Football – Also a future for Pakistan sports | Sports

For too long now, Pakistan has been relying on the three sports Cricket, Squash and Hockey. It was back in 1992 that we reached our apex point when Imran Khan’s squad did the country proud by winning the ICC ODI World Cup. However, in the mid-1990s onwards, Pakistan’s fortunes in other national sports including hockey…

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Building up couture | Instep

new consciousness emerges with every generation, and with that, a new conscience too. You might argue that fashion is meant to be fun and lighthearted; an expression of the self, acknowledgment of the luxury of the time and resources to invest in that expression. Let’s agree to disagree. Fashion is fun, but it isn’t just…

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Shake things up with Amal | Instep

Amal Qadri is her own best advertisement, consistently bringing her A-game to her own looks, and upping her clients’ styling game too. Pictured here in Thrifted OOTD, Sanam Chaudhri, and with Alizay Shah and Risham Faiz Bhutta at an awards show. Amal Qadri doesn’t think 2022 was an year of immense achievement; “I haven’t worked…

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The wilderness years | Sports

It’s 9.30 am, March 3, 2009. In Lahore, a Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is underway at the Gaddafi Stadium. A team bus carrying the Sri Lankan side winds its way on a seven-kilometer journey from the hotel where the team is staying to the stadium. It is followed by a minivan carrying…

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