Stories by mushtaq-soofi
Sadiqullah’s The Fragrance of Seven Colours (Pehla Puur) has recently been published by Punjab Institute of...
Published 24 Nov, 2025 06:33am
Lahore was historically known as a city of educational institutions and gardens. It sounds incredible; an integral...
Published 20 Oct, 2025 05:11am
Ajmer Sidhu is a well-known short story writer. He was born in 1970 in the village Jafarpur in the district of...
Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:19am
Right to education is theoretically considered to be on the list of fundamental human rights in our times. Education...
Published 18 Aug, 2025 05:33am
Our homeland now known as Punjab has been called by various names in its long history. Its earliest mention is found...
Published 11 Aug, 2025 05:49am
Aman named Thomas Austin released 24 wild rabbits on his estate in Australia in 1859 for hunting purposes but...
Published 04 Aug, 2025 05:10am
The sight of water all around in the current monsoon reminded me of a walk and conversation I had with one of my...
Published 28 Jul, 2025 06:06am
Azmi (Azmul Haq) has made his debut as a poet with his book of verses Dubday Dubday tarr gia published by...
Published 21 Jul, 2025 05:28am
Some decades ago film-makers and writers used to portray a romantic picture of Punjab’s countryside; idyllic,...
Published 30 Jun, 2025 05:24am
GM Sayed has been a well-known figure in the history of Pakistani politics. He was one of the proponents of the idea...
Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am
Motorway 2 from Lahore to Islamabad used to be so good that it offered riskless driving. Sadly, it’s no longer the...
Published 16 Jun, 2025 06:06am
Have you ever wondered why the landscapes of real Pakistan are absent from the textbooks designed for our children?...
Published 26 May, 2025 06:05am
Hatred is as old as the hills, one may say. Hills may erode with the passage of time but not hatred inherited and...
Published 19 May, 2025 05:32am
“What does it take to maintain integrity in a system rife with corruption? Tariq Khosa’s gripping memoir offers ...
Published 12 May, 2025 06:46am
Writing is not something natural despite the fact that most of the things we think and do are recorded i.e. they are...
Published 05 May, 2025 05:26am
Leaving urban congestion if you hit a highway or motorway one of these days you are struck by a stunning spectacle:...
Published 28 Apr, 2025 06:31am
Can a language survive in the modern age if it fails to offer scientific knowledge to its speakers and readers?...
Published 31 Mar, 2025 05:47am
What distinguishes human civilisation from animal kingdom is the fact that it is a product of an evolutionary march...
Published 24 Mar, 2025 07:03am
We hear stories, we tell stories all our lives. But life is always more than what we think it is. .‘This more’ ...
Published 17 Mar, 2025 06:08am
Talking of a long tussle between Harappans and Aryans Prof Malti writes: “After their arrival in India, for a long...
Published 10 Mar, 2025 06:20am
