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Sponsored Fatima Fertilizer marks sixth consecutive victory at Pakistan Digital Awards 2025 with two more accolades The firm won for using powerful digital stories to promote sustainability and connect with people through meaningful campaigns. ADVERTISEMENT Updated 19 Jun, 2025 12:10pm
Sponsored Raqami and Haball launch Shariah-compliant embedded finance solution for Pakistan’s SME sector The two firms have introduced a Shariah-compliant embedded finance solution that enables SMEs to access collateral-free working capital directly through digital supply chain workflows. ADVERTISEMENT Updated 18 Jun, 2025 03:47pm
Sponsored Taptap Send launches in-app donation feature for overseas Pakistanis The mobile remittance platform has introduced a new feature that allows overseas Pakistanis in USA, UK and Europe to donate. ADVERTISEMENT Published 07 Jun, 2025 09:02pm
SOCIETY: THE RUNNING TRIBE Mirroring global movements such as Parkrun, Islamabad’s running groups are proving how the simplest of exercises can be the key to Ayesha Latif Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:05am
EXHIBITION: FRAMING THE INVISIBLE Rashid Rana’s latest body of work serves as a meditation on war, memory and surveillance, captured through his singular artistic Aarish Sardar Updated 16 Jun, 2025 03:28pm
PAKISTANI STUDENTS AND THE ‘AMERICAN DREAM’ As US visa restrictions tighten, threats of visa revocations increase, university funding becomes limited and Islamophobia grows. Anmol Irfan Updated 08 Jun, 2025 11:47am
EXHIBITION: THE WORLD OF LUCE A retrospective in Paris remembers one of the forgotten pioneers of neo-Impressionism Zafar Masud Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:05am
SMOKERS’ CORNER: BRANDING IN THE AGE OF POLARISATION As societies grow increasingly divided, and as consumer identities rapidly change, brands must evolve or risk irrelevance. Nadeem F. Paracha Updated 15 Jun, 2025 12:28pm
CLIFTONIA: SEX, LIES AND PRESIDENTIAL FRIES An exclusive peek into the private musings of Global Leader Extraordinaire, D. Drumpf… Farid Alvie Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:05am
GARDENING: GUARDING THE KAKRRI The Armenian cucumber plant faces many challenges, from fungal infections to yellowing leaves and attracting pollinators and Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:05am
CONFLICT: THE INDIA-PAKISTAN DOOMSDAY MACHINE The latest escalation in the Subcontinent reveals how quickly calculated brinkmanship can become uncontrollable fury. Ilhan Niaz Updated 10 Jun, 2025 02:33pm
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MONUMENT TO PLURALISM A British-Pakistani artist’s awe-inspiring creation envisions a world of religious and cultural coexistence Aarish Sardar Updated 06 Jun, 2025 08:48pm
COLUMN: LETTERS FROM THE PAST — II Although I have a large file of Naiyer Masud’s letters addressed to my father, I do not have the letters my father... Mehr Afshan Farooqi Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
NON-FICTION: PESHAWAR WANDERINGS Mustanar Hussain Tarar’s Peshawar travelogue opens a window into the soul of the city, its rich past, vibrant streets and the Muhammad Suhayb Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
FICTION: CHASING A GHOST Anita Desai’s latest novel offers a quiet, meditative work that reflects on the limits of knowledge and memory Sara Danial Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
NON-FICTION: THE UNPOLICED STATE A gripping memoir by one of the country’s most respected civil servants offers a rare, unfiltered look inside Pakistan’s corridors Zahid Hussain Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
IN MEMORIAM: FIVE THINGS ABOUT NGUGI WA THIONG’O Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who passed away on May 28, was one of Kenya’s and indeed Africa’s greatest writers of all time. A Kenyan... Peter Kimani Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:52pm
FICTION: DRAGONS AND DAGGERS The third book in a five-part fantasy series that is being compared to Harry Potter has recently come out. With magical dragons... T.U. Dawood Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:46pm
POETRY: THE NATURE OF LIFE An unusual collection of verse explores themes of nature and the environment and humanity’s attempts to mould them and co-exist Muneeza Shamsie Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:41pm
COLUMN: AN ANATOMY OF THE QISSA — II In this column, we return to the structure of Qissa Chhabili Bhattiyari [Chhabili the Innkeeper] discussed earlier, to study how Musharraf Ali Farooqi Published 06 Jun, 2025 07:32pm
STYLE: A TWIST ON BLACK AND GOLD A recent avant-garde photoshoot showcases how Gen-Y or millenial designers are adding their own twists to fashion to cater Faisal Quraishi Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
CINEMASCOPE: THE LEGEND STRIKES AGAIN Those who have seen any Karate Kid film will feel right at home with Karate Kid:Legends Mohammad Kamran Jawaid Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
THE ICON REVIEW: AFFLICTED INFESTATION Deemak has some interesting ideas that never reach proper resolution. But it still one of the better productions from Pakistani Farheen Jawaid Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
WIDE ANGLE: OPPRESSIVE TO WOMEN? Why Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale failed as feminist television Dr Roberta Garrett Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
WIDE ANGLE: A NEW GENERATION’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE With Netflix announcing a new version of the famous love story, here’s why Jane Austen novels make perfect period adaptations Shelly Galpin Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
THE ICON REVIEW The Humayun Saeed and Mahira Khan-starrer Love Guru is a mixed bag of a film, but one should appreciate the return to what Mohammad Kamran Jawaid Published 15 Jun, 2025 06:04am
The salaried struggle carries on and on The budget presented last week offers little hope for meaningful relief. Afshan Subohi Updated 16 Jun, 2025 09:16am
Notes on key budgetary reforms FY26 could see more Pakistanis fall below the poverty line. From the Newspaper Updated 16 Jun, 2025 09:34am
Digging deeper development holes to nowhere PSDP's balance sheet is a cautionary tale in capital misallocation. Ammar H Khan Updated 16 Jun, 2025 09:55am
Budget Special: Unpacking a paradoxical fiscal plan The budget presents a paradox: ambitious rhetoric of relief overshadowed by structural constraints. Mohiuddin Aazim Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:38am
False promises and avoiding agricultural necessities The federal agriculture budget this year would be remembered for “not doing what was necessary”. Ahmad Fraz Khan Updated 16 Jun, 2025 11:05am
Bits, gaps, and the farmers’ perspective The FY26 budget fails to address critical agricultural concerns. Khalid Saeed Wattoo | Dr Waqar Ahmad Updated 16 Jun, 2025 03:27pm
Budget special: A fragile budget meets a volatile world Military conflict between Iran and Israel is bad news for Pakistan’s growth push. Nasir Jamal Updated 16 Jun, 2025 01:33pm
Driving blind on auto industry taxation Current reduced sales tax rate to continue to apply to HEVs mentioned in Schedule 8 and Serial No 73. Aamir Shafaat Khan Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:54am
Fathers in the digital age Life has changed drastically in just a couple of decades. What used to be a simple, slower-paced world, where... Benazir Raz Published 14 Jun, 2025 05:28am
Mailbox This is regarding the story “Never be overconfident” by Zain Irfan (YW, March 15). Sometimes, From InpaperMagazine Published 14 Jun, 2025 05:28am
Faith over filters Every year, as Eidul Azha approaches, we see the same familiar scenes unfold in front of us. Youngsters, and even... Benazir Raz Updated 06 Jun, 2025 08:53pm
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Did you know? facts! Social media addiction is a behavioural addiction that is characterised as being overly concerned From InpaperMagazine Published 14 Jun, 2025 05:28am
Story time: From chill to chaos Today was Sabika’s last exam. She was excited as she would be doing all the things that she had been planning to... Hamna Umair Published 14 Jun, 2025 05:28am
