Momi Gul Durrani: The Face of PIA

Posted on July 23, 2008
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Owais Mughal On May 20, 1965 Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK705 from Dhahran was descending on the runway of Cairo airport. This was PIA’s inaugural flight to Cairo. 119 unfortunate people onboard died. Among the victims was PIA’s trend setter air-stewardess Momi Gul Durrani. At ATP we have done a number of posts of PIA […]

Ahmed Faraz Still Alive But Struggling For His Life

Posted on July 17, 2008
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Adil Najam [UPDATE: Sadly, Ahmed Faraz died in Islamabad ]on August 25, 2008. Details here.] Despite an erroneous news earlier that renowned poet Ahmed Faraz had died in a Chicago hospital, the news right now is that Ahmed Faraz is still alive, but not at all well, struggling for his life in a Chicago hospital. […]

The Art of Asim Butt

Posted on July 16, 2008
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Raza Rumi What distinguishes Asim Butt from his generation and perhaps the preceding generations of artists is the sheer originality of his vision and an iconoclasm that is neither trumpeted nor made visible until the subtext of his lines is closely studied. This is why Asim has undertaken bold strides during the last 10 enriching […]

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