Witches’ hats, superheroes and flashcards: Islamabad children learn English at a Halloween party
Games, stories and trick-or-treating at the Berlitz Language Institute came with new English words and a glimpse of other cultures
Film, music, television, books and the people who make them.
PTV Drama and Film Academy to be revamped and offer Pakistan’s first local colour grading training, Tarar says
The information minister says the academy will work with the private sector and universities to train young people in film, drama and digital content, and raise PTV’s revenue.
Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek’s Captain Picard and X-Men’s Professor X, dies at 86
The Royal Shakespeare Company actor, who found global fame in his late forties as Jean-Luc Picard, died at his Los Angeles home after a short illness with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
Atif Aslam’s qawwali drowns out Bollywood stars promoting ‘anti-Pakistan’ film at Wagah
Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan were promoting ‘Udta Teer’ at the Attari-Wagah crossing when music from the Pakistani side overpowered their remarks, a clip that went viral on both sides of the border.
Shashi Tharoor says Dhurandhar is full of propaganda Pakistanis will “laugh” at
The Congress MP praised Ranveer Singh’s spy films but said Pakistanis watching them might realise “how much wrong has been done in their name”.
Sidhu Moosewala’s 2-year-old brother ‘fires’ gun gesture at tribute show, Chandigarh opens probe
A Chandigarh-based rights group files a complaint seeking an inquiry and parental counselling after Sukhdeep Singh Sidhu, 2, is filmed mimicking a gunshot gesture at a Toronto concert honouring his late brother.
Pakistan makes Oscar history with a true rescue story
Pakistan has selected Hanging by a Wire, a documentary thriller about the 2023 Battagram cable car rescue, as its official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards, the first time the country has put forward a documentary in the category.
