Irfan Aslam

The writer, who passed away on July 5, brought his keen journalistic eye to bear on his often symbolic short stories Published 18 Jul, 2021 07:08am

Malika Pukhraj’s autobiography was first published in translation in India. It has now finally been published in its original... Published 13 Jun, 2021 07:05am

Almost 200 pilots along with as many aviation engineers are trained at the airport. Updated 17 May, 2021 08:32am

Most villagers losing their land to the project are small holders. Updated 29 Mar, 2021 07:29am

The Lahore Literary Festival went entirely online in line with the ongoing pandemic’s restrictions. It also often reflected... Published 28 Feb, 2021 07:36am

LAHORE: Lebanon-born novelist from France Amin Maalouf says his idea of writing is that everything in history in the... Published 22 Feb, 2021 08:03am

Speakers at Lahore Literary Festival see explosion in online shopping, movie watching. Updated 22 Feb, 2021 09:25am

LAHORE: Mukulika Banerjee of the London School of Economics says Khudai Khidmatgars’ history was silenced and... Published 21 Feb, 2021 07:02am

LAHORE: Professor of Urdu and South Asian literature Mehr Afshan Farooqi says Ghalib considered Urdu as a regional... Published 20 Feb, 2021 06:47am

LAHORE: Poet Zahid Dar passed away here in Lahore. He was 84. Published 14 Feb, 2021 06:53am

Old Anarkali’s Pratap Street left with two booksellers after closure of two dozen bookshops. Updated 14 Feb, 2021 08:08am

LAHORE: Punjab writer Nain Sukh says his short stories describe the life of his maternal and paternal families as... Published 04 Jan, 2021 07:01am

The primary audience for Arundhati Roy’s latest book may be Indian, but Pakistanis can learn as much from it... Published 01 Nov, 2020 06:59am

An English translation of Mirza Athar Baig’s surreal 2014 Urdu novel stays true to its source, bridging the gap betwe... Published 19 Apr, 2020 06:20am

Despite being forced to close early on all three days and the organisers’ efforts to keep the agenda apolitical... Published 01 Mar, 2020 07:05am

LAHORE: The bibliophiles and general readers look forward to book fairs for two reasons: buying books of their ... Published 09 Feb, 2020 07:31am

Revisiting 1971 in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India shows how people remember the conflict and how states influence those Published 05 Jan, 2020 09:10am

Upholds significance of form in poetry Published 30 Dec, 2019 07:16am

The ban on import of books from India is having a disastrous effect, not only on the business of bookshops, but also on Published 17 Nov, 2019 07:19am

A video recently went viral featuring Aarti of Baba Guru Nanak, which Indian composer, singer and artiste Madan ... Updated 26 Sep, 2019 02:44pm