Dawn
Karachi is Pakistan's media city. The extraordinary vitality of local press and TV channels makes one wonder how President Musharraf copes with this range of expression. Admen, models, rock stars are feted. Harry Potter aur Aag ka Pyala is the fourth of the series in Urdu, fresh off the press. Galleries thrive, and Karachi is the hub of Pakistan's art market. The largest enrolment at the outstanding Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture is in fine arts. Here, as at the National College of Art, Lahore (earlier Mayo College of Art, founded by Rudyard Kipling's father Lockwood), a unique feature is miniature painting in a contemporary mode, now world-renowned through the work of young artists like Shahzia Sikander.
