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Asif Farrukhi, who passed away on June 1, was more than just a fiction writer, an essayist, a critic, a translator or a literary festival organiser. He was truly a giant of global literature... Published 07 Jun, 2020 06:55am

Syed Nomanul Haq meticulously turns a compiled version of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s collected works into a critical one and thus Published 15 Dec, 2019 09:21am

Umera Ahmed’s latest novel is all about simplistic binaries and the rejection of the world in favour of the author’s Published 22 Sep, 2019 06:58am

It was the second day of Eid; everyone was in a mood of celebration and all marketplaces, including the flowers shops... Updated 23 Jun, 2019 03:57pm

Suroor Barabankvi’s collected works make clear that the late poet was one who illuminated the personal as much as the Published 10 Mar, 2019 09:14am

The naiveté of the modernisation project was a direct result of uncritical acceptance of the colonisers’ Published 21 Oct, 2018 08:34am

Fiction’s most significant form appears when it creates grey areas and challenges black-and-white certainties Published 19 Aug, 2018 07:21am

A novel grapples with the crises of identities in multicultural America, but fails to flesh out its Pakistani characters Published 06 May, 2018 07:05am

Every metropolis seems to have been enshrined into two images. Published 07 Jan, 2018 01:11pm

Two collections of writing by towering figures of Urdu literature bring to light mostly forgotten short stories Published 24 Dec, 2017 07:03am