Weekend magzine 01 May 2016

may 01, 2016

Hey Weekenders!

CONTENTS 06. Around Town...

One party at a time!

42. Forever Young Ayesha Omar and Sikander Rizvi model for Pepe Jeans S/S’16 Collection.

48. The Things Pakistanis Say

Sana Shah returns with her sage wisdom.

52. 7 Days with QYT

Qasim Yar Tiwana’s unstoppable social calendar.

54. W’s Roving Eye

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

56. Hot Date

Up close and personal with Rubab Raza.

60. DIY Beauty

Affordable beauty hacks.

66. Travel & Cake

The nostalgia of rain in Spain with Mohamed Malik.

70. Weekend Scouts

Get inspired by the creative talent of Hussain Salahuddin.

74. ARY Film Awards 2016

Celebrity spotting at the ARY Film Awards 2016.

78. Love Struck

Weekend’s editors’ picks!

Chairperson/Publishing Editor: Rameeza Majid Nizami Editor The Nation: Salim Bokhari Editor-at-Large: Amal Khan Managing Editor: Shazay Salahuddin Features Editor: Foha Raza & Nur Zehra Qadri Beauty Editor: Minahil Batool Shirazi Sub Editor: Rana Faizan Hussain Karachi Correspondent: Farah Vayani Fashion Correspondent: Fatima Ameer Creative Head: Faiz-ur-Rehman Creative Team: Faisal Fazal, Talat Mahfooz, Zeeshan Arif, Shoaib Qadir Photographer: M. Basharat Irshad GM Marketing: Bilal Mahmood For Advertising: Kherzan Zaidi - 0321 8976730, Ata-ur-Rehman - 0332 2427473, Khalid Sheikh - 0345 5130728

It’s getting hot in here and we’re not just talking about the weather!

This week we bring you the alluring Ayesha Omar with the handsome Sikander Rizvi in their latest photo shoot for Pepe Jeans Pakistan looking cool for the summer on our cover. We sit down for a Hot Date with one of Pakistan’s youngest sportswoman; the inspirational Olympic swimmer, Rubab Raza who gives us an inside into her early start in competitive swimming, intensive training and her new business venture. We’re thinking it and Sana Shah is saying it with her witty piece ‘The Things that Pakistani’s Say’ that hits the nail on the head regarding all the socially inappropriate questions that us Pakistanis ask!

Shahaan Abbasy lets us have a look into his wardrobe in our The Dressing Room feature and shows us his favourite fashion pieces. In this week’s Makeup Edit, Minahil Sherazi give us the low-down on the best DIY every day hacks with simple household ingredients to make affordable beauty products!

Our regular Love Struck feature highlights all the things that have caught our eye in the last seven days.

We hope you’re as excited about this action-packed issue as we are!

Happy Weekending!

Sincerely, Team Weekend.

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Kamiar Rokni

Swan Lake Studio S held a fashion presentation for their latest collection, titled ‘The Ballet Collection’ at The Nishat Hotel, Lahore.

aleena & Seher Tareen

Nadira Khalid & Yousaf Shahbaz

Mehak Saeed

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Momina Sibtain

Beli & Hajra

Ayesha, Faryal & Aleena

Marya, Abeera & Mariam

Bilal Lakhani

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Shehrbano Taseer

Sania

Bisma Tareen

Ayesha Noon

Shanzay Shiekh

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Amna Taseer

Natasha Manoo

Zohra Rehman

Maham

Shazreh Khalid

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Erum Zaeem

A Night of Music Ammar Zaeem and Maliha Sajjad hosted a Qawali night at the Haveli BaroodKhana in Lahore to celebrate their wedding.

Ammar & Maliha

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Mehar & Saad

Eman & Shayan

Mehek & Shahbano

Fatima Josh

Anushka & Suleman

Nimra & Jehanzaib

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Rehan Munir

Zahra, Sameer & Nazish

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Minahil & Mudassar

Umair Alam & Shehrbano

Haider Khan & Kayhan Suleman

Seher Latif

Khadijah Gulzar

Sumyrah, Farhad & Uzma

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Hamna

Treasures In The Trunk Barae Khanom hosted an exclusive trunk show exhibiting their latest collection at The Nishat Hotel, Lahore.

Ishrat & Nimra

Dania

Nuzhat

Alisha Khan & Sonia

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Faiza & Humaira

Nur Zehra

Shehpar

Muzna

Behjat

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Dawar Mahmood

All The World’s A Stage KopyKats Productions and Anwar Maqsood teamed up to produce a tragicomic play about the India-Pakistan argument in Siachen at Alhamra Art & Council, Lahore. EbuzzPR hosted an exclusive media night.

Yousaf, Xille & Haris

Anaam Lodhi with friend

Aimen & Khurram

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Maryam & Muniba

Anam Raheel

Nayab

Mehek Saeed

Sabina Ali

Aamir Mazhar

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Cakes And Milkshakes!

Masoom’s Pancake Lounge opened a new branch on M.M. Alam Road, Lahore. PR of the event was by Bilal Mukhtar at BM Events.

Aden & Rehan

Saim

Anila, Sumyiah & Sameera

Nosheen Sheikh & Saleem Sheikh

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Asad, Bilal, Anushe & Cybil

Sayham & Amira

Rabea & Mariam

Halima & Faria

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Amna Babar

The Exhibit Aena, Fatima & Beenish

Momina Sibtain & Amna Sibtain

Erum Ahmad & Alina Raza

Shireen & Aden

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Arfa Khawaja & Anum Ahmad

Alyzeh Rahim Sherazi and Sania Ali hosted the second edition of ‘The Exhibit’ at X2, Lahore. The PR of the event was handled by Latitude CRS.

Rida & Sidra

Anush Ammar

Saleeh Shah, Aneela Shah & Sana Shah

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Rabia Farooqui

Maria

Foha Raza & Mehak Saeed

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Beenash & Ambar

Ayesha, Sara & Iffat

Mariam

Saira & Tabina

Sania

Sundas Omer

Amna

Faryal & Shumaila

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Mehreen

Zehra

Hammad & Sara

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Zainab Sufi

Sara, Maha & Roshanay

Eimaan

Sharmeen & Zahra

Anum

Faiza Ahmed

Madiha

Madeha & Amin

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Navneet

Bridal Boudoir Misha Lakhani hosted a private viewing of the label’s bridal collection at their outlet located in Lahore.

Natasha, Anushe & Farah

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Nisha

Shazia Ammar

Maha & Rizwana

Ammara

Anush Ammar

Nazia

Tayyaba

Mehreen Arshad

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Hamza Bukhari

Of Feathers and Ferns Izza & Ali

Lalarukh & Areej

Saleha Kashif, Zahra & Hira Qadri

Sadaf Fawad & Kiran Chaudry

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Samra Nadir & Amna Qaiser

Saleha Kashif held an exhibition for her fashion brand at Cosa Nostra, Gulberg, Lahore. The PR of the event was hosted by Latitude PR.

Fatima & Tahira

Mahnoor & Nimra Khokar

Jane Barnes & Clive

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Anila & Sumiyah

Mariam & Zahra

Kausar Ahmed, Ghalia & Ayesha

Shafaq & Areej

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Ammil & Anika Bashir

Asma

Maham & Shayaan

Minal

Sana, Sabina & Anam

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Saad Kureshi

Launched With A Bang Bang & Olufsen, a popular electronics brand, launched at an exclusive event held in Lahore.

The event was managed by Verve.

Momina, Faarya & Alina

Arslan & Imtisal

Shehzad & Sowaiba

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Abubakar & Omer

Ameena & Anum

Nazam & Yasmeen

Mariam & Misha

Uzma & Ayaz

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Rana Noman

Sauran & Adeel

Bilal

Rehan

Mian Mansha & Naaz Mansha

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Zoya Nasir

Adnan, Shehriyar & Taimoor Malik

Maham

Dr Farzeen

Ayesha Sana

Mr & Mrs Jalal

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FLamenco Festival El Tino, Elena la Machana, Rosa de Algeciras & Roberto Jaen

Carlos Morales

Kim Vo & Bridget Lines

Mr & Mrs Hassan

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Dr Shaheena & Dr Asma Naveed

Ambassador Carlos Morales of Spain hosted the Don Quixote Flamenco Festival, named in honour of author Miguel de Cervantes’ 400th death anniversary, at the PNCA Islamabad.

Ina Lepel

Rehab Abdul Hafeez & Bernat Gonzalez

Margaret Adamson & Mareck Krol

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Spring Soiree Tabassum Mughal & Aamna Haider Isani

Al-Zohaib Textiles launched the Spring/Summer Luxury lawn collection by Tabassum Mughal at CafĂŠ Aylanto, Karachi. The event management and PR was handled by Take II.

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Amber & Kiran Khan

Anushe Khalid, Alizeh Pasha, Natasia Khalid, Anusha Bawany, Nada Shah & Maha Rizvi

Wajiha Shahid & Tehmina Khaled

Maliha Rehman

Sadia Nawabi

Rukhsana, Seemi & Nazneen

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Hina Ramzi

Aiman

Saboor

Huma Tahir

Fauzia Iman

Nazia Malik

Sumbul Iqbal

Nadia Hussain

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Sarah Khan

Saleema Faresta

Munaf, Uzra,Hina & Wajiha Shahid

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7 days with QYT!

“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. Be positive, have courage and be kind. See you all next week!”

– By Qasim Yar Tiwana –

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Day:1 This week I recreated a shoot I had done sometime ago featuring the female beauty and power icons of our fashion industry. The concept behind this shoot was celebrating the wedding ceremonies that I organised for the movie star Reema Khan, rock star Meesha Shafi and supermodel Mehreen Syed who looked gorgeous in HSY Couture with jewellery by Rema Malik.

The shoot was done by Ather Shahzad.

Two other big names, Vaneeza Ahmed and Nadia Malik, were meant to be included in the shoot as their weddings were also organised by me but they were travelling at that time.

Dr. Uzma Tiwana Ayub, the eldest of my siblings is a renowned Skin specialist and practices Cosmetic Dermatology. She was in town so we spent a lot of time together.

The secret of my forever youthful looks is in the hands of my brilliant sister. She is the most intelligent of our siblings who has done Certifications in Aesthetic medicine from America, Monte Carlo, Italy, Dubai and France. She practices in Karachi!

Day:3 The handsome and very talented Azfar Rehman, who needs no introduction, is like a brother to me. We have been the best of friends since childhood, although he was in Karachi all his life and I was here in Islamabad and then later in Lahore. We make it a point to see each other every time we are in the same city. After all it is 20 years of friendship!

He was in town for an interview on ‘Celebrity Lounge’ along with the model Kanwal Illyas who has made her niche in no time in the modelling industry.

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Day 4 The next afternoon I had lunch with my favourite editor Shazay Salahuddin at the Mocca rooftop.

We were discussing my next feature and I couldn’t help but share with her how I lost all the contacts in my cell phone. I literally saw the numbers being wiped away from the screen as I held it in my hand! I was horrified but there was nothing I could do except yell ‘STOP, STOP!’. That obviously didn’t help. All I was left with, were the contacts in my favorites list, but since those I already know by heart, it was little consolation.

Please be careful about the apps you download and the links you click on because that’s how a virus can attack your phone and if, like me, you don’t have backup, the results can be disastrous.

Day 5: PTV reminds me of my childhood days and when I am working for them I always cherish every moment. I was making the set for PTV and they really know how to get the best out of me! The set was prepared to mark the silver jubilee of the show, ‘Celebrity Lounge’ hosted by none other than Asim Yar Tiwana and Cybil Chowdhry. The set had an oriental regal look with lots of gold inspired by the Mughal architecture. AYT had a specific theme in his mind where he wanted to bring out the royal essence in the show from chandeliers, flowers, crystals and even the music! The classical music track played for this occasion was specially designed for this episode by the melodious Fariha Pervez. Beautiful models wore Umar Saeed with the kundan and polki jewelry complimenting the set very well. It all looked enchanting!

Day 6: Receiving gifts is always such a wonderful feeling especially when you receive them from someone who you have been a fan of since childhood. I love this sultry piece given to me by my time treasure favourite icon who is always smart, tasteful and on top of my list. Thank you so much, Shahnaz Sheikh, you are a star and will be a star forever.

What is it with Sunday? The entire week revolves around it but when you finally get to it, the day completely escapes you. Today was a lazy Sunday. Everything was so slow that the sun also seemed to take longer completing its course. I received a call from my best friend Fatima Alvi from NCA. We chatted and complained about the “Nothing Happening Sunday”. Suddenly, we decided to conference call with the rest of our NCA gang and in no time we made plans for lunch at Fujiyama, Avari just like the old days!

What memories! So enjoy every day because this too will become a memory.

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The Rain in

Spain Post card from spain

TRAVEL & CAKE

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ain and I share an uncertain relationship. I grew up in a city where the rain is charming. Songs are sung of romances that bloom amidst the monsoons, poetry is written about the magical ‘saawan’.

In Lahore, rainfall was celebrated with spicy batter-fried dumplings (pakoras) and sickly-sweet mangoes eaten in musky verandahs. Children played with clothes clinging to their bodies despite the protests of mothers worried sick about the impending ‘zukaam’ which would follow.

Rain in Europe is a different story. It is an unenthusiastic, lazy and melancholic affair. A nuisance, as most Londoners would complain. And ten years in London have compelled me to align to this view. I have seen a shift in perspective. The rain in Europe is never romantic, it is never magical. But try as I may, I cannot help but treasure the memory of my first Eid prayer in Lahore’s majestic Badshahi Masjid. I can’t recall a single person complain of the rain that day as it fell generously from the skies onto our cold arched backs.

weekend | travel ace, developed by the Moorish Muslim kings, is renowned as one of the most beautiful in the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to its architecture and history, Seville is famous for its flamenco, tapas bars and orange trees. Our favourite was an intimate tapas bar called La Flor de mi Viña; a great place for some authentic tortillas and live music.

The next morning, we were only forty-five minutes into our journey

‘O, Mecca of art lovers, You are the majesty of the true tenet.

You have elevated Andalusia To the eminence of the holy Harem.’

For us, the less eloquent, we consumed at the Mosque of Cor-

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I let out a curse as I checked the weather forecast a week before we set out to our trip to southern Spain. ‘Heavy showers’, I recall my phone screen flashing. We landed in Seville and much to our surprise got crisp sunshine for our first day.

Spending a few hours in Seville’s Alcazar Palace and the Santa Cruz quarters, I was struck by the color and intricacy of the mudejar architecture at display. The Alcazar pal-

to Cordoba that the rains set in. It was the first time in Europe that rain ceased to be a nuisance. Driving past the coastal towns of southern Spain, ten years later, I rediscovered the magic in rain. At Cordoba, walking to the mosque from the only parking lot in the city, the six of us arrived drenched from head to boot. I had read that Iqbal had visited this mosque in 1931, and struck by it’s grace, penned an eight-stanza poem as a tribute to it’s beauty.

It is apparently one of the few occasions that Iqbal has praised art or architecture in his poetry:

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doba’s grandeur with ignorant silence. The mosque is testament to the religious changes that Cordoba has experienced through the years; retaining the architectural charisma of the Muslim reign in Cordoba, only enriched by the demure cathedral that sits within its heart. They say that when the Muslim rule in Cordoba ended, King Ferdinand III, despite many attempts, was unable

to destroy the place of worship due to its sheer beauty.

Our final stop in Spain was Granada, home to The Alhambra; a palace and fortress constructed for the last Muslims emirs of Spain. Granada’s appeal also lies in the Alcaicería; a bazaar which hoards a variety of Arabic craftwork, lamps and souvenirs. Be sure to pick up some fajalauza tiles (traditional local painted ceramics). A small Moroccan community in Granada have also opened up many restaurants; having had our fill of Spanish cuisine, we ventured to a worn-down Moroccan restaurant for some delectable tagine and cous-cous.

As for the Alhambra: if you were to see one palace and one palace alone in your life, let it be The Alhambra. The myriad of Arabic inscriptions and painted tile panels coupled with manicured courtyards and fragrant orange fields make this UNESCO World Heritage site one to behold. The rain was at its fiercest as we walked through the Alhambra but palace’s splendour made it difficult for us to notice our drenched socks and puddled shoes.

And as I stood outside the final palace before we returned to the exit, I did think of the rainy Eid morning spent once upon a time outside another palace back home.

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Weekend Scouts Hussain Salahuddin

Digital and Print Design Manager/Art Director Location: New York

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The very first piece you created, would you still wear it?

Yes, I would digitally project that doodle on myself and walk around.

Who is your style icon?

I don’t think I have a specific style icon. For me it’s about comfort and juxtaposing things that I wouldn’t associate with a specific individual, maybe merging two into one look? Oliver Twist with Lil-wayne vibes.

If your pieces were a person, how would you describe them in 3 words?

I’m waiting for some self-conceited, self-proclaimedinnovator to respond to this with “Me, Myself & I”. Actually- I take that back, that’s my response too. no shame.

If money/time wasn’t an issue, what would you invest in this year?

A piece by Desire Obtain Cherish, preferably ‘Cherry Meltdown’ for my studio.

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What is one thing about your work that you’d want to educate people about?

Nothing is “random” or there because it’s “cool”. Those words are the biggest turnoffs for me. I have a reason behind every aspect of what I design and put out there even if it’s me in a colorful jacket with a goat hopping around (i’m probably exploring the influence of Goya in modern puritan films- not Bakra Eid despite the fact that my posts timing implied otherwise).

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Aamina Sheikh

Saba Qamar

Humayun Saeed

Vaneeza AHmed and Iman Ali

Wiqar Ali Khan

Atiqa Odho & Usman Peerzada

Marina Khan & Umer Sayeed

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All the stars that ARY Film Aw

Mawra Hocane

Amir Adnan and HSY

Sarwat Gillani and Fahad

Fatima & Ahmed Ali Butt Emaad Irfani

weekend | fashion Sunita Marshall and Hasan Ahmed Hira Tareen, Ali Safina and Vaneeza

\Sadaf and Fawad Khan

Behroz Subzwari, Safina Behroz, Javed Sheikh and Moomal Sheikh.

Ayesha Omar in Shehla Chatoo

Junaid Khan Ali Xeeshan

Behroz Subzwari & Meesha Shafi

Zeba Bakhtair & Faysal Qureshi

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t shined at the wards 2016!

Tapu Javeri, Frieha Altaf & Saqib Malik

Gohar Rasheed Areeba Habib and Maheen Khan

Gohar Rasheed

Faiza Rangoonwala and Huma Adnan

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