02. Around Town...

One party at a time!

42. On The Rise

Syeda Amera goes global with her designs.

48. Summer Essentials

Zero Fuss Beauty Picks of the Season.

58. Travel and Cake

Qasim Yar Tiwana takes us on a ride to the mountains!

62. W’s Roving Eye

This week’s hottest looks! Who made the style A- list?

66. The Story of a Storyteller

An engaging tete-a-tete with prolific writer, Ian Stephen.

72. Totes Worth It!

Bags that Beat the Birkin.

78. Love Struck

Weekend’s editors’ picks!

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JUNE 12, 2016

Hey Weekenders!Ramadan Mubarik! We hope this holy month brings abundant blessings in our lives, may we start this year anew with all sins forgiven and may we all feast at endless iftaar parties with delicious food and the company of our loved ones. This week on the cover we have Syeda’s Amera with her latest collection making waves in international waters with her exquisite designs. In Travel and Cake, QYT takes us on tour of Pakistan’s North, for a much needed respite from the scorching summer heat. Our resident beauty editor, Minahil Sherazi, gives us a list of easy breezy beauty essentials for the summer and we show you all the must-have bags that beat the Birkin. If you want to keep up with the latest happenings of the who’s who around town, we have lots more to offer! So get the pages rolling ya’all!

Sincerely,Team Weekend.

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Saif, Fatima & Muhammad Ali

What’s in Your Bag?Sana Tata launched a line of luxurious handbags under the brand name ‘Nina Neri’ in Lahore. The event was managed by iCresStudio.

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Saira & Minahil

Anush & Shazia Ammar

Mehreen & Amin

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Jiya, Huma & Rubab AliNoor Monoo

Natasha Kamal

Saadieh & DaneeseHumaiyon Mazar & Mahreen

Mishal Asad

Sehar Rabia

Mehak Amir

Malika & Mariyam

Shirin Hasan

Aamir Mazhar, Nada Tahir & David Hoffman

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Najia & Saira Haq Ali

Fashion ForwardPakistan Fashion Week 9 was recently hosted in London. The event was managaed by Riwayat Ltd.

Ambreen Ahmed & Anisha

Natasha & Hira

Bushra & Taimur

Seema & Madiha GoharSyed Ibne Abbas with wife

Ayesha Sana

Hina & Rozina

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Hamna AmirSam DadaAisha ImranAmina Malik

Sadaf Amir Shamaeel Ansari Fehmida Lakhany Najwa Imran

Nida Azwer Sarah Salman Nabila Ana Alli

Marjan & Maryam Baniasadi

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Ridah Misbah & Ahmer Farooq

For Art’s SakeThe Paint Bucket gallery hosted thesis show of NCA graduates titled ‘Becoming’. The PR for the event was handled by Verve.

Misha Rehman

Sehr Latif & Anum Lasharie

Jahanzaib Akmal

Mohd. Ali Talpur & Haider AliMahnoor, Mahjabeen & Sundus

Mahgul Kabir & Elaiha Monoo

Zahrah Ehsan Noormah Jamal

Uzma Kardar & Tahir Kardar

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Shahid & Amna Kardar

Candles and Cake!Amna Kardar celebrated her birthday with friends and family in Lahore.

Ahmed Butt & Maida

Faisal & Saira

Hassan & Amira Shafiq

Nimra & JahanzaibCybil

Maheen Kardar

Noore Bhatti & Ammara Bhatti

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Ayesha KardarImtisal ZafarAnaumSehyr Anis

Asad & Anushe Taha & Sabika Fawad & Uzma Rao

SeyhamMumtazHamza TararSumayra

Shanzay & Hina

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Munazzah, Misbah Shafqat, Aleena Masood & Fareena Adeel

‘Tis the season!Munnazah Sheraz exhibited her Spring/Summer Collection 2016 in Karachi.

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Mehreen Tabani

Mujtaba & NabeelRubab Abbas

Kiran Farhan Pardesi Sophia Dhedhi

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Mansoor & Layla Chatoor

Sneak a Peek! Layla Chatoor held an exclusive press viewing of her new Summer Pret and Summer Resort Collections in Karachi.

Shaila Sayani

Alyzeh & Manahyl

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Zainab with her mother Aliya Mahwish & Habiba

Aamna Haider Isani

Zurain Salima Feerasta

Amna, Izarah & Sabiha

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Ayesha Ziya & Aahyan Mumtaz

Eau de ParfumAyesha Ziya launched a perfume called ‘The Oud’ in Lahore.

Mujahid Ahmed & Mahnoor

Nazish

Ali Ahsan & Hassan

Rehan & ShirinZunaira Butt

Assad

Ayesha Shuja & Asad Nazir

Imrat Bano

Fahad & Dr Yasmin

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Afrah & Shanza

Back to School Paper Clip, a leading multi-purpose stationary store recently opened in Lahore. The PR was managed by Latitude CRS.

Sania & Vania

Raafia & Anam

Sarah & Raza Rehman

Saad Hussain & Mahezehra HusainAtif Shahzad & Kaleem

Hasnain Ali

Waleed & Muzaffar

Shefalii Munshi & Sadiq Saleem

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Alyzeh, Sonia & Annie Mansoor

Treasure in the TrunkEnsemble Dubai hosted a pre-Ramadan trunk show, displaying leading local designers.

Misbah Mehta & Muznah

Hina Anwer, Mehreen Omar, Mahwish Shamoon & Dania Ehtesham

Amena Farhan, Afrhan Sami & Sabah Zaman

Zoya

Aleena & Bakhtawar

Evelyn Suri & Mehak Adil

Faiza Malik & Umair Tabani

Fatima Kasuri & Rema Farid

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Prêt-a-porterJuggun Kazim, Zahid ur Rehman and Maryam Rasheed launched Juggun’s Prêt, a casual clothing line, in Lahore. The event was managed by Amir Mazhar.

Amna Shan & Sadia Khurram

Mandana & Dramna

Shoaib & Annie

Resham, Mehdi & Rachel GillNimra

Mariam Kawaja & Sam Ali Dada

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Iffat Omer Sofia Ahmed Meg Natty & Babloo

Monazza & Rizwan Asim & SadiaMahrukh & Alina

Kanwal Ilyas Mehak Sayed Kuki Salma Turab

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Lights, Camera, PopcornA special screening for Aksbandh was held in Nueplex Karachi for the cast and crew of the film. The PR was managed by Walnut Communications.

Faizan Baloch & Naveed Arshad

Bilal Yousufzai

Shehzeen Rahat

Syeda Wajiha Imran & Ali Hussain KhanFahad & AB Lakhani

Ayaz Samoo

Nauman Khan & Danial Afzal Khan

Hafza & Saima Azhar

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New Store in TownFarhan and Ambreen launched their flagship store in Karachi. The event which was managed by Takell PR, Hair and Makeup by Depilex.

Iqra Fayyaz

Uzma Alkarim

Imran Aslam

Kiran Khan & Uzma KhanSamia Jameel

Faisal Naqvi & Kulsum

Amna MalikSadia

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Shades of SummerNari and Zubi hosted an exhibition of semi-formal and casual chicken suits in Lahore.

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Sakina Toosy

Sehar Omer

Sofia UsmanAfia Usman

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Saadia GardeziMadiha

Shazay Salahuddin

Syeda Amera is one of Pakistan’s finest fashion designers, acclaimed and admired

for her exquisite couture creations and elegant gowns. In a short amount of time,

she has become a significant figure in the fashion world and proudly represents

Pakistan on a global platform.

On the Rise

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It’s 45 degrees and there is no denying it any longer, summer is well and truly here. I would like nothing better to leave the house bare-faced, relying on the Pakistani heat to provide that natural flush and glow to my face but I don’t particularly care for scaring children early in the day. That, and a general love for playing around with makeup all

day has me reaching for my cosmetic bag even in the depths of hell—aka a Subcontinental summer. Summer complexions call for a “natural”, bare, sun-kissed skin, less-is-more, I-woke-up-like-Gisele approach. I pare down my winter’s makeup bag and take out the heavier, full coverage foundations, dark lips and even heavy scents. I swap the above with lightweight foundations (you won’t find any BB creams here…okay, maybe the odd CC cream), bright blushes, sometimes bronzer, waterproof mascaras and vibrant lip colours. Along with the dizzying lawn prints that make up the bulk of your wardrobe, consider these products to be your summer beauty essentials.

Summer Beauty Essentials

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THE SUN-PROTECTIONKiehl’s super Fluid uV deFense spF 50+ I prefer sunscreens with a higher SPF and thinner consistency because if there’s one thing I really hate all year round but especially in the summer, it is sunscreen application. Most formulas are thick, smell funny and take a lot of skin massaging and skin-tugging to blend in. So when I came across Keihl’s formula which is lightweight, silky and non-greasy, I knew it was going home with me. For sunscreens to work effectively, you have to reapply every couple of hours or just stay out of the sun if you can. But underneath

makeup, this is a dream.

THE EXFOLIATOR: The Body shop piñiTa Colada Body sCruB If you like piña coladas, getting caught in the rain…

If you do like piña coladas

and getting soaked in torrential downpour, then good for you but we’re not here to discuss that. Summer is the time when skin is on show—elbows, right? You don’t want scaly, ashy looking limbs from last winter, still on display. Get scrubbin’ guys! The Body Shop’s newest Piñita Colada range will have you singing in the shower because it’s incredible. Like all Body Shop products, this one smells amazing and it goes without saying, but no harm in a friendly reminder, don’t eat it. I repeat, don’t eat it. It may smell amazing but I can assure you it tastes like soap.

THE FACE MIST: rose waTer /GlyCerine Can you think of anything more refreshing than a face mist in the heat of summer? I love using a rose water face mist not only to refresh my face but also as a toner before moisturising. I use a variety of face mists but I find that simple rose water or even glycerine in a spray mist bottle makes the best face mist. It’s refreshing, smells like you’re standing in a garden of roses and actually has great skincare benefits. Rosewater helps in banishing redness and discolouration and if you wake up with dark circles or puffy eyes then soak a couple of cotton pads with the good stuff and apply around your eyes. It’ll work a treat.

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THE DEWY COMPLEXION: Bourjois 123 perFeCT CC CreamIf you want a light base and a dewy one at that then look no further than the Bourjois CC cream. Forget the BB creams because frankly, they suck (IMO). CC creams are colour-correcting and this Bourjois one in particular provides decent coverage, a dewy finish and a hydrated look to the skin. It has a SPF 15 which isn’t amazing at all so do wear it over a sunscreen with a higher SPF. It also contains 3 colour correcting pigments; Apricot for anti-fatigue, Green for anti-redness and White for anti-dark spot results. It’s a winner in my books.

THE LIGHTWEIGHT MOISTURISER:

The Body shop ViTamin C Glow BoosTinG moisTuriser The Body Shop makes an appearance again with the Glow Boosting moisturiser from their Vitamin C range. The consistency of the moisturiser is that of a gel cream which makes it soothing, cooling and hydrating on the skin. It’s a fresh, lightweight formula that infuses the skin with moisture and adds a subtle glow.

THE WATERPROOF MASCARA:

ysl luxurious masCara waTerprooFEven though a firm favourite of mine is the Maybelline Lash Sensational in the waterproof version, for the hotter months, I like to venture out sometimes and try other mascaras because, FOMO. I don’t particularly like to splurge on mascaras and go for high end ones but there has been the odd occasion when I have. The YSL Luxurious Mascara Waterproof delivers impact and dramatic lashes that you can wear swimming or at the beach or just sweating. It comes in a subtle brown and blue too if you really want to play up your eyes.

THE FACE POWDER: CharloTTe TilBury air Brush Flawless Finish sKin perFeCTinG miCro-powderThere are very few products, if any from the Charlotte Tilbury range that are not swoon-worthy. And this powder comes in the top five of best products. In Charlotte’s own words it is a ‘super luxe micro-fine powder with soft-focus nano particles that blur away lines and imperfections’. I like to set my makeup with it because not only does it provide a beautiful, seamless, flawless finish to your complexion but it matifies too. It’s one of the new revolutionary face powders on the market currently that provide a bright, illumination finish and no caking or sitting in fine lines. But if you want a powder that packs more punch in the oil-control department then look towards the MAC Blot powder in the pressed form. It also sets foundation, finishes the face and adds minimal colour. It is not translucent so expect a bit of colour and a sheer coverage.

THE POP OF COLOUR: reVlon phoToready Cream Blush

Revlon is one of those brands that people seem to have forgotten about but really, you just need to know what’s worth the money and what isn’t. The brand’s Photoready Cream Blushes are worth it. The cream blushes come in three different shades and they glide on smoothly and provide a dewy flush of colour which is what you want in summer. A favourite of mine for the summer months is the shade Coral Reef.

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THE EYE DEFINER: maC Teddy eye Khol This is certainly not a new product and I’m sure many people already know and love it but I’ve only recently been converted. It is best described as a warm, mid chocolate brown eye pencil that can be used to line the eyes, applied all over the lid and blended out for a smoky look or as an eyeshadow base. It does a lot for an eye pencil. I use it to line my lids and blend the line to provide a subtle smokiness. I only started doing that when I recently ran out of my liquid eyeliner and was too lazy to replace it with another. But what I like best about the Teddy eye pencil is that the formula is creamy and you have to do minimal pulling or tugging at the skin, if any. You might want to warm up the pencil by either using a hairdryer on it for a couple of seconds (be careful not to melt it) or just by rubbing it on your fingertips. It’s a lovely alternative to a black liner to define the eyes.

THE FRESH SCENT: Byredo BlanChe eau de parFum I’m sure I’m not the only who cannot stand strong, heady scents in the summer. Combined with the strong glare of the sun, the heat and sweating, a strong scent just does not mix well. That is why I opt for Byredo’s Blanche, a summer favourite. Like the name suggests in French, the scent is built around the colour white, it’s pure, simple and fresh. If fresh scents are not your thing, then give this a miss and keep spritzing your usual perfume—you don’t have to switch it up for summer. But notes in Blanche include Pink Pepper, White Rose, Neroli and Peony to mention a few.

THE SUMMER NUDE:

The esTée ediT By esTée lauder The BaresT lip Colour in exposedEstée Lauder just released a new line for the millennials called The Estée Edit which has quite an extensive range of products. But my favourite has to be The Barest Lip Colour in the shade Exposed. It’s a light beige nude and a lipstick/lip balm hybrid. It has a satin finish so you can layer it on a matte nude shade to add a hint of sheen or just wear it on its own. I love wearing nudes in the summer months too. But if summer nudes aren’t your thing and you find a full blown red lipstick too high maintenance because you have ice cream to eat, then dab your regular lipstick on your lips and rock a stain instead. It’s a win-win.

THE PERENNIAL RED:

essie nail polish in really red

Red nail polish is a beauty classic in every season but in the summer time it really comes into its own. Vibrant and rich colours on the hands and feet really bring out a tan and scream fun even when I’m only hanging out with

my two friends Ben and Jerry and we’re just watching Netflix. I want my hands and feet to tell the world ‘hey I am fun.’ But back to the polish; Essie’s Really Red is one of the brand’s best-loved shades amongst the millions that the brand has to offer and it’s one I always insist on whenever I’m getting a mani/pedi.

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Coordination: Umer Mushtaq

Grooming: N-gents 'Nabila' Designer: MEHDI

Photography n Styling: Umair Bin Nisar

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A LAnd of fAirytALesIt all started when I was watching a Hollywood movie at night featuring the

most beautiful places in Geneva. I thought to myself, the whole world pro-motes places like Switzerland but why are we left behind? We have the most

scenic locations in Pakistan that are barely given the hype they deserve. So this week I wanted to witness and then reveal this real beauty of Pakistan, the most exotic places , lush green velvety mountains, beautiful bridges and pure blue riv-ers. So began my amazing trip to Pakistan’s magnificent North.

The journey began by heading to Naraan and Kaghan from Islamabad through Muzaffarabad at 7:00 am in the morning, with my twenty or so first cousins and my siblings. Pakistan is blessed with exotic destinations that are mostly unseen, untold and unheard of. While taking a break and sitting on the bank of the mighty river Jhelum, I was totally mesmerized by the splendor of Azad Kashmir. We stayed in the Pearl Continental for one night and decided to leave next day for Shugran. Shugran is a beautiful place at the peak of the moun-tain and there is a very luxurious club where we stayed for another one night. This place is no less than any beautiful European tourist destination and the beauty of this area is so captivating and spell bounding. However, all we need to do is to just make it more approachable and provide some basic facilities to make it a world recognized tourist attraction.

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A LAnd of fAirytALesNext morning our journey took us to Naran. We checked in the PTDC rest

houses which was not an up to the mark facility. Thanks to various items I brought with me, including blankets, snacks, mosquito repellants, I was able to save my night. Next stop was Lake Saif ul Maluk. It was a very difficult jeep ride of forty five minutes but the place was so magical such a travel was worth it. Turquoise blue water melting down directly from the glaciers enhances the enigma of this fairytale lake. A strange sadness prevails there that makes the whole atmosphere mysteri-ous and supernatural. It put me in an oddly pensive mood and I was further sad-dened to see litter spread everywhere around the place, despite the fact that there were trashcans everywhere but visitors were hardly bothered to use them. I wish we could protect the natural environment of this “lonely beauty” whose silent deep waters quite literally speak to us.

Later on our way to Lalazar we had an unforgettable drive parallel to River Kunhar. It compelled me to believe that “a thing of beauty is joy forever”. Although we couldn’t reach Lalazar due to landsliding, yet the ever changing scenery kept us captivated. It was no less than what a vintage Yash Raj film has to offer. I wonder why we have not yet been able to use these magnificent places in our movies and documentaries. Then we decided to do something adventurous and went river rafting. That was something so fun and dangerous too but I had a great time, in fact I would say it was the best thing of the entire trip.

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You can’t go wrong with

the perennial black and

white outfit and those culottes

should be a summer

staple in every fashionista’s wardrobe.

sasha salahuDDin

This girl can do no wrong in our eyes.

The laid back Misha lakhani top, the frayed edged white pants. This is how you do summer in

white. Ladies take notes!

Mishal asaD

A weekend favourite,

Mishal gives floral prints a romantic revival with

this summery and vibrant

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W’s ROVING eye Well, what’s the use of a pair of good eyes that never rove? Weekend’s

been going through our fashion files for the week and these are the people who caught our fancy for either their style, their courage or their star power. Well played!

sana hasan

In the summer heat, there is nothing more

refreshing than an all white

ensemble. Sana keeps it classic with a simple

button down shirt but simultaneously nails the trend of bootleg trousers. Pair with minimal accessories to

keep the focus on the all-white outfit.

Gulrukh shafiq

A nude ensemble

of matching separates is ticking all the right boxes for summer.

rubab ali

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than to add a bit of

drama to our outfit and

those flared sleeves are all kinds of dramatic.

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Ian Stephen is a writer, artist and storyteller. Since the late ‘70s his poetry and short fiction have been published in numer-ous American and European journals. He served fifteen years in the coastguard and became a full-time writer of poetry, prose and drama in 1995 after win-ning the inaugural Christian Salvesen/Robert Louis Steven-son award. In 2004, he was the first artist in residence at Stanza, Scot-land’s annual poetry festival and he received the Creative Scotland Award (2002-3). Ian’s debut novel ‘A Book of Death and Fish’ was named book of the year by The Guardian, The Herald and The Glasgow Re-view. He recently visited Paki-stan to attend LLF-2016 and was one of the panelists head-ing the session‘Storytelling: Oral Traditions in Scotland and Pakistan’. We got a chance to sit down with Ian for a tete a tete on his achievements and the art of storytelling. First of all, how has your trip to Pakistan been?It has been a stimulating experi-ence of great contrasts — bustle

and calm, seeing donkey-carts and Mercs side by side, watch-ing the endless swirl of black kites. The overriding impres-sion is one of being met with kindness and great affinity — the human need to share expe-riencesvia language.What is storytelling and who is a storyteller ?For me the real storytellers are my mother and her broth-ers with their wit and their memories of my late grandfa-ther’s gift for casting spells with words. Storytellers pass on tales through their travels that serve as a bridge between the world’s cultures. Often these narratives which cross boundaries would have been lost without some-one spreading word through their travels. Stories should be told and heard, as evidently everyone is driven by a need to tell their story.How and when did you decide to become a writer?After completing university, I balanced writing short-stories and poems, storytelling and working shifts as a part-time coastguard. Then I worked full-time as a coastguard officer

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(organising marine rescue) for a further ten years. I still pub-lished poems and stories and sketched out ideas for develop-ment into a novel but simply could not find enough hours to be in the coastguard, a husband, father and writer. I took more photographs then, as an imme-diate response and I tended to write poems in my spare time. When I won the first Robert Louis Stevenson prize I plucked up the courage to lead the inse-cure life of a writer and artist.Did your love for boats and sea develop during the job?My younger brother tells me that I was always a creature of the sea, not of the land. My

Lewis grandfather was a herring fisherman for a time and uncles on both side of the family were in the Royal Navy. I was intro-duced to lining up marks (tran-sits) from an early age, to find fishing grounds and have been obsessed with boats as long as I can remember. It was a privilege to work in marine rescue but I

found I could not do justice to being both an artist and coast-guard.What is a useful comparison between navigation and story-telling?You have to know what the starting point is. You have a very good idea where you hope to reach. But along the way, you

must be sensitive to changing conditions or the reaction from your listener. Similarly, storytell-ing is improvisation. This is the subject of my first work of non-fiction, due from Adlard Coles Nautical (Bloomsbury) in spring 2017.

“the real storytellers are my mother and her brothers wIth theIr wIt and theIr memorIes of my late grandfather’s gIft for castIng spells wIth words”

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Is your story telling ability God gifted or it is indebted to your connections with the maritime world?I think some people simply have a gift of narrative and the ability to engage. You can learn techniques and improve but all the storytellers I admire have a gift. I see it in classrooms all the time. Often there is a natural teller, perhaps not the stron-gest ‘academic’ in the class. The maritime world has also always inspired storytelling; ‘swing the lamp and tell another,’ my colleagues used to say, on watch. I remember the natural eloquence of my mentors and-now I’ve also passed these on to others.How does story telling de-velop a love of language and vocabulary?I loved it when my uncle Kenny told us island traditions of a bogey-man character — the scarier the better. My own two sons would often ask for the

same story, written or spoken, again and again. You could never leave a bit out. The words might be a bit different but they loved the familiarity of aspects of the language as well as the narra-tive.

You always prefer to combine storytelling and poetry work-shops with performance and readings. How important is that to you? I think I’m a pretty practical per-son and so get a bit impatient when there is a lot of discus-sion on theory without putting it into practice. You can talk till

the cows come home about your plan for a novel but, for me, it takes shape by the doing. For me there is an element of play as well as hard work in making art with language. Play is ex-perimentation which can lead to innovation.What is the cardinal sin of storytelling?No matter how eloquent you are, I think you lose the listener if you are not lost in the tell-ing yourself. For me there is an irony —you must make it your own, not imitate the way an-other tells it and yet you must respect what you have heard and be true to the tale.As a writer what do you enjoy the most about the writing process?Getting lost in it. The language takes a hold of you and you are a vessel, pushed out. It’s always an adventure.What is your favourite child-hood book or story?I think that would have to be Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kid-napped’ with ‘Treasure Island’ close behind. You are only aware of the great subtlety of the narrative techniques, much later, as an adult. I also loved my mother’s trickster stories of Donald Campbell, her father’s cousin who could always get out of trouble with a twist of wit.What advice would you give writers that are starting out?Enjoy it. Tell your favourite sto-ries first in an intimate setting, with friends you trust. Tell the stories that take a hold of you rather than the ones you think you really should tell.

“no matter how eloquent you are, I thInk you lose the lIstener If you are not lost In the tellIng”

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The Birkin had its day, but alongside the animal cruelty controversy, a general staleness has set in around it. It is now less a symbol of social status and beauty, than

it is a symbol of the unimaginative and dull. The truth is, there are a lot of expensive bags out there you could splurge on that engage a lot more creativity, personality

and imagination than the Hermes tote. Here’s Weekend’s roundup of the bags that beat the Birkin way out of the

ball park! Get your wallets ready, set, go!

Sophie hulme leather Box tote Bag$419

anya hindmarch froStieS maxi featherweight eBurg £1395

alexander mcQueen

cage croc-effect leather

tote$ 2700

dolce & gaBBana

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painted Box Bag

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Birkin!

tory Burchfrayed tweed dome clutch $450

tory BurchemBelliShed

feather dome clutch $695

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hill & friendShappy Satchel leopard print calf hair tote$ 2,586

truSSSimple woven raffia-effect toteUSD 223

fendi Studded mini peekaBoo Bag

$8,450

alaia eyelet emBelliShed leather toteUSD 3270

Jerome dreyfuSS - Suede popeye feStival Satchel - $ 1,390

leS petitS JoueurSalex mini fringe Beaded croSSBody Bag, Black$1,385.00

Sophie hulme leather Box tote

Bag$419

dolce & gaBBana emBelliShed

wicker BaSketUSD 4750

Sophie hulmealBion mini leather tote$510

manSur gavriel circle

leather tote in ‘BluSh

pink’$1,095

leS petitS JoueurSmicro alex SnakeSkin Bunny Bag, Black$1,115.00

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Summer, Eid, Ramazan , the trio brings the perfect opportunity to exhibit wearing your favorite lawn. The SNM Lawn come up with its latest shoot for its summer collection Volume 2 for fashion literati with much abuzz of festive hues and marvelous designs in the town! SNM lawn following its own footsteps introduces summer collection of lawn having vibrant colours and glorious styles. Its rich heritage stretches back to 1954, a small venture in the leather industry and today Din Group has grown to become a prominent stakeholder in the economy, a proud exporter of Pakistan with exports worth over $100 million per annum and annual sales turnover in excess of $130 million. The latest summer collection volume 2 comes up with satisfying the plethora of customers all around the globe particularly customers of Pakistani origin. According to the Din Textile Industries, of which a women brand name SNM is running, “It has been our aim and strong indication of our ability to meet international standards. Din Industries has combined its expertise to bring you a premium-clothing brand.” SNM brand ultimate aim is to provide the finest quality fabrics, innovative use of colors and an ultimate sense of luxury in their latest summer shoot. In four words you can sum up the summer collection volume 2 of SNM by Din enterprises: Creative, fresh, contemporary and philosophical!

SNM LAWN Creative, fresh, contemporary and philosophical!

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HTC appoinTs Muller & pHipps as naTional DisTribuTor for pakisTanKarachi, Pakistan- May 25, 2016: HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today announced the launch of new range of smartphones for Pakistan market, namely, HTC One A9, Desire 728 Dual SIM (LTE), Desire 626 Dual SIM (LTE), Desire 626G and Desire 526G+. HTC also announced the appointment of Muller & Phipps as the national distributor for Pakistan.

The Media and Press Launch event was held on 25th May 2016 , where M&P officially unveiled HTC Product Range and pricing the major emphasis was on affordability , technological advancements and durability of HTC products

The entire range will be available in Market and Online from 1st week of June 2016

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HTC LAUNCHES POWERFUL PORTFOLIO OF SMARTPHONES IN PAKISTAN

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Editors’ picks

Mini Banoffee Pie PKR 350Rina’s Kitchenette

Chosungah 22 BRow MaKeRPKR 2200www.sephora.com

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Painting By soPhia BalagaMwalaPrice on Requestwww.sophiabala.com

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‘Maisan’ summer eid Collection

June 18th 118-Cavalry ground, street 3, lahore.

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Super Squad’s event at the Centaurus Mall made quite a splash with kids and parents alike. Catering to every age bracket of kids there was a fun coloring competition for 6 to 8 years of kids whereas 9 to 11 years of teenyboppers were given the task of designing Super Squad’s very own and the very first Eid Card. Our young adults from 12 to 16 years of age were busy designing their dream T-shirt which will become a reality really soon. Not to forget the Fashion Parade which was the highlight of the event- the little superheroes marched up a storm across the Centaurus!

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