With most Western governments refusing to even acknowledge how the holocaust in Gaza has particularly impacted children and women
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
With singlehood on the rise around the world, what does the latest research tell us about being single and happiness?
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
Young Pakistani squash players are displaying the kind of talent and drive that could see the country once again home to world champions in the future. But the lack of sponsorships is holding them back from their dreams.
Updated 05 May, 2024 11:18am
A young Christian woman from a poor Hindu village in Sindh is determined to provide the benefits of education to the children of
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Saba Khan explore the human, ecological and social landscape of the River Indus through the eyes of the
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
Imagined pasts and invented histories have long been used by states to propound a certain narrative while denying the existence of opposing views.
Updated 05 May, 2024 09:51am
Good news on the economic front makes Butterfly reminisce about the good old days
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
‘I Hurt My Bestie and Am Miserable’
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
One of the benefits of cultivating your own growing space is getting fresh harvest from the plant to the plate within a few hours…
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
Adopting effective policies could help Pakistan not only mitigate impacts of climate change but also attract investment and expand trade horizons.
Updated 28 Apr, 2024 10:48am
Aside from its economic and commercial potential for Pakistan, the port city of Gwadar has great strategic value, which
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
A recent comment from India’s cricket captain Rohit Sharma, about his desire for a Test match between archrivals Pakistan and
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
Girls have long been excluded from playgrounds and from sports in public spaces on the pretext of ‘propriety’ and ‘tradition’.
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
Zoya Alina Currimbhoy explores the profound mysteries of existence and the intrinsic wisdom embedded within the fluidity of water
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
Humans employ various disguises in order to ensure harmony, while art often deals in symbols, metaphors and codes. However, disgui
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
While hypotheses created by political scientists can pass a test or fail it, many analysts are now lazily relying on social media chatter to determine their views.
Updated 28 Apr, 2024 10:32am
Waris Nihari in Lahore’s Moon Market is still carrying on the decades-old family tradition of serving delicious and lip-smacking
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
‘My Ex Keeps Stringing Me Along’
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
All your gardening queries answered here
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
The recent military conflict between Iran and Israel only diverts attention from the real crux of the problem.
Updated 21 Apr, 2024 04:20pm
Shadab Zeest Hashmi’s Ghazal Cosmopolitan is, in her own words, “part love letter to Urdu… and part manual for the craft of ghazal
Published 05 May, 2024 08:13am
A compilation of Urdu letters written by Japanese academics and students to a Pakistani Urdu scholar is an enriching read for...
Published 05 May, 2024 08:05am
Actor, producer, director, author and voice-over artist Henry Winkler’s memoir is most poignant when he deals with the curse of
Published 05 May, 2024 07:46am
The Bangladeshi-American author Rumaan Alam wrote Leave the World Behind just before the Covid-19 pandemic. The novel was...
Published 05 May, 2024 07:42am
I.A. Rehman’s posthumously published memoirs narrate his early life and the making of one of the greatest human rights activists
Updated 28 Apr, 2024 12:14pm
A gripping historical drama centring around a young girl and a London bookshop involved in a Cold War espionage network offers a
Published 28 Apr, 2024 10:29am
A recent collection of poetry and poetic prose presents one with a different interpretive angle and nuance of feeling on each...
Published 28 Apr, 2024 10:04am
The names Passchendaele, the Somme and Mametz Wood stand as grim sentinels, forever bound to the unimaginable ...
Published 28 Apr, 2024 09:59am
The author of the book is a petroleum engineer by profession, who has worked in Pakistan and the Middle East for more than 36
Published 28 Apr, 2024 09:50am
Syed Nomanul Haq’s Urdu translation of Mansur al-Hallaj’s Kitab al-Tawasin captures the beauty and elegance of the original...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:58am
A French journalist pens a novel about Pakistan which, surprisingly for a Western writer, presents a sympathetic view of the...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:51am
A book by a retired Pakistani admiral presents a holistic study of the multifarious challenges of maritime security and offers...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:46am
In 2015, it was my honour to be invited by the education advocacy campaign Alif Ailaan to teach storytelling to...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:39am
A book provides valuable historic background to the development of Beijing-Islamabad ties but its amassing of ‘facts’ about the...
Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:46am
An autobiography of well-known Pakistani social activist Ansar Burney can serve to inspirea new generation of Pakistanis
Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:42am
A recent book goes behind the scenes to explain the strange case of a Soviet spy’s arrest in the US and trial in 1957, and his...
Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:35am
“Truth is, without an unconditional acknowledgement of the poetic virtues of Akhtar Shirani, an honest history of Urdu literature
Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:29am
An anthology of selected submissions from the first five years of the Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women indicates that
Published 07 Apr, 2024 08:27am
A collection of interconnected stories transports one to a fictional place in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that bears witness to a changing
Published 07 Apr, 2024 08:22am
The autobiography of a pioneering female hospital administrator is an inspirational tale that can help break gender stereotypes
Published 07 Apr, 2024 07:55am
