Irfan Aslam
LAHORE: Urdu poet Idris Babur has published, what is termed, the very first book of Ashras in Urdu.
Published 22 Jan, 2023 07:04am
LAHORE: Panellists dissected the new media and digital sources of information in the era of post-truth and the ways...
Published 16 Jan, 2023 07:03am
LAHORE: Novelist Mohsin Hamid at the opening of the Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest discussed the language question in...
Published 15 Jan, 2023 07:01am
LAHORE: The 2023 edition of the academic literary festival, Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest, will kick off at Alhamra, The...
Published 13 Jan, 2023 07:03am
Former CJP Jawwad S Khawaja says he never cared about how his judgements were received.
Updated 01 Jan, 2023 09:06am
LAHORE: Artist and environmentalist Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Jr says he has always been fascinated by river deltas like...
Published 31 Dec, 2022 07:05am
Research suggests Saudi Arabia’s total revenue from cinemas is expected to be around $1.5bn by the year 2030...
Published 14 Dec, 2022 07:09am
Novelist and translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi has launched an online Urdu word game on the pattern of word scramble.
Updated 12 Dec, 2022 01:49pm
A Childless Village also fetches Reza Jamali best screenwriter award...
Published 11 Dec, 2022 05:52am
JEDDAH: The Red Sea Film Festival (RSFF) has emerged as a platform to showcase Arabic-language films,especially ...
Published 09 Dec, 2022 08:32am
JEDDAH: British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha would like to make a film about Punjab, saying she has a great idea to ...
Published 06 Dec, 2022 07:00am
Remembers hearing her friends in Pakistan lament that films in the West showed their country in a bad light.
Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:31am
LAHORE: Amjad Saleem Minhas is one of the relatively progressive publishers from Lahore whose life took many turns...
Published 23 Nov, 2022 07:29am
In Mirza Athar Baig’s latest novel set in the mountains, valleys and caves of the Potohar region, nothing happens many times while
Published 20 Nov, 2022 07:00am
LAHORE: Archaeologists and experts from related fields got together at the roundtable conference at the 11th Thaap...
Published 20 Nov, 2022 06:59am
LAHORE: Just a day after the federal government cleared the controversial but critically acclaimed film Joyland for...
Published 18 Nov, 2022 07:04am
Pakistan's award-winning formal entry for the Oscars was banned right before its release in cinemas.
Updated 14 Nov, 2022 08:22pm
Ministry of Information cancels censor certificate despite its Oscars entry...
Updated 15 Nov, 2022 10:07am
LAHORE: “When I write short stories, I keep all the elements of fiction in mind. Reality has no organisation or a...
Published 28 Oct, 2022 07:09am
"The centre of the world is shifting from Europe and North America to the East," says Sri Lankan activist.
Updated 24 Oct, 2022 09:06am