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SHOULD PAKISTAN TRADE WITH INDIA?

No one actually disputes that talking would be better than hostile actions between Pakistan and India.

Ejaz Haider Updated 21 Jul, 2024 05:44pm

HERITAGE: THE PAST IS MANIJEH MANSIONS

Little is known about a distinctly European, colonial-era stone building surrounded by newer homogenous office buildings on Karac

Ali Bhutto Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:45am

FOOTBALL: EURO 2024 AND EUROPE

The battles on and off the pitch during the Uefa European Football Championship 2024 reflect a continent struggling with its own

Paul Widdop | Simon Chadwick Published 21 Jul, 2024 07:59am

RIGHTS: THE GREAT FIREWALL OF PAKISTAN

Rumours are rife that Pakistan will soon implement a draconian form of online censorship, inspired by the Chinese exam

Sheraz Khan Rajput Published 21 Jul, 2024 07:59am

EXHIBITION: MODERN TRAPPINGS

Javaid Mughal’s paintings, apart from being visually arresting, are a much-needed reminder of how technology has socially alienat

Amna Nizar Published 21 Jul, 2024 07:59am

ARTSPEAK: SEEKING COMMUNITIES

People have naturally always formed communities based on shared interests and mutual trust in one geographic space. The internet

Durriya Kazi Published 21 Jul, 2024 07:59am

SMOKERS’ CORNER: PAKISTAN'S 'USEFUL IDIOTS'

Self-styled “liberals" and “progressives" in Pakistan have, for decades, inadvertently advanced causes and agendas that have run contrary to their ideals.

Nadeem F. Paracha Published 21 Jul, 2024 07:59am

EPICURIOUS: THE TASTE OF MEMORIES

Head to Yuan Tung in Karachi if you are in the mood for some old-school comfort Chinese cuisine

Faisal Quraishi Published 21 Jul, 2024 07:59am

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

‘I Am Being Forced Into An ‘Exchange Marriage’’

From InpaperMagazine Published 21 Jul, 2024 07:59am

GARDENING: FAIREST OF THEM ALL

For many, the low-maintenance Snow White, with its unique green and white leaves, is the go-to plant to beautify one’s surroundin

Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid Published 21 Jul, 2024 07:59am

THE URDU NOHA AND ITS SPATIAL DYNAMICS

The beating pulse of Muharram is underpinned by the noha, which is more than just a recounting of the events and tragedy of Karbala.

Mansoor Raza Updated 14 Jul, 2024 09:11pm

EDUCATION: DRAWING TO ENGAGE

Kishore Kumar Khatri’s chalk drawings are not only helping his students in Umerkot grasp difficult concepts, their popularity is

Dolat Chandani Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:27am

MOUNTAINEERING: CLIMBING KILIMANJARO

An adventure-loving journalist who used to write about mountaineering and interview mountaineers is inspired to climb Africa’s

Madeeha Syed Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:27am

SOCIETY: CITY OF LOST WORDS

Once the biggest library in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood, the Mulla Fazil Hall Library has been operating from a temporary

Ayaz Khan Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:27am

EXHIBITION: ART FOR PLEASURE

An exhibition in Rouen, France, pays homage to the American-born rebel painter James Whistler

Zafar Masud Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:27am

WORLD: THE IMF AND ITS DISCONTENTS

The global financial organisation is failing countries like Kenya: why, and what can be done about it?

Danny Bradlow Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:27am

DISCOURSE: DECOLONISING MUSEUMS

Modi’s vision of building a museum that captures the essence of ‘Bharat’ has stirred up a debate about what decolonialism means

Hemanth Kadambi Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:27am

FICTION: THE DARKNESS OF EMOTIONS

Winner of the Asif Farrukhi Ilm-o-Agahi Award 2024, an Urdu novel about complex family dynamics explores the edgier psychology of

Hajra Rehan Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:13am

NON-FICTION: HOW TO SPEAK BETTER

Media personality Mehdi Hasan delves into the history of the art of persuasion through history and brings his own experiences to

Maheen Usmani Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:08am

NON-FICTION: TO KASHMIR WITH LOVE

A collection of personal essays by a diaspora Kashmiri explores the intersections of tradition and modernity, familial...

Sara Danial Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:04am

COLUMN: MY LAHORE BOOKSHOPS

In the 1990s, I first met Rana Abdul Rehman. His body was found a few days ago in a canal near Faisalabad.

Harris Khalique Published 22 Jul, 2024 07:59am

POETRY: POETRY AS A VISUAL ART

Like Ghalib and Faiz before him, Sarmad Sehbai is a master of visual image construction in Urdu poetry and his new collection is

Syed Nomanul Haq Updated 14 Jul, 2024 12:26pm

NON-FICTION: LESSONS FROM INDIA’S COLONISATION OF KASHMIR

A book examines India’s fraught relationship with Occupied Jammu and Kashmir but also expands discussion of the dynamics of

Danish Khan Published 14 Jul, 2024 09:06am

NON-FICTION: DEALING WITH EMOTIONS

A pioneering Pakistani book provides self-care toolkits to foster emotional intelligence and mental well-being among adolescents

Rabeea Saleem Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:57am

COLUMN: THE LITERARY COURTESAN

One Sunday morning in Karachi — I was eight — I heard my mother telling my father about a film she’d seen that Sunday morning,...

Aamer Hussein Published 14 Jul, 2024 08:51am

SOUNDCHECK: THE IMAGINARIUM OF COKE STUDIO

With Coke Studio Season 15 now concluded, Dr Safieh Shah provides a personal interpretation of its musical and visual offerings

From InpaperMagazine | Safieh Shah Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:57am

THE GRAPEVINE

We’ve heard about fake Facebook and X accounts but very seldom, if ever, do we hear about a phony Snapchat account

PYT Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:57am

WIDE ANGLE: SHAMAN LORE

Sleep, a taut, supernatural thriller, leans into the resurgence of shamanistic belief among a new generation of Koreans

Hyunseon@Lee Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:57am

STYLE: MUFFS IN THE TON

Just like Bridgerton’s Eloise, real Regency women used muffs to express themselves — and form friendships

Elisabeth Gernerd Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:57am

THE TUBE

This show has a multi-layered plot, interconnected by betrayals and deceit over generations. Rubab (Zubab Rana)

Sadaf Haider Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:57am

FLASHBACK: STILL FAB AFTER 60 YEARS

The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night made pop cinema history and still holds up well 60 years on

Alison Blair Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:57am

TRADE: THE HARSH REALITY OF REALITY TV

Reality TV show contestants are more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars…

David Arditi Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:57am

CINEMASCOPE: MORE PREDICTABLE THAN DESPICABLE

The Despicable Me franchise makes a lot of money. But as its fourth part shows, it seems to have run out of ideas

Mohammad Kamran Jawaid Published 21 Jul, 2024 06:57am

A payment systems’ review

Digital wallets truly excelled at onboarding freelancers, doubling to 184,516 by March.

Mutaher Khan Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:19am

Agri tax — an attempt at equity

Requiring all farmers with more than 12 acres to file agriculture income tax returns would result in around Rs0.7m in returns annually.

Khalid Saeed Wattoo | Dr Waqar Ahmad Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:06am

What Pakistan can learn from China

The country should focus on bringing about extensive structural reforms to navigate through its current economic and geopolitical challenges.

Nasir Jamal Updated 22 Jul, 2024 09:29am

The demon of domestic debt

In the last fiscal year, the government paid an estimated Rs1.3tr in capacity charges to the IPPs.

Mohiuddin Aazim Updated 22 Jul, 2024 10:17am

Continuing sugar blues

Owing to the surplus sugar stock, selling prices are currently below the cost of production.

Amjad Mahmood Updated 22 Jul, 2024 08:52am

KSE 100-share index fluctuations

Chart by Rehan Ahmed

From the Newspaper Published 22 Jul, 2024 07:40am

Rupee report: Weekly rupee-dollar paritys

Chart by RA

From the Newspaper Published 22 Jul, 2024 07:40am

Neglect of the vulnerable

Priya Kumari is a little girl who went missing and was never heard from again. Her case, subsequent demonstrations...

Fatima S Attarwala Published 22 Jul, 2024 07:32am

Website review: The world of rocket launches

Space and astronomy — aren’t they captivating subjects? The mysteries of the universe ignite a spark of wonder ...

Asif Ali Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:55am

Movie review: The Garfield Movie

All cat lovers and all non-cat lovers completely agree on one thing — they all love the lazy,

Muhammad Suhayb Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:55am

The weekly weird

Danionella cerebrum, a 12mm translucent fish, can produce sounds exceeding 140 dB, comparable to the noise of a passenger

From InpaperMagazine Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:55am

Spotlight

Mattel, Inc., the toy and family entertainment company, in collaboration with Outright Games, has revealed the first all-console

From InpaperMagazine Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:55am

Story time: Imprisoned between floors

I walked slowly inside the office as the glass door opened before me. The hustle and bustle continued as the...

Muhammad Samie Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:55am

Story time: The miserable marine animals

It was a pleasant afternoon, Sana and her family was heading towards the beach. They lived quite close to one of the...

Humna Faisal Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:55am

Time to shift gears!

This year, summer has been very hot and hard to handle for many of us, yet the summer vacation was filled with fun...

Benazir Raz Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:55am

Mailbox

This is regarding the cover article “Compassion for animals” by Shahmeer Asif (June 8, 2024). The article

From InpaperMagazine Published 27 Jul, 2024 06:55am