Professor Shamim Hanafi, who passed away in Delhi on May 6 from Covid-19, conquered the heights of fame...

I’m excited to live in a world where a new Moni Mohsin book is out, alliteratively titled The Impeccable Integrity...

A well-produced coffee-table book is the first-ever compilation and retelling of Pakistan’s fashion history...

Zahid Hussain’s new book presents an account of the US war in Afghanistan in which, for the first time, Pakistan and Pakistan’s...

A confectionary historian spins an engaging tale of mystery and feminist progress revolving around a chocolate factory, in a...

A recently published book is a useful introduction to modern China and its phenomenal rise...

This year marks the 200th birth anniversary of Charles Baudelaire, creator of Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of ...

An enticing piece of historical fiction, with a murder mystery at its heart, once again showcases Sana Pirzada’s talent...

A long biography of one of the greatest historians of our times, focusing on the banality of his everyday life rather than his...

Can a new wave of independent publishers set off Pakistan’s English language publishing industry in fresh and exciting...

He lived on tea and bread for a while. His shoes were worn out. He wore flip-flops. But stories of his brilliance circulated on...

A collection of articles previously published in various journals, books and newspapers provides a historical perspective of...

A pioneering book discusses concepts of economics and development in everyday Urdu language, and how to change policies...

Haunting, troubling, yet extremely thought-provoking, this collection of macabre short stories is a rich, intense and...

Afzal Ahmed Syed’s Urdu translation of Musharraf Ali Farooqi’s Between Clay and Dust shows how to render a Pakistani...

A debut collection of short stories enriches Pakistan’s corpus of short stories in English with a fresh and formidable new...

What first provoked my curious attention when I opened João Almino’s novel, Enigmas of Spring, was that its hero...

Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton’s voluminous memoir serves as a sad reminder of a mindset that has permeated...

Is there a readership for Pakistani sci-fi and fantasy fiction? And if so, why are more publishers not publishing it?...

Over the years it has diminished, but until some time ago, there was still a vibrant left-wing political movement in...