The British actor, director, playwright and critic Harley Granville-Barker (1877-1946) writes in one of his famous prefaces to...
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In early 2007 in London, there was a sombre evening when Prof Amin Mughal and I met, a few months after my father’s passing in...
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Since October 2023, the Israeli bombing in Gaza continues unabated. At the time of writing this piece, the official death toll of
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Muhammad Ziauddin was an exceptionally fine man, a courageous journalist and a watchful editor. We had known each other for many
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As autumn is edged away by winter in Islamabad, the 9th edition of the capital’s largest literary festival was organised by the...
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It was some time ago, when work related to community development would take me regularly to Multan, Bahawalpur, Layyah,...
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Besides being a distinguished fiction writer, with her debut novel Mass Transit published in 1998 and the latest, The Inn,...
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Like other developing countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America, Pakistan also espouses an economic development model that
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That we make mistakes is true not just for the acquired languages we use — English and Persian, for instance — but also for when
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“In the short history of the growth of America, if you look closely, there has perhaps been one good and clever man, Lincoln...
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The Institute of Historical and Social Research (IHSR), Karachi — set up by progressive activist-turned-philanthropist Dr Tariq...
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American author and humorist Mark Twain once said that he never let his schooling interfere with his education. Likewise, Albert
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It is not essential for a creative artist to be politically active. But it is essential for any artist of significance to be...
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One of Punjab’s most revered folktales, the love story of Heer and Ranjha, turned into a great epic when, in the 18th century,...
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