Stories by Suhaib Ayaz
China, the US and Europe all recognise that agriculture needs state support. Pakistan has yet to make the same systemic
Published 08 Nov, 2026 07:06am
What connects impatient car horns at a red light, a gleaming signboard on a grimy building and open sewage beside the beach
Published 30 Aug, 2026 07:21am
Remembering everything would be a curse and would become overwhelming. But we must also guard against the oldest trick of power:
Published 12 Jul, 2026 06:56am
The old empires conquered land. The new one seeks something more intimate:
your attention, your behaviour and, increasingly,
Published 31 May, 2026 06:58am
We breed it into birds, dogs and horses. We honour it in soldiers, mountaineers and mothers. This trait has a name...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 09:25am
The trope is not the result of a personality flaw in individual storytellers — it is a narrative technique.
Published 16 Apr, 2026 11:55am
The trope is not the result of a personality flaw in individual storytellers. It is a narrative technique. And from Robinson Cruso
Published 12 Apr, 2026 06:34am
Published 10 Mar, 2026 02:44pm
Without filters, the loudest or most charismatic or most monetised voice wins — not the most accurate one.
Published 08 Mar, 2026 09:06am
Published 18 Feb, 2026 07:30pm
From mantises matching UV patterns they cannot see to vines copying plastic leaves, nature’s most precise disguises challenge simple evolutionary explanations.
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:07am
Can a species become too self-aware to survive? Philosopher Peter Zapffe thought so. His dark vision argues consciousness is a
Published 28 Dec, 2025 05:06am
Maybe, humanity’s next leap won’t happen on Mars or in AI, but in a quiet room, where someone resists the urge to pick up their phone.
Published 08 Dec, 2025 01:59pm
Maybe, humanity’s next leap won’t happen on Mars or in AI, but in a quiet room, where someone resists the urge to pick up their phone.
Published 07 Dec, 2025 06:20am
The harial, roller and hornbill are fading from our landscapes because they have first faded from our stories.
Updated 13 Nov, 2025 01:56pm
The obsession with heavy-set women in Punjabi and Pashto cinema isn’t accidental. It is cultural, even primal. Abundance,...
Published 12 Oct, 2025 09:41am
Amidst the din of modernity, the ancient sport of kushti clings to life in Lahore’s Walled City. With no support and fading
Published 31 Aug, 2025 05:53am
A food aficionado explains his love for Punjabi cuisine and the importance of understanding the history of food
Published 26 May, 2024 06:43am
With Pakistani dog lovers hung up on foreign breeds, native breeds have little recognition despite being very
Published 26 Aug, 2018 07:40am
