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A book on the thorny issue of Balochistan’s underdevelopment by a Baloch former bureaucrat, writer and politician, despite his...

A former IG Police analyses the reasons for ill-governance in the country and how to put the state back on the road to...

He shows Raphael a strangely brilliant piece of shagreen; anyone who possesses the skin and makes a wish will have his wish...

A posthumous publication by a towering scholar on Pakistan and Islam brings together 10 of her finest essays in one volume...

An important book takes on the issues of class, race and gender that mainstream white feminism has often ignored...

Now in its second year, the Zeenat Haroon Rashid (ZHR) Writing Prize for Women has announced 21-year-old ...

Traditionally a rarity that only the elite enjoyed, shark fin soup suddenly fell within the reach of the general...

An anthology of well-thought-out essays by Muslim women communicates with clarity of thought and force about the...

Researcher Aqeel Abbas Jafri has penned an authoritative and invaluable account of the origins, history and technicalities of...

A Pakistani collection of tales of the supernatural does what it sets out to do: scare and entertain...

The one whose spring would be this, then its autumn — do not ask!

After his earlier book, which showcased Karachi, the author turns his attention to Lahore and again...

The Booker-nominated third novel in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s trilogy about growing up in Zimbabwe grapples with the idea of...

A compendium of impractical but entertaining and scientifically solid advice will help you see everyday issues in a new light...

A Buddhist monk explores the nature of solitude and why it is essential to preserving our fundamental humanity...

Any transcript of memory, however, carries in it the seed of reinvention, even if chronologies are observed...

A meticulously researched and compelling book juxtaposes the role of Punjab’s elites with that of the masses during the...

Although marketed as a bicultural chick-lit endeavour, Hina Belitz’s sophomore novel is elegantly written and humorous.

The primary audience for Arundhati Roy’s latest book may be Indian, but Pakistanis can learn as much from it...

Over four months into 2020’s second half, a quartet of women writers of colour — Zadie Smith, Arundhati Roy, ...