Welcome to the New Year Weekenders! One whole year has passed in the blink of an eye and my oh my what a year it has been! We got our fair share of sorrows (and then some) and a few nice surprises too. But we can say with conviction that we’re pretty stoked that the new year is finally here with renewed hope for a better tomorrow! We begin 2017 with this spanking new supplement, bringing you Team Weekend’s exclusive fashion shoot with the venerable Barkat Ali Saari Waalay who have enriched many a bride’s big day with their magical creations. We added an avante garde twist to the sophistication of Barkat Ali’s regalia, bringing together old world aesthetics and modern day pizzaz with graphics by super cool teenage illustrator Areeba Siddique. What would the new year be, without nostalgia about the old one just gone. Team Weekend sums up the OMG moments of 2016 - the good, the bad and the disputed. Looking forward we bring you our predicted local and international highlights of the next 12 months to pencil into your brand new 2017 planners. No Weekend supplement would be complete without a lowdown on beauty, so check out what’s beckoning on the beauty horizon. And last but by no means least we leave you with a lyrical ode in celebration of the new year by the very talented and wise beyond her years teen poet, Noor-unNahar Siddique. Hugs, prayers, only the best of wishes and ALL the positive vibes from your Weekend family. Happy reading and an even happier new year! Oh, and we love you! – Team Weekend
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Rob Kardashian and Black Chyna
Animals Saved From Extinction
The Kylie Cosmetics Craze
The population of wild tigers increased for the first time in a hundred years. Also, giant pandas are no longer endangered!
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2016 witnessed the rise of Kylie Jenner as King Midas of all things make-up! Any product that has her name on it, you know it’s gonna sell like gold cakes!
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12th july
The wedding of the year (or more like century!) that flooded our insta feeds for weeks on end was nothing short of a fairytale we all yearn to live (though we’re not sure we’d have the stamina). Anush wore one festive outfit after another in a grand series of magnificent events. This is a shaadi for the ages that will sit on top of the Pakistani wedding throne for years to come!
This new couple alert was a big shocker for fans and the Kardashian family alike. Who would have thunk Rob Kardashian would come out of his selfimposed media hibernation with his sister’s boyfriend’s baby mama by his side (which essentially means Kylie and Rob, brother and sister, are step parents to the same child!) Ok, Kardashians you have successfully reached the pinnacle of twisted fam goals!
The year 2016 has largely been a bummer in terms of death, global warming, depleting natural resources etc. etc.) While we enter 2017 with new hope and positive goals, lets not forget that the year that was delivered some punches but also a few nice surprises. Here’s our list of all the OMG moments of 2016!
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When life deals you a few bad lemons, take lessons from Queen Bey on how to squeeze them to max production. The Lemonade video was basically an open call of a woman scorned and made internet rounds like wild fire with Jay-Z’s adulterous ways leading headlines.
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Met Lionel Messi
Messi’s biggest fan, five year old Murtaza Ahmadi, melted hearts online after wearing a homemade shirt bearing the footballer’s famous number 10. In 2016 he finally got a chance to meet his real-life hero and we just can’t even take the absolute joy and loveliness of this precious moment!
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2016 saw a huuuge moment in history take place with the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. Opinions on Britain’s exit were largely divided but it’s safe to say this was one of the best moments of the year because well, a history textbook entry got written right in front of our very eyes!
May 1st
Jon Snow is alive!
For a whole sordid 2015, Jon Snow’s dead or alive status was rather dizzying to say the least. Then came 2016 and everyone’s favourite Lord Commander from Game of Thrones was finally raised from the dead and we cannot thank the Lords of the Light, aka Benioff, Weiss and Martin, enough! P.s. Thank you Entertainment Weekly for this glorious photo.
Wins in Cricket Pakistan’s Women's Cricket Team winning the T20 World Cup was a great achievement for the country and women at large! We are so incredibly proud of our girls, who proved that cricket is not just a gentlemen’s sport. Speaking of which, the men’s team also made us super proud with Misbah-ul-Haq becoming the first Pakistani to win the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award!
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Making us proud once again, Sharmeen received her second win for the documentary A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness based on honor killings in Pakistan.
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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wins her second Oscar
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The Return of Shahbaz Taseer and Ali Haider Gillani
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If we had to pick our absolute favourite moment(s) of 2016, the no contest, clear, by a country miiiile winner is the return of Shahbaz Taseer and Ali Haider Gillani. The night is darkest before the dawn and we cannot even express our happiness at morning having dawned at last.
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The Nutella Naan
This is not a menu item but more of a cultural phenomenon. Initiated by, Maaro Tandoors, a startup company of fresh graduates in Lahore, The Nutella Naan gained immense popularity in the local food experience last year. After all it’s hard to go wrong with the ultimate combo of Nutella filling in garam garam naan!
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Now this was a celeb wedding that delivered some major star power! Urwa Hocane and Farhan Saeed’s wedding celebrations had a guest-list that pretty
#UrwaFarhan much included every famous face in the country; including Mawra Hocane, the lovely sister-of-the-bride, whose spirited dance performances set the dance floor on fiiiiyah!
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Divorce
The biggest break-up news of the milennium! Though we may always be #TeamJen at heart, this was still one of the most OMG moments of 2016 that further destroyed our faith in Hollywood marriages once and for all!
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27th jan
Desi Bombshell The biggest internet sensation to hit Pakistan in 2016! Muhammad Moiz rose to fame as Shumaila Bhatti with a Snapchat filter and whole lotta rant, voicing the concerns of every desi girl in the world! We simply cannot and will not get enough of this desi bombshell!
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and The Weeknd Break-up Yes, it happened and we heavily cried it out. Then Baby Bells swooshed passed Abel on the VS runway as he performed his hit Starboy and all the hurt was restored by the sheer awesomeness of this moment.
Women’s Protection Bill
24th feb
The Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act was a revolutionary bill passed to protect women against any and all kinds of mental and physical abuse. We can only hope that the coming years remain faithful and functional in the implementation of this much needed decree.
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Pillowtalk Makes it to Billboard Number 1
in Man Mayal got what was coming to her!
2016 saw Zayn Malik's first solo single, post leaving One Direction, reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Which if y'all are unaware is a big frickin deal for two reasons: no 1D song has achieved this position ever and secondly Zayn is of Pakistani origin you guys, so technically he is the first Pakistani to make it all the way to the top on Billboard!
Karma is a b*tch! The popular TV drama Man Mayal was the Humsafar of 2016 and Gina, played by the lovely Ayesha Khan, replaced Humsafar’s nefarious “Mummy” to become the new love-to-hate character of Pakistani TV in 2016.
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This controversial Hum TV drama, produced in association with Kashf Foundation, daringly addressed the issue of child abuse which was a groundbreaking initiative in Pakistani Television. Despite facing appeals of taking it off air, the show aired in it’s entirety on Hum TV and became a great critical and commercial success.
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Featuring emblematic Barkat Ali bridal wear dating as far back as the 50’s, the first editorial shoot of 2017 by Weekend brings the image of the shy, Pakistani bride into a brave new world of fierce fashion. In this transformation, the romanticism of a demure South Asian dulhan exists alongside the bold sexiness of a woman unafraid of her future- she is mysterious, proud and unapologetic about celebrating the unconventional symbols of her feminine imagination.
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Designer Barkat Ali Saari Walay Jewellery Shafaq Habib Photography Palwasha Minhas Illustrated by Areeba Siddique Model Sonia Tariq Makeup - Nabila's
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A Team Weekend Production
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Karachi Eat
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Food Festivals
The biggest food festival in Pakistan is right around the corner and unless you live under a rock on a planet far away, you should probably be there! This is where all the hot new eateries in Lahore and Karachi gather in one place to bring together the deliciousness of some of the finest cuisines in town.
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Cholistan Jeep Rally 12th-14th Feb 2017
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The one event that promotes the history and rich culture of Pakistan takes place in the heart of Cholistan desert where peeps with their jeeps gather for a fast and furious racing sesh! If you haven’t already, add this event to your calendars now!
Pakistan Super League T20 09th Feb 2017
Cricket lovers (i.e. 99% of Pakistan’s population!), get ready for the biggest cricket tournament to hit the country in years. Though most of the matches will be played in Dubai, you better book your seats for the final match in Lahore! Gaddafi’s gonna be LIT!
Beauty and the Beast
17th March 2017
Everyone’s childhood fantasy is about to come true! Yes, Disney is remaking the 1991 animation of Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens in lead roles. We’re all just as excited as you are for this!
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orward to in 2017 Game of Thrones Season 7 (Winter is finally here!) April 2017
Can you believe they make us wait a whole year!? Not cool, HBO! With every episode ending on a cliff hanger, the new season of GOT already has us biting our nails in anticipation and excitement!
Packages Mall
As a nation we are rather obsessed with shopping and having new places to go to. Packages Mall is opening doors very soon! This is going to be the biggest mall to hit the city yet and we’re pretty stoked about it! Add it to your list of another great place to shop, eat, watch movies and hang out!
Lahore Literary Festival Feb 2017
The LLF brings together and celebrates the literary traditions of the subcontinent in Pakistan’s cultural capital, Lahore. The festival features discussions on writings, paintings, architecture and everything you can possibly name. This event graces our lives every year so if you didn’t already know about it, you’re welcome.
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Luxus Lakshmi Chowk 07th January 2017 We can never have enough food! For the very first time Luxus Grand is hosting a food festival where all of Lahore’s oldest and finest desi food connoisseurs will gather on one rooftop with a beautiful view!
It’s back! The most celebrated festival of the country is said to be back this year so take out your colourful kites and put your game faces on! We have a very good feeling about this one!
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2017 Beauty
Forecast We’d be glad to see the back of 2016, by all standards it was a terrible year. But there were some good things about it—all the beauty products that came out and the trends that will continue to be big in 2017. The Kardashians baked (their faces…with powder) and Alicia Keys made going bare-faced at red carpet events, a revolutionary movement in the beauty world. Makeup or sans makeup, we think 2017 will continue pushing the beauty boundaries with new inventions and change how we see makeup.
Holographic Makeup
This past year the beauty world might as well have been a technicolour dream with rainbow colours and unicorn themed products on the market. But when things took a holographic turn for the better, our inner Lisa Frank got really excited. Holographic makeup is not your everyday natural makeup but it is seriously beautiful with lots of drama and shine (we’re all magpies over here). With brands like Milk Makeup releasing a Holographic Stick and the Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonchild Glow Kit on the market this year, we’re no oracle but we think this trend will continue in the new year with more brands releasing holographic products.
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Chrome nails If you’ve been on Instagram at all this past year, you would have seen millions of pictures and videos of dazzling manicures that are long, pointy and almost-fatal. 2017 will see the nail industry get a new lease of life with Instagram nail artists giving way to unique and creative manicure concepts. Futuristic chrome fingertips will get shinier and bolder with a combination of chrome dusting powder and mirrored nail polish being used.
Here in Pakistan we’re no strangers to the multiple-benefits of the spices found in our pantry with our grandmothers sharing their ‘totkas’ passed down generations, and one of those spices is Turmeric. With more natural brands on the market and with consumers being more aware about parabens and sulphates, the need for using more natural ingredients is greater than ever. Turmeric is known for its anti-inflammatory properties and it’s having a real moment right now. More beauty influencers and industry insiders are recommending it as an ingredient in face masks and creams to help skin combat acne and other issues. You’ll find us ringing in the new year with a yellow Turmeric face mask on!
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Natural Beauty Ingredients
Dry masks We’re not pulling your leg when we say that there are innovative dry masks out there that don’t have any of that alien-like goop that gets all over your hands when trying to place it on your face. The masks are made without glycerin, water or preservatives so most of the formula is made from active ingredients. There is currently only one brand (Nannette de Gaspé of Montreal) that has released dry masks and while they are pricey, the technology being used is new and bound to become part of a wider market. With 87% of powerful age renewing active ingredients that hydrate and nourish the skin and provide surgical results without surgery? We can’t argue with that.
2016 saw the rise of the cushion foundation compact with high end brands like YSL releasing their Le Cushion Encre De Peau (try saying that really fast) and drugstore brands like L’Oreal following suit. Beauty oracle and Guardian beauty Editor Sali Hughes says cushion concealers will take centre stage in 2017 and Burberry ahead of the game, has already released one. Brands will also be inclined to launch ones with a matte finish or ones that are for specific skin types.
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