IT is generally assumed that words borrowed from the English language or other European languages entered the Urdu... Published Jun 20, 2017 06:56am

IN 1916, an All India Music Conference was held in Baroda. Attended by grandees and renowned musicologists such as... Published Jun 13, 2017 06:19am

EVER since Dr Fatema Hasan has taken over as secretary of the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu Pakistan (ATUP) the spirit of... Published Jun 05, 2017 06:59am

SOME old Urdu proverbs, though using terms now rarely are used or understood, explain a situation succinctly and... Updated May 30, 2017 07:00am

Part eight of the series exploring Pakistani Urdu writing over the past 70 years Updated May 28, 2017 07:10am

AT the one-day symposium, organised by Idara-i-Farogh-i-Qaumi Zaban (IFQZ) to discuss the status of Pakistan’s... Updated May 23, 2017 07:00am

ATTRIBUTING literary works or religious texts to an author other than the real one is known as pseudepigraphy.... Updated May 16, 2017 07:01am

CHIEFLY known as one of the foremost Sufi saints of the Chishtiya order of mystics, Hazrat Baba Fareeduddin Masood... Updated May 08, 2017 06:48am

Part seven of the series exploring Pakistani Urdu writing over the past 70 years Updated Apr 30, 2017 07:05am

BARBARA D. Metcalf in her article ‘Reflections on Iqbal’s Mosque’ says that “most studies of Iqbal take for... Published Apr 24, 2017 07:10am

MUKHTAR Masood died in Lahore on April 15, 2017. Generally known as a writer of Urdu, with a distinctive style and... Published Apr 18, 2017 06:59am

TWO books published recently have some similarities, but they are different, too. Both of them are, in fact, PhD... Published Apr 10, 2017 07:01am

HERBERT Marcuse, the famous philosopher who criticised both the capitalist societies and the Soviet communism, wrote... Published Apr 03, 2017 07:04am

ONE expects a steady flow of books, articles and symposia on Sir Syed Ahmed Khan during the year 2017, as it marks... Published Mar 28, 2017 07:03am

Part six of the series exploring Pakistani Urdu writing over the past 70 years Updated Apr 01, 2017 05:31pm

SOURCE material is authoritative stuff or evidence utilised in research. There can be three kinds of source ... Published Mar 21, 2017 06:29am

There are 73 languages spoken in Pakistan. Updated Mar 13, 2017 08:35am

“INTIZAR Hussain used to view our present in the perspective of our past and future,” writes Prof Fateh Muhammad... Published Mar 06, 2017 07:08am

MARVI Memon and nine other members of the National Assembly have introduced a bill to “further amend the... Published Feb 27, 2017 07:07am

Proclaimed by Unesco in November 1999, International Mother Language Day is observed on February 21 worldwide.... Published Feb 20, 2017 07:12am