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Maliha Rehman is a seasoned fashion and entertainment journalist with over 15 years of experience, known for credible storytelling and exclusive insights. Currently writing for Dawn, her work spans top publications, blending glamour with thoughtful, in-depth perspectives.

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Maliha Rehman is a seasoned fashion and entertainment journalist with over 15 years of experience, known for credible storytelling and exclusive insights. Currently writing for Dawn, her work spans top publications, blending glamour with thoughtful, in-depth perspectives.

TV

Dilawaiz and how the 9 p.m. drama slot is here to stay

By Maliha Rehman Dilawaiz is a pretty young girl fighting against the atrocities that life constantly throws her way. The drama that is her namesake, helmed by 7th Sky Entertainment and airing

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Fashion & beauty

Men’s shoes getting a high-end touch in a one-of-a-kind brand-model collaboration – Logo x Hasnain Lehri

By Maliha Rehman The realm of men’s footwear is a long ignored one in Pakistan. Brands tend to follow staid, commercially friendly lines. A man wanting to make an avant-garde statement while

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Film

Love and yearning – a movie called Kamli, a song called ‘Kaash!’

By Maliha Rehman ‘Kaash koi jaane…’ sings Zeb Bangash, and her ‘kaash’ comes layered with a sense of yearning. On-screen, Saba Qamar and Hamza Khawaja meet on a dusty mountain top and

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TV

7th Sky Entertainment’s Meray Humnasheen sets the stage for a narrative on women’s rights

By Maliha Rehman ‘… Aurat tandoor mein padi lakdi ki tarah hai, jal kar rakh ho jaye lekin izzat bhi dhak jaye aur marad ka pait bhi …’ declares Khajista, the smart-witted,

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TV

Setting the stage for the fraud – ‘Fraud’ episode one, Drama Review

By Maliha Rehman There are obviously going to be some fraudulent activities forming the focal point of Fraud, IDreamsEntertainment’s producer Abdullah Seja’s latest drama which has just begun airing on ARY Digital.

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Fashion & beauty

Khaadi comes back – hopefully, for good!

By Maliha Rehman A new store, a new logo. A little more than five months ago, high street heavyweight Khaadi had gone through a transformation. The brand’s longstanding logo for 23 years

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Film

A cacophony of visuals, music and intrigue – an initial look at Sarmad Khoosat’s Kamli

By Maliha Rehman Fire and water. Revelry and anguish. A boy and a girl in love and a series of lynchpins that form part of their story. The trailer to Sarmad Khoosat’s

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Film

One crazy rollercoaster ride – Ghabrana Nahi Hai: Review

By Maliha Rehman ‘Ghabrana Nahi Hai,’ is asserted by Zuby to her parents, who fall victim to the wheeling and dealing of land mafia. She boards a train headed to Karachi and

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Film

Round and round we go – Chakkar: Review

By Maliha Rehman A belligerent filmstar. A vicious murder. Twin sisters. Chases across old Karachi’s polluted alleys. Policemen, gunshots, nosy neighbors. And a mad rush to figure out whodunit. True to its

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Film

Not your typical Eid movie – Parde Mein Rehne Do: Review

By Maliha Rehman Even before Parde Mein Rehne Do (PMRD) was released, it was being touted as a brave film to make. Eschewing social taboos and the generic parameters that tend to

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Film

Cinema magic! – Dum Mustam: Review

By Maliha Rehman Romance, color, music; the narrow alleys of androon Lahore and the whizzing, busy metropolis that defines Karachi; the kaleidoscopic lights of show business and the brooding, prevailing shadows of

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TV

7th Sky Entertainment’s Entertaining Eid

It’s going to be a long Eid-ul-Fitr break this year – and based on the weather reports, a very hot one. Come rain, come shine, Eid is a time for family and

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