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KARACHI: There’s almost an antithesis to, or direct opposite of, everything we encounter in our daily lives. With the good comes the bad. Day is preceded by night. Life is followed by death.

This two fold aspect of existence is the subject of an exhibition of Adeel uz Zafar’s artworks titled Binary, which began at the Canvas art gallery on Tuesday. It is a fascinating study of not just an artist but a person who seems to be quite taken with the things that exist side by side and yet draw out diametrically opposed reactions.

However, Zafar is not passing any judgement here. Mind you, we know about the binaries that he wants us to see. He wants us, the viewer, to look at them, perhaps, with a different angle, which means that sometimes predetermined notions make us visualise things the way we should not be seeing them. Let’s rephrase the observation: sometimes sameness can create dualities.

Photos by White Star

Zafar’s art in the exhibition reaches the viewer on, ironically, two levels. If on the one hand he pushes things into a domain where there are masks and wraps involved, hence creating an urge in the viewer to unmask them despite knowing the result, on the other hand he shows characters, from pop culture, which are readily recognisable and need to be revisited. In the former case ‘Drawing appendage — conjunctive symbiosis skulls’ (engraved drawing on plastic vinyl) is a fine example. There’s nothing violent about it that should remind anyone of Francis Bacon’s work, nor is it the kind of head that Shakespeare’s gravedigger would comment on; rather it is the bandaged emptiness of being that he is trying to highlight.

Photos by White Star

But in ‘Iconic masks — Guy Fawkes / Darth Vader’ (diptych) the artist makes things simpler for the viewer. A well-known cinematic character from the dark side of the planet and an Englishman who was involved in a famous plot appear to be different, if not poles-apart, individuals. And yet, by putting them together under the ‘binary’ caption reinforces the suggestion that Zafar does not like things at face value.

The exhibition, curated by Zarmeene Shah, will run till Nov 10.

Published in Dawn November 2nd, 2016

بولی وڈ اداکار سلمان خان اور شاہ رخ خان ایک دوسرے کے قریبی دوست ہیں، اور اب یہ دونوں اداکار ایک ساتھ فلم 'ٹیوب لائٹ' میں نظر آئیں گے۔

میڈیا رپورٹس کے مطابق شاہ رخ خان ہدایت کار کبیر خان کی آنے والی فلم 'ٹیوب لائٹ' میں ایک مختصر کردار کے لیے شامل کیے گئے ہیں، جس میں سلمان خان مرکزی کردار ادا کر رہے ہیں۔

شاہ رخ خان کا یہ کردار ان سے قبل معروف اداکار شتروگن سنہا کو کرنا تھا تاہم بعد ازاں اس کی آفر شاہ رخ خان کو کردی گئی۔

مزید پڑھیں: سلمان بھی شاہ رخ خان کے ’فین‘

واضح رہے کہ یہ دونوں اداکار ایک ساتھ آخری مرتبہ 2007 کی فلم 'اوم شانتی اوم' میں نظر آئے تھے، جب سلمان خان نے شاہ رخ کی کامیاب فلم میں ایک مختصر سین کیا تھا اور اب 9 سال بعد یہ پھر اکھٹے ہورہے ہیں۔

سلمان خان اور شاہ رخ خان اپنے کیریئر میں ایک ساتھ تقریباً 6 فلموں میں کام کرچکے ہیں، جن میں 'کرن ارجن'، 'ہر دل جو پیار کرے گا'، 'کچھ کچھ ہوتا ہے'، 'ہم تمہارے ہیں صنم' وغیرہ شامل ہیں۔

یہ بھی پڑھیں: شاہ رخ کو بھی اچھی فلمیں ملنی چاہئیں، سلمان خان

سلمان خان کی فلم 'ٹیوب لائٹ' اگلے سال عید پر ریلیز ہوگی۔

کبیر خان اور سلمان خان نے اب تک دو فلموں میں کام کیا ہے جن میں 'ایک تھا ٹائیگر' اور 'بجرنگی بھائی جان' شامل ہیں، جبکہ 'ٹیوب لائٹ' ان کی ایک ساتھ تیسری فلم ہوگی۔

دنیا کی معمر ترین شخصیت رواں ماہ 117 سال کی ہورہی ہیں اور اس موقع پر انہوں نے ایک انٹرویو کے دوران اپنی لمبی عمر کے راز کا انکشاف کیا ہے۔

116 سالہ ایما مورانو کا تعلق اٹلی سے ہے اور ان کی پیدائش 1899 میں ہوئی جبکہ وہ 29 نومبر کو 117 سال کی ہوجائیں گی۔

تین صدیوں کا سورج دیکھنے والی اس خاتون کو دنیا کی معمر ترین شخصیت کا خطاب رواں سال مئی میں اس وقت ملا جب ان سے معمر ایک خاتون سوزانہ جونز کا انتقال ہوا۔

اے ایف پی کو انٹرویو دیتے ہوئے مورانو نے انکشاف کیا کہ وہ عام طور پر کیا کھاتی ہیں۔

ان کے بقول ' میں روزانہ دو انڈے کھاتی ہوں اور بس، ہاں مجھے کوکیز بھی پسند ہیں'۔

مگر انڈے نہیں طویل العمری کا راز اس کو کچی حالت میں کھانے میں چھپا ہے جیسا وہ خود بتاتی ہیں کہ وہ دہائیوں سے کچے انڈے کھارہی ہیں جس کی وجہ ایک ڈاکٹر کی جانب سے اینیمیا کے مرض میں بہتری لانے کے لیے انڈوں کے استعمال کا مشورہ تھا۔

معمر ترین خاتون کا کہنا تھا کہ ان کی طویل زندگی کا ایک راز کسی کی بالادستی نہ ہونا ہے کیونکہ وہ 1930 کی دہائی کے بعد سے تنہا زندگی گزار رہی ہیں اور ان کی شادی طلاق پر ختم ہوگئی تھی۔

ان کے ڈاکٹر کارلو بوا نے بتایا کہ ان کی طویل العمری نہیں بلکہ ان کی مزاحمت دنگ کردینے والی ہے ' وہ ہر بیماری سے صحت یاب ہوجاتی ہیں، جب وہ صحت مند ہوتی ہیں تو واقعی صحت مند ہوتی ہیں'۔

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked both the Pakistan Muslim League and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf to submit their Terms of Reference (ToRs) on the formation of a commission to probe the Panama Papers leaks.

The top court made this decision before adjourning the hearing of the Panamagate case that calls to investigate the prime minister and his close family members over alleged investments in offshore companies.

"The commission will report to the Supreme Court," the court said, adjourning the hearing to November 3. It said that the commission will hold powers equal to the Supreme Court.

The Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali asked both parties to "show restraint".

"We have to save the country from unrest and crises," Justice Jamali said, adding that the Panama Papers issue has affected the entire country.

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa added that the apex court is the supreme forum to resolve conflicts.

A five-judge apex court bench comprising Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Hassan heard the case just a day ahead of Islamabad's anticipated lockdown by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).

The apex court had earlier directed both the government and PTI to submit their comments after consulting with their respective leaderships on the formation of a commission and suspended the hearing for two hours. It had said the court will decide who will chair the commission and who its members will be.

Petitions in relation to the leaks were first moved by Advocate Tariq Asad, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq, PTI chief Imran Khan and Awami Muslim League (AML) head Sheikh Rashid Ahmed asking for the appointment of a judicial commission to investigate the investment made by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family in an offshore investment company called Mossack Fonseca.

PTI agrees to commission

Speaking to reporters after the hearing, PTI's counsel Hamid Khan said "There is agreement on the commission."

"On the commission, we have said the commission will investigate Panamagate and give its findings," he said.

"The PM had on April 4 had said he presents himself and his family for accountability. But he wasted seven months."

He also said the court told both parties to present ToRs to court. "If there is no consensus, court will decide ToRs itself," the lawyer said.

PM agrees to commission; PML-N calls for end to dharna

PML-N lawyer Aslam Butt has informed the court that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif agreed to the formation of a judicial commission.

He has also given consent to the investigation of his London properties.

Speaking to reporters, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said, "Now the judiciary has taken up the matter, there is no logic in agitation on the streets."

"Both the accused and accuser are standing before court so I think the nation should be given relief from the agony of this protest."

He urged the PTI do pause the politics of sit-ins and added that the government has "complete faith in the judiciary".

Railways Minister Saad Rafique addressing Imran Khan said, "Do us a favour and don't put your workers in testing times."

"Now that the Supreme Court has made a decision and a consensus has been reached, the November 2 protest should end."

Judges have assessed the pain of the public: Sheikh Rashid

AML leader Sheikh Rashid speaking to reporters said, "I think the court has felt the pain of the nation. They have told all parties to take the nation out of this hardship."

Earlier he had said his party wants "to get a decision from this five-judge bench" instead of having a commission investigate the Panama leaks.

Implications for Nov 2 'lockdown'

Analysts feel the formation of a commission to probe the allegations in the Panama Papers will affect the momentum of Imran Khan's planned protest tomorrow.

Journalist Mazhar Abbas speaking to DawnNews said, "If the commission is formed, the importance of November 2 decreases."

"The lawyers on both sides are very competent. We should hope that both parties will trust the Supreme Court to make the right decision."

Analyst Nusrat Javed, however, felt that Khan is committed to go ahead with the protest and will find a reason to move ahead.

"If he doesn't, any call he makes for a protest thereafter will not be taken seriously."

Javed added that as the apex court has made a decision, Khan should delay his planned agitation.

From Dawn News

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against his 'virtual' house arrest, the arrest of "thousands" of PTI workers over the past three days, and the alleged manhandling of female PTI activists.

The petition states that while PTI’s leaders and workers have been practicing their constitutional rights to protest and movement within the country, the federal government has ‘gone on a warpath’.

"Since Oct 28, the federal government has used containers to block entrances into the federal capital, disconnecting KPK from the rest of the country."

The petition further states that blockages around Khan's house and deployment of police forces there prevented him from reaching the SC today where he was due to present himself.

'Is asking for justice pressurising judiciary?'

Imran Khan on Tuesday asked if asking for justice from the courts regarding government crackdown on his party workers is tantamount to pressurising judiciary.

"Is asking for justice pressurising the courts?" he asked.

"If we want to know from the courts [why] we are being baton-charged, roads are being blocked and women are being arrested... is this pressurising the courts?"

He said PTI leaders will raise the issue in Supreme Court.

"What crime have we committed that PTI workers are being arrested? Why was I put under house arrest?"

He also questioned under which law the Pervez Khattak-led convoy of PTI protesters was stopped from reaching Islamabad.

"Nawaz Sharif fought election with ISI [Inter Services Intelligence] money, he doesn’t know what democracy is."

In response to a question about Sheikh Rasheed's tweet that Khan should step down from Bani Gala, the PTI chief said "the captain works according to his own strategy". He said he has a strategy for Nov 2, when he will leave Bani Gala for the capital "no matter what obstacles" the government puts in his way.

Imran should have joined us in Pindi: Rasheed

Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Shaikh Rashid Tuesday said that PTI chairman Imran Khan should have joined his protest in Rawalpindi on Oct 28.

Talking to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad, he said that he does not "complain during war times" but the PTI chief should have joined his party in Rawalpindi "at any cost".

On Oct 28, Imran Khan was scheduled to address supporters at an AML-organised meeting at Lal Haveli but later cancelled the plan saying his party is instead gearing up for the Nov 2 protest in Islamabad.

"We want to get rid of Nawaz Sharif at any cost," Rasheed said.

"Now the army need to decide if they are with Erdogan or with people," he said, apparently referring to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as the Turkish president. In reply to a question, he made it clear that he was not inviting the army.

"Yes Musharraf was a dictator but he was better than these thieves."

"We will not spare the prime minister and will follow him like a stinger or silkworm missile until and unless he is sacked from his office," he added.

From Dawn News