Written by: Nida Qasim
Posted on: May 11, 2022 | 
| 中文
Khumariyaan band
Coming up on the weekend of the 13th, 14th, and 15th of May, this is Pakistan’s largest tech entrepreneurship festival to be held in Islamabad. It’s an innovation exposition with a diverse lineup of tech startups, investors and entrepreneurs, techies, artists, and netizens. Future Fest is the result of the success of investments acquired by Pakistani startups in the past 18 months – almost half a billion dollars in total - putting Pakistan on the entrepreneurial map, and of interest to potential investors all over the globe.
Future Fest Poster
To harness this potential and recent success, Future Fest will bring together 30,000+ expected attendees, 250+ world-class speakers, 100+ stall installations by exhibitors, and a chance to enjoy well-curated networking, and multiple activities. Along with the celebration of technology in Pakistan, this 3-day event will feature multiple musicians and bands from Pakistan, holding concerts every night. Many notable artists are to perform including Hassan Raheem, Atif Aslam, Young Stunners, Khumariyaan, Bayaan, Aima Baig, and others. There will also be food stalls every day.
To buy tickets, and learn more about the event, please follow this link.
This is a 4-day and 3 nights trip led by Cube Edutour, where you can experience a side of history often not spoken about. This will be a provoking cultural & intellectual academic history experience in Hunza guided by the architect behind Cube Edutour, Zain Mustafa, and will include Cube Edutour’s signature guide books of the Silk Route, a meditative on-site pop-up charcoal sketching workshop, discussions on the topic with like-minded group members and Zain Mustafa’s history talks at every stop and heritage site. The tour package will include airfare (Islamabad- Gilgit -Islamabad), road transportation, hotels (double occupancy), all meals including one local home meal, a live local folk music night, guide books, sketchbooks & SOP set CE bag, a history guided tour by Zain Mustafa, charcoal sketching & meditation “Seeing” workshops, as well as logistics & coordination.
The Silk Route Educational Tour
For further details please contact the CE Logistics Manager, Owais at +92 344 2711503. For more details about Cube Edutour, please follow their Instagram page or Facebook, or visit their website.
iO - The Space is hosting an open mic night, extending out the invitation to sing, dance, rap, juggle, perform a trick, tell a story, or do standup comedy. This is a chance to meet new people, and to have some light fun. The entry ticket is Rs 350, and it will be at 7PM at iO- The Space, Bahria Town, Islamabad. You can find out more details by following them on Facebook, or Instagram.
Open Mic Night
Culinary Tales from Balochistan is Nilofer Afridi Qazi's first book published by Beaconbooks in the United Kingdom. This is an unusual collection of tales combining cookery, adventure, travel, heritage, and exploration of Pakistan’s largest province. Nilofer has traveled solo across the vast landscape of Balochistan collecting traditional recipes of incredible people who are the reservoir of Pakistan’s diversity. Her personal perspective covers generations of her own family but also of the province’s history.
Nilofer Afridi Qazi
“Focusing on the culinary is a fascinating way to explore a culture or country, food is a central strand in people's cultural inheritance. One of Nilofar Qazi's aims is to document this valuable and vulnerable part of her own heritage through traditional recipes. The writing at times reaches the same vertiginous splendor as the landscapes captured by her camera...” - Claire Chambers
Here is the link to purchase a copy. The book launch is to be held at Kehkashan 3- Serena Hotel, is free for ASG Members, and Rs 300 for guests at the door. For further information, you can contact the Asian Study Group at Nabeela Ajaz: 0300-8508392, / ASG Office 051-2802343 (Tuesday-Saturday: 11 am-2pm) / asianstudyg@gmail.com.
Culinary Tales From Balochistan
Studio, canvas, paints, brushes, and sculptures like stuff come into our mind when we think of “Art”. To write, to paint, to make art of any kind may be a great and true adventure, but this is not the case with ‘Prison Art’ which has almost nothing to do with the conventional aesthetic value that is usually associated with Art.
Believing that art must never stop at the level of pleasing eyes, Shakeel Ahmad, co-founder of Aman Chaupal and an Anthropologist from Kasur will share his ethnographic work on prison art in Punjab. Besides attempting to answer the question ‘Why do prisoners produce art?’, the discussion will include various samples of artifacts/artworks, process methods and approaches to art creation, and finally utility, and significance of prison Art within and outside the prison.
The presentation will be bi-lingual followed by a Q&A session. The venue is Noor Mahal-Marriott Hotel and it is free for ASG members and Rs 300 for guests, at the door. For more information you can contact: Asian Study Group at ASG Office 051 2802343 (Tuesday-Saturday 11am-2pm)/ asianstudyg@gmail.com/, Aneela Khan at 0347 0005250, or Sana Khan at 0344 0518256.
The band is one of Peshawar's organic contributions to Pakistani music. Straddling the line between genres and cultures, shifting from Eastern to Western, and playing around with crescendos and stop-start staccatos, much of Khumariyaan's sound rests on fusing the local rabab with western instruments, such as the guitar, or the Middle Eastern djembe, and while the band constantly experiments, it still has a conscious desire to stay true to its roots.
The venue will be disclosed on registration. Registration will be available from Thursday, May 12- Wednesday, May 25 @ London Book Company, Kohsar Market.
The fee for ASG Members is Rs. 3000 and for guests is Rs.4000. For further information, please contact: Asian Study Group at ASG Office 051 2802343 (Tuesday-Saturday 11am-2pm)/ asianstudyg@gmail.com/ Aneela Khan 0347 0005250, Sana Khan 0344 0518256
Rung Instrument Classes
Rung School of Music and Arts offers various music, art, and acting classes. They offer a range of different classes including painting & sketching, acting, trumpet, flute, rabab, violin, guitar, drums, piano, and more. To find out how to enroll, and for further details, please contact them at 051-2287266 or 0333-1947016/0312-5003072. You can follow them on Facebook or Instagram to learn more about their offerings.
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