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HOW CRICKET TOOK OVER PAKISTAN

As in the West Indies, the game came to the sub-continent along with colonial rule, spread via soldiers and sailors.

Ali Khan Updated 14 Aug, 2022 10:23am

CLIMATE CHANGE: THE TROUBLED WATERS OF BALOCHISTAN

The death toll from the floods in Balochistan is rising every day even as thousands of houses and livestock and hundreds of...

Qasim Khan Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

URBANISM: SIDE BY SIDE WE RIDE

A classic car enthusiast has set about manufacturing a life-saving motorcycle combination

Shazia Hasan Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

VOLLEYBALL: WHEN HOPE SPIKES

The captain of the national volleyball team is the world-class player from Swat, Aimal Khan, and he has high hopes for the sport

Ijaz Chaudhry Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

SOCIETY: AFTER THE RAINS, FEAR OF ANOTHER REIGN

Monsoon rains may have restored Thar’s food basket but encroachments on grazing land by powerful landlords continue to limit...

Satram Sangi Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

DISCOURSE: ARTIST OF THE MOMENT

Five reasons Andy Warhol is so popular right now

Harriet Fletcher | Declan Lloyd Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

EXHIBITION: EMPIRE REVISITED

An exhibition in Birmingham looks at the lasting damage the British Empire’s colonisation of different countries had on their...

Samar F. Zia Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

SMOKERS’ CORNER: BATTLING WITH IDEAS

Often outliving their originators, ideas often morph to take new and different forms.

Nadeem F. Paracha Updated 14 Aug, 2022 10:18am

CAFÉ NOIR: ‘IT’S JUST POLITICS’

A round-up of recent events in Pakistani politics. Never a dull moment in the land of the pure absurdity

Haseeb Asif Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

‘Should I reconnect with my old flame?’

From InpaperMagazine Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

GARDENING: ‘CAN I GROW SANDALWOOD IN KARACHI?’

All your gardening queries answered here

Zahrah Nasir Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

TURNING A BLIND EYE TO TORTURE

Despite hundreds of cases every year, Pakistan seems to downplay the prevalence of torture.

Xari Jalil Updated 07 Aug, 2022 11:58am

SOCIETY: A DEADLY TRADITION

Honour killings are most rife in the remote districts of Torghar and Kohistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Many lives are lost in the

Nisar Ahmad Khan Published 07 Aug, 2022 10:53am

OUTSIDE EDGE: THE RED BALL SPINNING VOID

Yasir Shah may have been a godsend for Pakistan Test cricket in the 2010s. But he’s past his prime and there aren’t very good new

Ahsan Butt Published 07 Aug, 2022 11:01am

SOCIETY: BLOOD OF HUSSAIN

The ultimate sacrifice of Imam Hussain, solemnly commemorated every year through majlis gatherings and mourning processions in...

Shazia Hasan Published 07 Aug, 2022 11:06am

STUDIO: FABRIC AND THE CONTEMPORARY WOMAN

Marium Agha uses textiles to invent a visual language that reflects her sentiments and the existence of the modern-day woman

Nageen Shaikh Published 07 Aug, 2022 11:12am

ARTSPEAK: THE POWER OF ENDURANCE

Endurance is the quietest form of heroism. It’s the ability to survive, to resist, to remain true to one’s aims. Most training...

Durriya Kazi Published 07 Aug, 2022 11:15am

NON-FICTION: JINNAH: FORCE OF NATURE

While other biographies of the Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah exist, a new book stands out with regard to three issues and for

Muhammad Ali Siddiqi Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:12am

FICTION: THE ACCIDENTAL PRIME MINISTER

A new novel by Haroon Khalid Akhtar combines political satire, humour and wit and will no doubt remind the reader about parallels

Rizwana Naqvi Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:12am

NON-FICTION: RUTTIE AS FICTION

A book on Ruttie and Jinnah’s relationship is devoid of authenticity at several places and in contravention of historical facts

Muhammad Ali Shaikh Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:12am

COLUMN: AS THE WORLD TURNS DARK

One of the finest facets of Mohsin Hamid’s body of fiction is its exuberant play with form. This experimentation ...

Claire Chambers Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:12am

NON-FICTION: JOURNEYS WITH HUMAN SMUGGLERS

A Pulitzer Prize-winning Canadian correspondent puts his own life in jeopardy to tell the story of his fixer fleeing from...

Muhammad Akbar Notezai Updated 10 Aug, 2022 05:42pm

NON-FICTION: THE KARACHI THAT WE FORGOT

Arif Hasan’s engaging book about the history of Karachi, before its surrender to the British in 1839, is full of nuggets of...

Sarwat Yasmeen Azeem Published 07 Aug, 2022 12:32pm

NON-FICTION: THE CLINICAL ECONOMIST

A book of essays inspired by Dr Ishrat Husain’s contributions provides good overviews of Pakistan’s economic situation

Faisal Bari Published 07 Aug, 2022 12:26pm

COLUMN: HOME IN THE WORLD

In search of dusty old books that no one else had picked up from obscure shelves for many years, my classmate Robert...

Harris Khalique Published 07 Aug, 2022 12:17pm

SPOTLIGHT: MEET THE SUPPORTING CAST

Supporting characters in films are not just the comic relief or the quiet bystanders to the leading characters’ actions of old...

Mohammad Kamran Jawaid Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

THE TUBE

Audiences used to forced marriages, abusive husbands and kidnappers may find the normal way the leads, Gardezi (Zahid Ahmed)

Sadaf Haider Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

THE GRAPEVINE

After winning accolades at the Cannes Film Festival, Pakistani film Joyland, directed by Saim Sadiq and starring Alina Khan, Ali

PYT Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

STREAMING: FAST TRAIN TO NOWHERE

Bullet Train may get its cult following sooner rather than later, because of its disparate set of unique-looking characters, but

Mohammad Kamran Jawaid Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

STARDUST: A PACE OF ONE’S OWN

Third generation actor Komail Anam has been learning the ropes and making his way in the world of acting the hard way — the real

Maliha Rehman Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

WIDE ANGLE: THOR’S MASCULINITY AND MARVEL

If we look beyond the comedy, there is an interesting message about what it means to be a man underpinning the Thor franchise

John Quinn Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

CURTAIN CALL: HALF PAST INDEPENDENCE

Saarrhay Chauda Agust, which premieres August 14, will mark the third and final edition of the Kopykats Productions and Anwar...

Maliha Rehman Published 07 Aug, 2022 02:23pm

SOUNDCHECK: QUEEN BEY’S RENAISSANCE

It’s Beyoncé’s world. We’re just living in it

Phoebe Macrossan Published 07 Aug, 2022 02:13pm

A disappointing trajectory

The question is how sustainable is it to depend on foreign largesse and ignore critical governance and fiscal reforms.

Nasir Jamal Updated 15 Aug, 2022 09:47am

Changing geopolitics

Foreign assistance and aid contribute to future economic development only when we employ them in development projects wisely.

Mohiuddin Aazim Updated 15 Aug, 2022 09:53am

Diverse views in policymaking

Pakistan’s politics are highly partisan, with little cooperation or compromise between the government and parliament.

Jawaid Bokhari Updated 15 Aug, 2022 10:05am

Agri’s 75 years of success and stagnation

Despite early victories, lack of investments in research and planning has led to the disappointing over-reliance on imports.

Ahmad Fraz Khan Updated 15 Aug, 2022 10:05am

KSE 100-share index fluctuations

Chart by Rehan Ahmed

From the Newspaper Published 15 Aug, 2022 06:26am

Rupee report: Weekly rupee-dollar parity

Chart by RA

From the Newspaper Published 15 Aug, 2022 06:26am

A lamentable tale of neglect

There is hope for the future if reforms are carried out with continuity and rigorous planning.

Afshan Subohi Updated 15 Aug, 2022 10:02am

Nascent recovery, what next?

The most worrying aspect continues to be the prevailing political uncertainty that has the potential to unravel economic health...

Khaleeq Kiani Published 15 Aug, 2022 06:26am

Let’s uphold our legacy

Each year, on 14th of August, I step out, look at the festivities and wonder, “Is this the only essence of why Pakistan was...

Allama Muhammad Iqbal Published 13 Aug, 2022 05:51pm

Mailbox

This is with reference to the cover article, “Make this academic year different” by Muhammad Ibrahim Shafi (YW, July 30).

From InpaperMagazine Published 13 Aug, 2022 03:57pm

Poet's Corner

From InpaperMagazine Published 13 Aug, 2022 03:56pm

Book review: Karachi

In the days when information is on an average kid’s fingertips, the knowledge is just a click away and ...

Muhammad Suhayb Published 13 Aug, 2022 03:51pm

The weekly weird

The Conifox Adventure Park in Kirkliston, Scotland, achieved a Guinness World Record with the installation of a 1,863.5-foot

From InpaperMagazine Published 13 Aug, 2022 03:32pm

Cook-it-yourself: Independence Day cookies

A special day deserves a special celebration, and the Pakistani way of celebrating is with something sweet to eat. ...

The Experimental Cook Published 13 Aug, 2022 03:48pm

Did you know? facts!

We all know gold is valuable because it’s rare. It’s hard to get an exact value for how much gold we’ve mined in all of human

From InpaperMagazine Published 13 Aug, 2022 03:24pm

Spotlight

Mattel announced that it is working on a film based on Matchbox line of die-cast vehicles with Skydance Entertainment.

From InpaperMagazine Published 13 Aug, 2022 03:17pm