Stories by Mina Sohail

Pakistan has a food waste problem and the solution may lie in the YouTube channels of South Korean women

Pakistan wastes a colossal amount of food but it isn't difficult to recycle and compost at home.

Updated 17 Jun, 2023 02:04pm

From Cocomelon to Captain Planet: What cartoons should your child be watching?

Educationists link screen time with increased irritability in children and give preference to experience-based learning over virtual learning.

Published 07 Jan, 2023 12:47pm

Is it ever too late to reinvent yourself?

When you get to your mid-30s, you start to rethink your life and how you've been living it.

Published 02 Jun, 2022 10:37am

Let the kitchen become your child's new playground

Learn how to make oatmeal banana pancakes and take your little one on a sensory journey.

Published 27 Apr, 2022 11:16am

Footprints: Stranger in strange lands

Hussain has seen his daughter virtually only, his attempts to acquire a visa for Bangladesh have been futile.

Updated 21 Aug, 2016 07:52am

Footprints: A marriage of inconvenience

I have talked to many people in my community, and this fatwa on marriage is troublesome for us, says Bindiya.

Updated 19 Jul, 2016 10:03am

Footprints: The usual suspects

Raiding these slums where Afghans live is a knee-jerk reaction by the police. It is a futile exercise, says Imtiaz Gul.

Published 30 Dec, 2014 06:35am

Footprints: The caregiving community

Most Christians find nursing to be a “very giving profession" as they learn peace loving since childhood.

Updated 28 Nov, 2014 07:13am

Situationer: Kashmir in the spotlight

It is an issue of fundamental human rights. There is an immense need raise a voice against the brutality.

Published 29 Oct, 2014 06:13am

Footprints: The orphans of war

The girls from North Waziristan have been left orphaned during the Zarb-i-Azb operation...

Updated 26 Oct, 2014 11:34am

Footprints: Digging up a story

WAZIR Khan, a physician, built the Shahi Hammam for Emperor Jehangir’s wife. But why?

Updated 17 Oct, 2014 07:21am

Footprints: Bari Imam Urs — A spent festival

A melange of spiritual and worldly activities, the death anniversary (Urs) of a saint is celebrated, not mourned.

Published 05 Aug, 2014 06:23am

Footprints: Zarjan's unheard protest

“Those in Palestine are Muslim brothers, but he is not?” she asks, pointing at Zahid Baloch’s picture.

Published 27 Jul, 2014 06:02am

Footprints: Trailing behind

This is the peak season for mountaineering in Pakistan, but the number of foreigners coming here has decreased.

Updated 17 Jun, 2014 08:50am

Footprints : Facilitators of liberty

“The purpose of these centres is to minimise direct interaction between police and people,” says Security SP Ali Khan.

Updated 23 May, 2014 02:01pm

Footprints: Punjab's forgotten cash scheme

The Khidmat Card Scheme was to be launched on March 23 by govt but its execution and implementation is a story.

Updated 04 May, 2014 08:36am

Footprints: Text message of death

Thirty miles from Faisalabad, in Toba Tek Singh's Gojra city is a small rundown house, with white paint peeling off.

Updated 13 Apr, 2014 11:36am

Footprints: Female wardens back on bikes

“When in uniform we are not male or female but police officers”

Updated 06 Apr, 2014 10:49am