WHO BENEFITS FROM KARACHI’S ‘PUBLIC’ PARKS?
The state of Karachi’s parks is perhaps the perfect symbol for Pakistan’s perpetually distressed democracy.
MEDIA: QUARANTINED IN CHINA
With the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in full bloom, a Pakistani student in Beijing describes the daily routine for...
BOXING: KNOCKED OUT BY LIFE
Pakistan’s boxers have tremendous talent. But talent can only go so far in making them realise their dreams.
EXHIBITION: A FEAST OF MODERNIST ART
The Wahab Jaffer Collection does not just reveal the art that he created and collected over the past 50 years, but...
DISCOURSE: DEMYSTIFYING RESIDENCIES
In recent years, more and more artists globally aspire to undertake artist residencies to boost their career...
SMOKERS’ CORNER: BOOKS OF WAR
Some commentators suspect many of these tomes are still out there.
CLIFTONIA: THIS GOVERNMENT’S BROUGHT TO YOU BY …
The prime minister of Cliftonia decides that henceforth all statecraft will be sponsored by the private sector...
ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI
‘We differ on a very fundamental matter’
GARDENING: PREVENTING PESTS IN YOUR GARDEN
Some organic pesticides and fungicides you can make at home to deal with fruit tree issues...
THE PROBLEM WITH BUZDAR
If Buzdar falls, he will drag his leader with him. And Imran Khan, it seems, understands that only too well.
SOCIETY: THE ROADS OF HAZARD
The cost of road accidents in Pakistan, both in terms of human lives and medical care as well as in terms of...
CRICKET: THE CONFIDENCE GAME
Eos meets up with the Pakistan women’s cricket team during camp at NSK ahead of their departure for Australia...
HERITAGE: DOCUMENTING SIKH HISTORY AND HERITAGE
Capturing the past glory of Punjab, historian Bobby Singh Bansal unveils his latest work on Sikh history and heritage...
LB 02: A SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO COME
Artists at the Lahore Biennale are vocal about commenting on the connection of artists to society, politics and his...
EXHIBITION: DOT, LINE AND SHAPE
Ayessha Quraishi’s mid-career retrospective showcases her continuing negotiation with the intangible...
SMOKERS’ CORNER: ALLIES AND FRENEMIES
Over the years, Pak-Afghan relations have been influenced by the changing political climate of the region
THE COMING ANTIBIOTIC ARMAGEDDON
If all this sounds alarming and terrible, it is meant to be
NON-FICTION: STRANGER THAN STRANGERS
Malcolm Gladwell takes on what the research tells us about our misperceptions about people’s motivations...
BOOKS IN BRIEF
An Urdu translation by Mahmood Alam Siddiqui of Saleena Karim’s 2010 book, Secular Jinnah and Pakistan:
IN MEMORIAM: The LIVING LEGEND WHO IS NO MORE
Nisar Aziz Butt, who passed away on February 7, was a highly erudite and multi-faceted writer in whose mind time...
POETRY: A WHIFF OF THE IMAGINARY
Written in a clear style and modern idiom, these poems display concerns of one of the most important contemp...
FICTION: A NEW WORLD STRUGGLING TO EMERGE
An English translation of an Arabic novel, which won the Man Booker International Prize, is a complex story of...
NON-FICTION: DISPATCHES FROM A CHANGING LAHORE
A free-flowing Punjabi memoir that presents us with a micro-historical look into the varied experiences of...
FICTION: A TALE FOR ALL TIMES
Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s latest is a 13th century detective story that explores the nature of power and myth in a...
FESTIVAL: DEPLETED, ADAB FEST SOLDIERS ON
The turnout at this year’s festival was significantly lower than last year’s inaugural event, but its significance...
FESTIVAL: WITH STRINGS ATTACHED
After investing 45 years into the business, the Rafi Peer Group has constantly had to step back rather than move forward
SOUNDSCAPE: UNREQUITED LOVE
Shamoon Ismail’s latest EP Juice’s songs are an inner monologue grappling with different stages of attraction
THE GRAPEVINE
Sub Set Hai was a sitcom that, with the advent of satellite TV in Pakistan, blazed a trail for local TV producers.
SPOTLIGHT: “I WANT TO CONNECT HOLLYWOOD TO PAKISTAN”
Pakistani-American filmmaker Habib Paracha wants to run as far away as possible from the perception of a rich man making
THE TUBE
After Balaa and Cheekh, director Badar Mehmood returns to the mini-screen with a star-spangled production that includes
IN MEMORIAM: THE HOLLYWOOD REBEL
Kirk Douglas embodied the notion of the American Dream. The headstrong actor sparred at times with Hollywood, but his
ACADEMY AWARDS: AND TOMORROW’S WINNER WILL BE…
It’s that time of the year again when Hollywood awards the best of the best in motion pictures, or so it says...
SOUNDCHECK: FINDING THEIR WAY
After Toofaan, Karakoram kept us waiting for two years before they released Raasta. It is worth the wait...
THE GRAPEVINE
There are two ways of looking at Adnan Siddiqui’s admission that the lines said by some of the
CINEMASCOPE: A CLASS APART
Above all, Parasite is a story about class and inequality. It is a great study in how the rich see the poor
SCREEN: FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT
Despite the intention of telling a worthwhile story, The Last Full Measure doesn’t wish to highlight anything...
THE TUBE: THE WEEK THAT WAS
After some monotonous, no-action episodes, the story finally moves on when wife Samira (Sana Javed) and her brother...
MUSIC CHARTS BY PATARI
01 Raahi Tahir Abbas & Saad Sultan 02 Raah-e-Khaar Sarkash 03 Pareshaan Arsalan Hasan...
SPOTLIGHT: ‘WE NEED TO START TELLING OUR OWN STORIES’
His self-assurance makes him an anomaly, standing out in a niche of his very own. Despite tasting Hollywood...
SOUNDSCAPE: IN THE REALM OF DREAMS
As Kashmir walks Icon through a preview of its forthcoming album Khwaab, the band members explain the philosophy behind
SOUNDCHECK: GO METAL OR GO HOME
Takatak’s Fault Lines harkens back to a golden age of progressive metal music
Ways to improve your focus
Despite so much advancement in different study aids, such as better textbooks, online material, improved teaching...
Mailbox
Caring for the elderly
Story Time: The prophecy of eternity
A million fragments scattered before him as he hit the big blue rock with his axe. The minuscule particles glowed so...
Poet's Corner
Published in Dawn, Young World, February 22nd, 2020
Book review: World of Reading: Marvel Avengers
Imagine there is a party at your place and most of your friends love to read books.
Wonder Craft: Let’s make a yo-yo
Today’s DIY is literally going to be fun as we are making a yo-yo, a toy that people of all ages love to try at...
Spotlight
Winnie the Pooh joins the LEGO portfolio
The weekly weird
Man collects 1,500 plus unique pizza boxes