Many designers specialize in cut, but very few have Kamiar Rokni’s penchant for a “Perfect Finish” to a garment. Although just 27, the 5′8 pixie-like Lahorite is raising industry standards with the bold color combinations and perfect detailing of the creations arising from his and partner Maheen Kardar’s fashion house Karma. The multi-talented Libra designs, writes and is eager to create Pakistan’s first Lifestyle Store.

When did you decide to become a fashion designer?
I don’t know when. I think I’ve wanted to become one since I was 5 years old. I know I never wanted to do anything else.

It came like a bolt from the blue. Aaroh, one of the nation’s hottest bands has, for all intensive purposes, disintegrated. Apparently, founding members Kami and Nabeel have decided to carry on with the Aaroh name while lead vocalist Farook and Khaled have
parted ways with the alternative rock-pop outfit.

Naturally, both sides had different tales to tell, while Kami claiming “artisitc differences” as one of the main reasons behind the fissure, Farook insists that he and Khaled were kept in the dark about the band’s projects, including the signing of record deals in india and the US.