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Former CJP Nasirul Mulk to be caretaker PM: Shah
"We have chosen his name on the basis of merit," says leader of the opposition.
I’ve become Pakistan’s Rambo after Azaadi: Moammar Rana
The actor dishes on his most difficult role to date
Arjun Rampal and wife Mehr Jesia announce separation after 20 years of marriage
Does love even exist anymore?
Amir Khan denies infidelity claim, calls it 'total nonsense'
The boxer allegedly cheated on his wife days after she gave birth to their second child
World
Trump and Kim raise summit hopes after days of brinkmanship
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is committed to “complete” denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
US warships sail near South China Sea islands
The operation is the latest attempt to counter what Washington sees as Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation.
Israel begins work on sea barrier to stop ‘infiltration’ from Gaza
The “new and impenetrable” a few kilometres north of Gaza, is in effect a fortified breakwater topped with barbed wire.
Blogs
Can qawwali be truly understood through a secular lens?
A secular understanding of qawwali is anachronistic to the pre-modern progenitors of the art form.
Does Lahore need high-capacity rail transit? The answer is an unequivocal yes
While Lahore needs more transit infrastructure, its construction and finances should be made transparent to the public.
The poetry of Habba Khatoon, a Kashmiri peasant-queen, still resonates nearly 500 years later
In a time when women’s poetry centred around spirituality, she brought romantic lyricism to Kashmir.
20 YEARS OF NUKES: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT?
May 28 marks a full two decades since Pakistan became a declared nuclear weapons state
TRAVEL: BETWEEN THE ROCKS, AN ART PLACE
The prehistoric rock paintings in Kandak Valley, Swat are worth the arduous journey
EXHIBITION: GHALIB REIMAGINED
Ghulam Mohammad draws parallels between Ghalib’s poetry and his own struggle with language as a medium of expression
SPOTLIGHT: THE COST OF CINEMA
Everyone agrees that Pakistan needs more screens for the cinema business to take off. But the pace of development of
SOUNDSCAPE: THE DREAM TEAM
How a black college dance troupe landed a decades-old Fleetwood Mac song on the Billboard charts
THE GRAPEVINE
Film star Fawad Khan has been under the media radar for quite some time. But when one of his friends shared a picture on
