Return of the native

Visiting the village school one attended and meeting up with old friends after 60 years is the stuff of fiction but truth is often stranger. Memory mixes with a desire to relive those childhood days as Akmal Aleemi walks down nostalgia lane in his ancestral village Dhilwan

The author found his village had changed beyond recognition. Office of the Dhilwan Development Society.

Jacko is back
King of Pop, Michael Jackson, is back and has promised his fans a special treat. He will be making his comeback with a star-studded remake of his hit album Thriller. Fans at a music awards in Cannes were stunned when Jacko announced that a host of big names have been lined up for the project.

Benazir had fans in Shimla
J.N. Sadhu
The assassination of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi has shocked the people of Shimla. Bhutto made a deep and lasting impression on all those who met her during her three-day visit to Shimla in July, 1972, when she accompanied her father, the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who had come for the historic Simla Summit.

Good music and lively talk shows
Randeep Wadehra
Various channels have an array of entertaining music and enlightening talk shows. Then there are shows that are hybrid, having a talk show format with music as a major part of the content. In this category Geet Masala on DD Punjabi is quite an entertainer.