Waqas Khwaja has been writing poetry for about five decades. His first collection, Poems, was published in 1979.... Updated Jun 11, 2017 09:17pm

There have always been abundance of literary journals in Urdu literature in Pakistan but the case with such journals... Published Apr 16, 2017 07:39am

Despite a ban on student unions, the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba have thrived on Punjab’s campuses. Why? Updated Apr 10, 2017 05:19pm

The process of nativisation of English language writing in India had started even before the Partition through... Published Mar 12, 2017 07:24am

Historian Ayesha Jalal says Pakistan must learn from its partnership in the past with the US and vis-a-vis its... Published Feb 26, 2017 07:00am

Kenyan novelist, playwright and essayist Ngugi bade farewell to the English language and started writing in his... Published Feb 20, 2017 07:12am

SOME 20 to 25 people are standing in small groups outside the Yhaqoo Hotel on Temple Road, Mozang, on Saturday ... Updated Feb 10, 2017 10:55am

What working and living conditions do labourers working on Lahore's Orange Line Metro project face? Updated Jan 22, 2017 03:08pm

The Rehmat Gramophone House in Faisalabad was the launching pad of music legends like NFAK and Attaullah Esakhelvi Published Jan 03, 2017 04:05pm

IF you walk towards Faisalabad’s historical Ghanta Ghar from Kotwali Road, you pass through the Aminpur Bazaar... Updated Jan 03, 2017 10:55am

LAHORE: Critic, editor and writer Asif Farrukhi says that many people have this misconception that Intizar Husain ... Updated Nov 21, 2016 06:57pm

LAHORE: Dr Tahir Kamran, chairman of the history department of the Government College University, says the real ... Published Nov 20, 2016 07:06am

OKARA: Novelist Ali Akbar Natiq’s sister, who was a schoolteacher, was killed allegedly by her husband and his... Published Oct 31, 2016 06:44am

The English-speaking world is biased against the non-native speakers of English and there is too much racialism and... Published Jul 24, 2016 06:49am

History of Islam becomes the history of Pakistan when it comes to the notion that Pakistan was created for Islam and... Published Apr 03, 2016 07:14am

LAHORE: Shakespeare’s Globe started its world tour in 2014, performing Hamlet, the Bard’s most famous tragedy,... Published Apr 02, 2016 07:17am

Urdu literary journal Ijmaal held a survey a few months ago to find out the greatest living poet of Urdu. Eight ... Published Mar 27, 2016 07:23am

LAHORE: Punjabi scholars at a panel discussion on Friday revisited the history of Punjab and its language, mass... Published Feb 27, 2016 06:44am

When asked how many poets were there in Dilli, Mir replied, “Dilli has two and a half poets, I am one, Sauda is... Published Feb 22, 2016 06:51am

When Bloomsbury published Harry Potter, we started earning a lot of money which was exciting as well as bewildering,... Published Feb 22, 2016 06:51am