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Review: Sherdil uses patriotism as bait and hopes a love for Pakistan will keep you hooked
The film will comfort its local audience by confirming our biases about Pakistan and India in light of recent events.
Filmmaker Adnan Sarwar says he's on the path to recovery from a life-threatening condition
The director was diagnosed with spinal cord stenosis, a condition which involves the degeneration of the spinal cord.
Is our culture really so fragile that Careem's shaadi advertisement can rock it?
After a tongue-in-cheek billboard was put up by the ride-hailing service, Careem was hit by criticism and fake news
'Who’s man enough?': How competing masculinities inform Pak-India escalation
Devalourising the other in gender hierarchies often takes place through feminisation.
Pakistan downed an Indian jet — but the economy is the real battleground
Securing Pakistan’s economy is the key to securing its borders.
‘This border that drinks blood and spits sparks’: Voices of Urdu poets on war and peace
Selected and translated by Rakhshanda Jalil.
World
4 mosques in Birmingham vandalised allegedly by man with sledgehammer
British Home Secretary Sajid Javid warns hateful behaviour "will never be accepted".
Indian soldier kills three comrades in occupied Kashmir
According to rights group JKCCS, 20 Indian armed forces personnel killed themselves in 2018, the most in a decade.
Suspect in Utrecht tram shooting to be charged with murder or manslaughter with terrorist intent
Suspect Gokmen Tanis is to appear before an investigating judge on Friday.
SO, YOU WANT TO CREATE 10 MILLION JOBS?
Pakistan’s political and economic futures will depend, in large part, on whether we can provide decent jobs.
SOCIETY: SHAZIA’S DAUGHTER AND ALL THAT
Who is behind the viral Instagram account ‘Swinery’? And what does its popularity tell us about ourselves?
LAW: OPEN LETTER TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE
The mother of 10-year-old Amal Umer, killed by a policeman’s bullet last August, appeals for a resolution.
SPOTLIGHT: WINGS OF DESIRE
The audience has high hopes from director Kamal Khan’s debut feature Laal Kabootar, lined up for release on March 22.
CINEMASCOPE: MEET THE NEW FEMME FATALE
Captain Marvel is Marvel Studios’ first female-driven superhero film and while it may not be spectacular, for the most
THE GRAPEVINE
In 2005, the Cinefondation’s Atelier was created at the Cannes Film Festival to ‘encourage the emergence of a new
