A debut collection of 24 Urdu short stories by a medical practitioner and academic are thought-provoking and wise observations...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:38pm
A collection of personal sketches of renowned figures from history and current times in Urdu encourages readers not just to...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:32pm
On an unseasonably cold November night in 2022, a pain, a dull burn, gripped my chest in what felt like a constriction, an uneasy
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:18pm
The English translation of late Fahmida Riaz’s novel Qila-i-Faramoshi offers the Anglophone world a window into ancient Persian...
Published 19 Apr, 2026 11:49am
A brief treatise by a well-known Pakistani economist explores the impact of ethnic friction on the success or failure of nations
Published 19 Apr, 2026 11:57am
The Argentinian genius of a writer Jorge Luis Borges once said: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a...
Published 12 Apr, 2026 06:08am
A new Urdu novel imagines the life of Ruttie Jinnah, bringing to life a woman lost in the margins of history and rescuing her from
Updated 19 Apr, 2026 12:15pm
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Persian language poets in Iran and India established a parallel universe of...
Published 19 Apr, 2026 11:54am
A gripping collection of Urdu short stories feature Karachi as a vibrant metropolis in which individuals from diverse communities
Published 12 Apr, 2026 06:08am
A recent book attempts to decode the patterns of power and politics in Pakistan by connecting these dynamics with examples from
Published 12 Apr, 2026 06:08am
In his latest memoir, British author Ziauddin Sardar reflects on love, loss and language as he remembers three women who
Published 12 Apr, 2026 06:08am
A naval historian revisits the Battle of Gettysburg during the US Civil War and shows how logistics, leadership and luck decided
Published 05 Apr, 2026 09:29am
Philippa Gregory revisits the Tudor court through Jane Boleyn, a woman who survived longer than most in King Henry VIII’s...
Published 05 Apr, 2026 09:23am
Adrian H. Husain’s latest collection of sonnets explore memory, time and the fragmented nature of recollection
Published 05 Apr, 2026 09:18am
A debut Urdu short story collection explores empathy and inequality
Published 05 Apr, 2026 09:07am
Lt Gen (retd) Talat Masood’s memoirs are a military man’s recollections about his own idealism and professional
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:18am
A debut novel tells the tale of a complex friendship between two young women while also exploring themes such as narcissism
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:18am
Through a series of dialogues with scholars, a recent Urdu book examines language, identity and culture across South Asia
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:17am
The poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock was written by T.S. Eliot in 1915. Despite the poet’s young age — ...
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:16am
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women calls for women writers to submit for its 2026 competition. The...
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:15am
Arif Waqar was my true teacher at the BBC. Besides teaching me how not to fluff up on the microphone and what should
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
A meticulously researched book offers a corrective to decades of selective memory, political appropriation and historical
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
Former Senator Farhatullah Babar’s book of memoirs aims to set the record straight by putting the spotlight on the low-key
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
A powerful debut novel merges suspense with emotional depth and captures the dangerous allure of acceptance in an age
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
Every Sunday, he would sit with the matrimonial advertisements in daily Jang, and mark potential candidates
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
A timely collection of essays by prominent Islamic scholars argues that arguments for religious freedom
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Actor Charlie Sheen may not have become the superstar many expected, but he remains part of a strong Hollywood lineage
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Mohammed Hanif’s deeply satirical new novel, set in the days following former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Farhatullah Babar’s reflective, insider account of Benazir Bhutto’s life and politics corrects the twin caricatures that dominate
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:41am
A debut novel has a strong idea spanning two plot lines and two time periods but desperately needed a strong editor as well
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:27am
A coffee table book on Pakistan’s beloved sport brings together the printed and visual artefacts of the country’s cricketing...
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:18am
In one of his most complex and deceptively crafted verses, Mirza Ghalib says that the poet’s pen vibrates with the frequency of...
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:14am
Nadeem F. Paracha’s latest book explores contemporary populism by comparing three modern-day populist uprisings in the global...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:28am
The winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2025 is a debut novel by a Palestinian author about the complexities that lie at the heart of
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:24am
The popularity of Jaun Elia’s deceptively simple verse, which has become all the rage with the youth, often obscures the depth...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:21am
Farhatullah Babar is known to us as a veteran politician, a legislator and a human rights defender. He is currently...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:15am
The 14th Lahore Literary Festival put its focus on history and in diversifying away from English but was impacted by scheduling
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
An elegantly structured novel, told through through the eyes of a young lad, is the first part of four interconnected novels...
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
A former journalist’s book on Princess Diana’s infamous 1995 Panorama interview with Martin Bashir expects readers to consider...
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
I grew up with Urdu poetry, learning to recite verses from ghazals as soon as I could talk. Words held only visual meanings for me
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
A book by a former chief economist at the State Bank of Pakistan critiques international aid and its deleterious impact on...
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:41am
The 17th Karachi Literature Festival was fuelled by an unswerving, if wildly optimistic, belief in the transformative power of the
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:38am
Ayesha Muzaffar’s latest offering strings together three novellas that will undoubtedly delight fans of the horror genre
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:33am
There are many ways to go about writing one’s first novel, and here I would like to share how I went about writing...
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:21am
A recent book argues Pakistan can leverage its strategic location and become an engine of trade and global growth, but seems...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:41am
Set in Swat during the rise of militant violence in the region in the mid-2000s, a debut novel wrestles with themes of patriarchy
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:36am
From Kurram Valley to the World Bank’s corridors, a Pakistani internationalist retraces a global journey marked by discipline,...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:32am
In the recently published Urdu book of stories titled Tamasha-i-Ahl-i-Karam [The Circus of the Benevolent] by Dr...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 08:43am
Daniyal Mueenuddin’s much-anticipated first novel does not retreat from the terrain that made his reputation; it expands it.
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:47am
Actor Michael J. Fox recounts how he managed playing Family Ties’ Alex P. Keaton by day and Back to the Future’s Marty McFly by...
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:42am
A restrained first novel invites the reader to reflect on history, engage with an often-overlooked city, and witness a woman’s...
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:38am
This year marks the centenary of Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’, which still shapes how we read sickness
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:31am
An Urdu book free of complex theoretical jargon and clearly intended for students combines conceptual discussions about the idea
Published 25 Jan, 2026 09:39am
A follow-up to one man’s recounting of whimsical stories from his life retains the original’s wit and nostalgic narration of an...
Published 25 Jan, 2026 09:33am
A slim collection comprising a novella and a number of short stories portray a search for beauty in a disintegrating world
Published 25 Jan, 2026 09:29am
Interviewing him in London many years ago, I asked Daniyal Mueenuddin what he was working on after his acclaimed...
Published 25 Jan, 2026 09:10am
Maha Khan Phillips’ fast-paced third novel is both historical fiction as well as a thrilling murder mystery and cements her
Updated 22 Jan, 2026 06:22pm
Maha Khan Phillips (nee Maha Khan) is a Karachi-born fiction writer and an award-winning financial journalist. She...
Published 18 Jan, 2026 06:44am
Mustansar Hussain Tarar returns to Paris after half a century and uses the city as a canvas to explore art, history, exile
Updated 02 Feb, 2026 03:40pm
A whimsical novel brings together an Indian prince from more than 2,000 years ago and a young woman from contemporary Karachi
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:55am
A well-researched, first-ever critical look at the origins of the Gakkhars of Potohar and Jhelum region demolishes some well
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:54am
A collection of 17 insightful Urdu short stories combines a matter-of-fact, almost journalistic clarity with underlying warmth
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:52am
The American poet Cornelius Eady has co-founded the Cave Canem Foundation, a non-profit organisation that serves...
Published 18 Jan, 2026 06:44am
In the contemporary world of letters, infiltrated by brand and persona marketing, being a master of more than one...
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:50am
A well-researched book by a well-known French scholar argues that Indian PM Narendra Modi used his rule in the state of Gujarat
Updated 04 Jan, 2026 09:12pm
A historical novel about murder, set at the time of WWI on board a British ocean liner eventually sunk by a German submarine
Updated 04 Jan, 2026 07:22am
Hollywood star Jeremy Renner’s memoir is about his miraculous recovery from a horrific accident but is also a meditation
Updated 04 Jan, 2026 07:21am
A hundred years ago, the poet Nasir Kazmi was born in Ambala on December 8, 1925; his contemporary, the fiction...
Updated 04 Jan, 2026 07:22am
In 1956, Walter Lang directed The King and I, a film from Hollywood set in 19th century Siam (Thailand), which was...
Published 28 Dec, 2025 05:06am
