can be viewed (K2, Broad Peak, Geshabaram I & II) PHOTO: SABINA KHAN

Mount Masherbrum at night. PHOTO: SABINA KHAN

 

Hanging out at the dhaba. A Dhaba's tea is always adored among the local Pakistanis. PHOTO: MAANSAL STUDIOS

Upcoming models:

Arij Fatima

Mehreen Syed

Israa Shafi

Pictures of a revamped centuries-old Hindu temple and a Haveli in the Saidpur Village of Islamabad. The village was converted into a place of Hindu worship by a Hindu commander, Raja Man Singh.

The region is home to many Hindu temples that have been preserved; showing the history of Hindu civilisation and architecture in the region. PHOTO: ASAD MALIK

  

National treasure Sadequain on show

Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a world-renowned Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter.

Sadequain was deeply interested in the issues that have challenged the best minds of the human race – questions about the mysteries of the universe, meaning of life on our planet and beyond, role of human beings in the universe, freedom and self-determination, survival and progress, and the fine line between reason and emotion. PHOTO: FARAH KAMAL

A girl from the Hasegawa School, Karimabad, Hunza. Shot on film. PHOTO: AHMED SHAJEE

Literacy rate of Hunza is more than 90 per cent — far higher than the rest of Pakistan. PHOTO: AHMED SHAJEE

Daaman launches at Dolmen City Mall Clifton in Karachi. Momal Sheikh.PHOTO COURTESY MUTAHIR MAHMOOD

Adidas launches its flagship store in Lahore. Amna Babar PHOTO COURTESY BILAL MUKHTAR ANDEVENTS

Pakistan In Pictures

Gwadar, Balochistan

Shoe Store Nagar Northern Area

Glacier Stream-Baltoro Glacier-Gondogoro

Mullah brigade

A potter busy designing a pot on a potter's wheel. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL/ THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE

Asad Shafi and Mishal launch the flagship store of Cross Stitch in Lahore:

Aliha.PHOTO COURTESY SAVVY PR AND EVENTS

Ayaan and Cybil.PHOTO COURTESY SAVVY PR AND EVENTS

Pakistan In Pictures

Tarbela Dam is one of the world’s largest earth and rock filled Dam and the second largest dam in the world by structural volume built on the Indus River (the Indus known as the “Abbasin” or the father of rivers) in Pakistan. The dam was completed in 1976 at a cost of Rs.18.5 billion. Over 15,000 Pakistani and 800 foreign workers and engineers worked during its construction. It is the biggest hydel power station in Pakistan having a capacity of generating 3,478 MW of electricity. The dam was designed to store water from the Indus River for irrigation, flood control, and the generation of hydroelectric power.

Toli Peer Meadow, Northern Pakistan

Walking upwards through the Gasherbrum II Icefall, Karakoram Range

KARACHI: There’s nothing like some fried, carb-heavy snacks and the soothing trickle of a fountain to calm down the enraged. And as the newly refurbished MPAs cafeteria in the Sindh Assembly reopened on Thursday, those who had looked miffed put their anger behind them and oohed and aahed at the new space.

Truck art in popular culture

Although truck art became a regular feature on catwalks ever since designer Maheen Khan began propagating it as a design element with her brand Gulabo, the recent proliferation of truck art products can be attributed to the Haider Ali,an artist who has been travelling abroad and delivering lectures at foreign universities to promote this niche art.

Samia and Azmay Shahzada launch their new flagship store in Lahore:

Amna Ilyas.PHOTO COURTESY LOTUS PR

Nadia Ali.PHOTO COURTESY LOTUS PR

Karachi: National Academy of Performing Arts (Hindu Gymkhana Bldg)

Karachi: National Academy of Performing Arts (Hindu Gymkhana Bldg)

Buddha figure on stupa base, Jaulian, Taxila

This is why Northern Pakistan area (where the baltoro glacier meets the hispar) is often referred to as the 3rd pole because it has the longest glacier systems outside the polar region.  from skyscrapercity

Along the KKH (road linking Pakistan and China)

Neelum River & the village of Halmat near Taobut.

A girl cools off in a water channel in Lahore on May 11, 2012. Heatwave conditions in Pakistan have brought temperatures in excess of 40 degrees celsius in many parts of the country. PHOTO: AFP

Rani Emaan’s collection launches in Lahore:

Noor. PHOTO : COURTESY QYT EVENTS

Ellemint Pret, a multi-brand store, holds an exhibition in Karachi:

Mathira. PHOTO : COURTESY VOILA PR

Pakistan in Pictures

A woman of substance

As Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police fights its fierce battle against militancy, women officers stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their male colleagues. Some, like Shazia Gul, pay the ultimate price for their courage.

Her family was fully aware of the perils of the job, but for them her wish to die for the country was enough reason to pledge all their support.

 And die in the line of duty, she did. Shazia Gul, 25, became the first policewoman to die in the ongoing fight against militancy in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa when she was killed in a bomb blast on May 10, 2011, in the cantonment city of Nowshera, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of provincial capital Peshawar. The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine, May 13^th, 2012

Pir Ghaib, near Bolan Baluchistan.

These mountains of Mankhial and their meadows are located Just above the town of Kalam in Swat.

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 A heavy meal in Pakistan is often followed by a trip to the “Paan Shop”. Paan is said to help digestion and freshen breath. A paan can contain many varying ingredients with tastes ranging from sweet to bitter, all wrapped in a fragrant betel leaf and served to be eaten in one bite. Common paan ingredients include areca nuts, lime paste, and tobacco. Source: Dawn





PFDC Fashion Week: After party in Lahore:

Ursula and Sonia.PHOTO COURTESY VERVE

Launch: Deepak Perwani and Orient 2012 lawn collection:

Deepak Perwani and Safinaz.PHOTO COURTESY CATALYST PR AND MARKETING

Celebrities attended the launch of the UK beauty care retailer Crabtree and Evelyn in Karachi:

Ayaan.PHOTO COURTESY VOILA PR