Tag: Arts

  • 5 Pakistani’s make it to the Forbes ’30 Under 30′ list

    5 Pakistani’s make it to the Forbes ’30 Under 30′ list

    Forbes magazine has unveiled its highly anticipated list of 30 under 30 successful individuals across Asia, which features 300 people who have excelled in the fields of arts, tech, medicine and more. This year, spotted among the prodigies, are five Pakistanis who exceeded against the odds and made their mark in the fields of media, finance, marketing. Check them out below!

    Azam Mahmood as screenwriter for ‘Ramy’

    Originally from Karachi, Azam Mahmood is a story editor for the Peacock show ‘Queer As Folk’, who is also working with the Golden Globes award winning actor Ramy Youssef for the show ‘Ramy’.

    Anas Niaz as the founder of ‘Bioniks’

    Niaz is a mechatronics engineer who is the founder and CEO of Bioniks, a social enterprise from Karachi which is developing low-cost bionic arms using 3D printing technology, to create custom-made prosthetics which can allow users to manipulate objects using robotic fingers.

    Ayesha Mubarak Ali as a visual tech artist

    Mubarak is a multimedia visual tech artist whose work revolves around identity politics, space applications and the future of humanity. She made history by becoming the first Pakistani artist to collaborate with NASA scientists with her work being sent to the International Space Station for the Maleth II mission.

    Shershah Hassan and Waleed Amjad Islam, co-founders of KalPay

    Shershah Hassan and Waleed Amjad Islam are co-founders of the fin-tech startup KalPay, a Sharia compliant buy now pay later venture, which aims to provide financial access to a country where credit card use is less than 1%. The company had previously partnered with Pakistani ventures like Food Panda and Muawin to provide users with a convenient and easy way to conduct banking transactions.

  • Rare Michelangelo drawing to fetch $33m in Paris sale

    A rare drawing by Michelangelo, discovered in 2019, will be offered for sale next month by Christie’s and could fetch 30 million euros ($33 million), the British auction house said.

    The drawing, one of the few works of the Renaissance Italian artist in private hands, was sold in 1907 in Paris and billed as a work of the school of Michelangelo. It was largely forgotten until 2019, when a Christie’s specialist recognised it as one of Michelangelo’s own.

    The drawing is thought to be one of the artist’s early works, from around the end of the 15th century. It reproduces a shivering man depicted in a fresco, “Baptism of the Neophytes”, by Masaccio. Two other people stand near him in the drawing.

    “This drawing I think is one of the most exciting discoveries made in the field of Old Masters drawings in a long time,” said Stijn Alsteens, Christie’s international head of the department for Old Master drawings.

    The work had been designated a French national treasure, which prevented it from being exported, but the French government recently removed the designation, allowing the drawing to be offered to collectors anywhere in the world, Christie’s said.

    The drawing is scheduled to be exhibited in Hong Kong and New York before it is auctioned in Paris on May 18.

    REUTERS

  • “Mera beta to bus engineer banega” Have things changed?

    “Mera beta to bus engineer banega” Have things changed?

    We all have grown up listening to “Mera beta to bus engineer banega” aur ” Meri beti doctor banegi” . Many of us thought that things have changed in the recent times so we asked people if they insist that their children study science and children if they were forced to opt for it and why. We must say some of the answers were really intriguing. Have a look