Haroon Khalid Akhtar

SATIRE: THE FINAL PLOT

SATIRE: THE FINAL PLOT

Given the increasingly prohibitive cost of acquiring land in Karachi, a real estate project everyone would die for… Published 10 Sep, 2023 07:00am
SATIRE: INTERVIEW WITH A TAX-LEVIER

SATIRE: INTERVIEW WITH A TAX-LEVIER

Pakistan’s salaried class reportedly paid Rs 264 billion tax last year, much more than the exporters and retailers combined. What Published 20 Aug, 2023 07:39am
SATIRE: RAISE FROM THE DEAD

SATIRE: RAISE FROM THE DEAD

In a faltering economy, why limit our imaginations to just the living when trying to raise taxes? Published 30 Apr, 2023 07:04am
SATIRE: NO EASY CATCH

SATIRE: NO EASY CATCH

A cricketer laments being jilted by his beloved, and plots to woo her back, in a letter written in his language of love — cricket Published 03 Jul, 2022 08:00am
LOVE, LIES, LEADERSHIP

LOVE, LIES, LEADERSHIP

In Haroon Khalid Akhtar’s The Liar’s Truth, Arsalan, a layman known only for his fantastical stories, is selected to become the... Updated 03 Apr, 2022 01:57pm
ESSAY: BABA AND I

ESSAY: BABA AND I

Novelist Haroon Khalid Akhtar pens a letter of remembrance to his father, the legendary Urdu writer Mohammad Khalid Akhtar... Published 17 Oct, 2021 06:39am