Karachi, 12th March 2015: Fashion Pakistan, the leading platform for Pakistani fashion designers, is pleased to announce their collaboration with Telenor, for its popular signature event ‘Fashion Pakistan Week’ Spring Summer 2015. The extravaganza “Telenor Fashion Pakistan Week” (#TFPW15), Pakistan’s premiere fashion event, will take place from 31st March – 3rd April 2015 with their official event partners being HUM Network.

Fashion Pakistan currently boasts some of the finest designers from Pakistan fashion industry and has held similar events in the past, with the great success of the Fashion Pakistan Week Autumn Winter 2014 with the HUM Network, like always, being the support system of the Fashion Pakistan Council. This year, Telenor Fashion Pakistan Week ’15 for Spring Summer promises the upcoming event to be bigger and better in terms of both participation and attendance as for the first time in seven years a brand has come on board with the Fashion Pakistan Council to help create history at the Telenor Fashion Pakistan Week.

With the growing influence of technology, major brands like Telenor have expanded into other industries, including the fashion industry. As technology and fashion both revolve around improving lifestyle, Telenor has taken various opportunities in the past to collaborate with designers and support fashion in Pakistan. This year Telenor is working in conjunction with Fashion Pakistan to produce Telenor Fashion Pakistan Week 2015.

While announcing the schedule, Ms Sanam Chaudhri, Chairperson of the Council, said, “Telenor has been a wonderful partner in collaboration for this year’s Fashion Pakistan Week. We look forward to an even bigger and more successful event, with a strong team and a multitude of talented designers on board this will be an event to remember. ”

Ms. Wardha Saleem, CEO Fashion Pakistan, added “We are looking forward to this year’s Telenor Fashion Pakistan Week with a certain kind of fervor, which is to be experienced when you have such great partners such as Telenor and HUM Network, and great designers on board. The Telenor Fashion Pakistan Week is bound to take Karachi by storm with the great Pakistani fashion industry bringing its best to the table.”

The final list of designers exhibiting at the Telenor Fashion Pakistan Week 2015 will be revealed shortly. Meanwhile, those interested can visit the FP Facebook page at www.faceboook.com/fashionpakistan for updates.

Last month, i along with my cousins and aunt decided to watch a movie at Atrium.
After going through all of the movies being played, we reluctantly decided on Na Maloom Afraad.
I realize i am very late in reviewing this movie. but better late than never.

Na Maloom Afraad is a movie about 3 poor fellows who are brought together by fate and end up making the ultimate plan to get rick quick. What follows are hilarious situations where they try and execute their plans all the while waiting for the only thing our politicians can give Karachi. That is right, strikes. Why were they waiting for strikes? What was their "get rich quick" plan?

As soon as the movie started we were so happy with our decision. The story and direction is amazing. The actors have performed splendidly. Although, Mohsan Abbas Haider's acting becomes a bit over at some points.
The characters will make you fall in love with them. Fahad Mustafa and Javed Sheikh's dialogue delivery should definitely be praised.

I do not want to reveal the ending but it was definitely a breath of fresh air. I wanted to get entertained and that is what the movie did.

The only thing i did not appreciate was the item song "Billi"
There was absolutely no need for the song or Mahwash Hayat 's character in the movie. People might think otherwise but i don't believe every movie needs a item song for it to be a hit. The movie itself was so good i can not think of a reason why the movie makers thought it would be a cherry on top. It definitely wasn't.
Sorry, not sorry! but that is just how i feel.

As a Pakistani, it is our duty to promote Pakistani movies and urge each other to give them a chance. If we ever want to see Pakistan at the top we need to stop associating our selves with things that are not ours. Be a Pakistani and go for Pakistani things. I myself thought it was probably like the same ol Pakistani movies with an idiotic concept, over acting and lots of chichorpan (which is what our comedy has become these days) but i was pleasantly surprised. I hope our amazingly talented Pakistanis keep making movies like; Bol, Khuda kay liye and Na Maloom Afraad,

So don't miss the last few shows of the movie that are left. Go ahead give the "Na Maloom Afraad" a chance and i am sure they won't disappoint you.  =)

Hey guuuys!!

Hey guys!
So in the last post of my babblings i told you about some new ideas that have been cooking in my mind for the blog.
One of them is Pin-Trust?

If you have a Pinterest account you probably know what i am talking about.
My sisters and i are totally addicted to Pinterest. i have loads of Pins in my account but i keep saving them and always think ill try them once i know if it actually works.

And i thought there might be loads of people like me who literally pin these pins and never look back.
So, all you people out there have no fear, Ana's Journal is here!

Send in the pins you want to see are worth your time and i will try them out every week and tell you personally through a message or email if it is a trustworthy pin. I will also write a detailed post to let you guys know if there were any problems and how i overcame them.

Do you guys like the sound of that? If yes, then pls voice it in the comment.
And as usual if you have any suggestions please let me know so i can make this site more interesting for you =)

You can follow me on my Pinterest account here:
www.pinterest.com/bakeahollic04

So until then...
Ana
xo

*The Pins will only be reviewed if they are relevant.

So not many people know that i like to write random little stories. So here is one for you guys to read. If you like it, i might just share some more with you.

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As she heard the words coming out of his mouth, she knew what she thought would never happen, had happened. She could feel her eyes burning. No, must resist, she thought. She could not see the same man she had shared her vows with. The man who said she would always be the only one for him, stood no more in front of her. She could feel the walls closing in, the room seemed to be getting smaller, and smaller still. She got off the bed. Going towards the door, she looked back starring into this stranger's eyes who did not even flinch as her eyes watered. She slammed the door shut.

As she shut the door, she felt like she had closed a tiny little door inside of her too. There she goes, she thought. The cheery, happy go lucky girl she had eventually accepted to be, was gone. How weird is that a mere group of words can torture you to the core. Can go deep inside you and awaken those memories of pure bliss. Does he not remember how she was holding on to him that day. The day she had poured her heart out. The day she knew she had found her knight in shining armor. It seemed the armor was now starting to rust.

They say she talks too much. Did they never wonder why? She wanted to see people smiling and laughing. She loved it when people laughed at her craziness. The best feeling, she always said, is when you make someone laugh or smile. But who was going to make her laugh, she wondered. Sitting in the garden, looking at the pretty flowers, she felt numb. She could not smile let alone laugh. She begged God to make him see sense. Shivering in the cold night's air she thought of how he would always cover her shoulders with a shawl on nights out. I don't want you to get sick, he would say.

Her thoughts drifted towards her parents, and the last days she had spent with them, She remembered how her parents would laugh at her jokes and then look at her with a weird expression. They always thought she didn't notice but she did. She wondered what it meant. and now she knew. They knew what was about to come in her life. They knew that they might not see this happy little girl again. They knew her life would change, that she would change.

Perhaps it was time for a change. Perhaps, this was destined to happen. Standing up, she thought of how many times he had joked about this. She could hear his words in her mind again, hear them as if he was right in front of her saying it again, torturing her, disturbing every inch of her body. "i am in love with another woman and i am marrying her". She wanted to scream and let all her pain out. Stuffing her duppatta in her mouth she yelled, until her throat dried out. She knew he had heard her, She waited for him to come and hold her. Seconds seemed like hours. No one came.

As the silence took hold of her, she threw her duppatta on the ground. No! she was not going to take this. Just because he is a man, he does not have the right to give her pain. A pain beyond imagination. She will never agree to this madness. Stomping, she reached the door, pulled it hard took hold of his collar, not even noticing that he was wearing the same Kurta Shulwar he wore on their Nikkah and said "No i do not give you permission to do this, I do not give you permission to torture me. I do not give you permission to violate my love like this. I do not give you permission, I do not....i do not...i do not."
"I never asked for it", he said shaking her off violently. Grabbing her by the shoulders he looked in directly in her eyes and said. "Have some biryani ready. My new wife and I will eat at home before we go to bed.

He closed the door, shutting her out of his life. Leaving her alone with the pain.