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MULTAN’S MISSING MANGOES
Housing schemes have mushroomed in the city over the past few years, eating into its once-fabled orchards of the king of
SPECTACLE: ARROWS THROUGH THE HEART
The British Red Arrows aerobatic team put on quite a show at Karachi’s Seaview beach and saved a parental bonding
ARTSPEAK: LOVE IN PAKISTAN
Iqbal Bhai Chamakpattiwala was putting the finishing touches on the tram he had decorated in the style of the W11 ...
PALETTE: WAYS OF NAVIGATING WAQAS KHAN
Waqas Khan’s work invites the onlooker into a world of solitude. It insists that the viewer engage with the myriad
DISCOURSE: CONTEXTUAL TRAJECTORIES
Can art operate outside of its initial context and speak to us across boundaries of time, place and setting?
DEVELOPMENT: FAILURE TO LAUNCH
How ERRA became a white elephant while children waited for schools to be rebuilt
RELATIONSHIPS: FORGIVING IS ABOUT MOVING ON
It is possible to forgive an ex without exchanging a single word — here’s how
THE H-BOMB: DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER
With the former PM’s life under threat, politicos express grave concerns
EPICURIOUS: MEATLESS DAYS
A delicious and light lunch menu that is quick cooking and wholesome
GARDENING: IN LOVE WITH DAPPLED SHADE
How about creating a patch of woodland in your garden?
ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI
‘Should I run away from home or kill myself?’
SMOKERS’ CORNER: IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF?
How similar is the PML-N’s situation to the PPP’s in 1977?
WILDLIFE: THE SERPENT’S TALE
Our fear of snakes keeps us from recognising the role they play in our ecosystem and their potential economic benefits
CRICKET: STAR-CROSSED CAPTAINCY
Pakistan’s defeat in the UAE follows a particular trend: the man at the helm after a legendary one has faltered.
INTERVIEW: KEEPER OF THE ARTS
Jack Russell opens up on his love for Peshawar, his unorthodox batting stance, and missing out on a hundred on debut
KASHMIR’S 12-YEAR WAIT FOR RELIEF
If the devastation of the October 8, 2005 earthquake wasn’t enough, many citizens of Azad Kashmir are still reeling from
TRAVEL: ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Usually described as one of the treks to do in a lifetime, the trek to the Everest base camp in Nepal is usually
ESSAY: THE MAN WHO BECAME A MOVEMENT
October 17 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, who exerted a defining influence on Indian Muslim
COLUMN: WHO IS THIS FAZL-I-HAQQ?
What do I say? And what do I write? My eyes have lost their vision, and my heart its joy. Hands tremble, And my...
FICTION: SECRETS IN THE WOODS
A debut fantasy novel draws readers into medieval Russia and manages to create empathy for women’s struggles
FICTION: A HANDMAID’S TALE
Historical fiction, ostensibly about Lady Mountbatten, sidelines her for the story of her fictional secretary
AWARDS: THE ‘ISH’ FACTOR
The 2017 Nobel Prize for literature goes to...
NARRATIVE ARC: CROSSING CULTURAL DIVIDES
Neither an obituary of Toheed Ahmed nor a review of his work, this column — appearing on his 70th birth ...
BOOKS IN BRIEF
Allama Iqbal’s Tulip of Sinai – from A Message from the East (Payam-i-Mashriq) M. Hadi Hussain, Shireen Gheba Najib
NON-FICTION: THE SOUL OF A NATION
A pictorial of the multiple religions practiced in Pakistan is a reminder of how far we’ve strayed from our founder’s
SPOTLIGHT: THE COMEBACK KIDS?
The arrival of younger filmmakers seems to have consigned senior Lollywood directors to the shadows.
CINEMASCOPE: A POST-APOCALYPTIC MASTERPIECE
The moment I first saw Blade Runner (1982) is forever etched in my memory. The deeply arresting visuals,...
THE GRAPEVINE
It is mind-boggling, to put it mildly. On Oct 6, the film Na Maloom Afraad 2 was banned from screening in Punjab after
WIDE ANGLE: THE DEMONS WITHIN
The rise and fall of the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein
THE TUBE
The beautiful OST — written by Sabir Zafar, composed by Sahir Ali Bagga and sung by Ayma Baig and Sahir — sets a
CINEMASCOPE: OFF THE BOIL
Chef overthinks its ingredients, the spices are all wrong and the technique sloppy
THE ICON INTERVIEW: LED BY THE HEART
Indian actor and director Rahul Bose talks to Icon about his penchant for directing films, his pickiness as an actor
ESSAY: THE FUTURE OF MAULA JATT
Will the makers of the Maula Jatt reboot take a purist approach or a revisionist one? M. Ali Kapadia offers a way out of
CINEMASCOPE: CRUISE CONTROL
American Made is a star vehicle for Tom Cruise and while guilty of glamourising a bad guy, the film pulls no punches
THE GRAPEVINE
We are among the stingiest people in the world when it comes to praising our own talent. So let’s give it up for the
WIDE ANGLE: WAR AND PEACE
How Jane Fonda’s 1972 trip to Vietnam got her the nickname ‘Hanoi Jane’
CINEMASCOPE: ZERO PLUS ZERO
Judwaa 2 is not the original version’s spiritual successor: it is a direct remake, a scene-for-scene, gag-for-gag
THE TUBE
Dumpukht director Kashif Nisar liberates the actor in Sajal Ali like no director has ever done before. Sajal transcends
SOUNDCHECK: THE NEW SOUND
With the release of his debut solo album Rebirth, Asad Ahmed has his sights set on going international
THE ICON REVIEW: FOR THE LOVE OF LAND
My Pure Land is a minimalist war movie with rounded-out characters and no one-dimensional villains
THE ICON INTERVIEW: FAME, FILMS AND FAHAD
Actor Fahad Mustafa reflects on his popularity as a movie star, the handful of people in the film industry he wants to
Baltistan through my lens
The past couple of years have brought a positive boom in Pakistan’s tourism industry.
Mail box
Whenever I travel out of Pakistan, I always see clean surroundings.
Poet's Corner
Published in Dawn, Young World, October 14th, 2017
Wonder Craft: Ice cream stick arrow bookmark
The heat is still on and we are beating the hot sunny days in our own ways...
Story Time: An alien friend
Ali, Bilal and Ahmed were playing in the park. Suddenly the wind started blowing fiercely and a huge space shuttle...
The weekly weird
With the recent launch of the Switch, Nintendo has blurred the line between hand-held...
Spotlight
Disney has collaborated with the Japanese wedding company, Kuraudia Co,...
Book review: Guinness World Records 2018
Even after everything is available at one’s fingertips, literary, and books being relegated from bedside tables...