The poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock was written by T.S. Eliot in 1915. Despite the poet’s young age — ...
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:16am
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women calls for women writers to submit for its 2026 competition. The...
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:15am
A powerful debut novel merges suspense with emotional depth and captures the dangerous allure of acceptance in an age
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
Former Senator Farhatullah Babar’s book of memoirs aims to set the record straight by putting the spotlight on the low-key
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
A meticulously researched book offers a corrective to decades of selective memory, political appropriation and historical
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
Arif Waqar was my true teacher at the BBC. Besides teaching me how not to fluff up on the microphone and what should
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
Mohammed Hanif’s deeply satirical new novel, set in the days following former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Actor Charlie Sheen may not have become the superstar many expected, but he remains part of a strong Hollywood lineage
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
A timely collection of essays by prominent Islamic scholars argues that arguments for religious freedom
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Every Sunday, he would sit with the matrimonial advertisements in daily Jang, and mark potential candidates
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Farhatullah Babar’s reflective, insider account of Benazir Bhutto’s life and politics corrects the twin caricatures that dominate
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:41am
A debut novel has a strong idea spanning two plot lines and two time periods but desperately needed a strong editor as well
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:27am
A coffee table book on Pakistan’s beloved sport brings together the printed and visual artefacts of the country’s cricketing...
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:18am
In one of his most complex and deceptively crafted verses, Mirza Ghalib says that the poet’s pen vibrates with the frequency of...
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:14am
Nadeem F. Paracha’s latest book explores contemporary populism by comparing three modern-day populist uprisings in the global...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:28am
The winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2025 is a debut novel by a Palestinian author about the complexities that lie at the heart of
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:24am
The popularity of Jaun Elia’s deceptively simple verse, which has become all the rage with the youth, often obscures the depth...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:21am
Farhatullah Babar is known to us as a veteran politician, a legislator and a human rights defender. He is currently...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:15am
I grew up with Urdu poetry, learning to recite verses from ghazals as soon as I could talk. Words held only visual meanings for me
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
A former journalist’s book on Princess Diana’s infamous 1995 Panorama interview with Martin Bashir expects readers to consider...
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
An elegantly structured novel, told through through the eyes of a young lad, is the first part of four interconnected novels...
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
The 14th Lahore Literary Festival put its focus on history and in diversifying away from English but was impacted by scheduling
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
A book by a former chief economist at the State Bank of Pakistan critiques international aid and its deleterious impact on...
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:41am
The 17th Karachi Literature Festival was fuelled by an unswerving, if wildly optimistic, belief in the transformative power of the
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:38am
Ayesha Muzaffar’s latest offering strings together three novellas that will undoubtedly delight fans of the horror genre
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:33am
There are many ways to go about writing one’s first novel, and here I would like to share how I went about writing...
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:21am
A recent book argues Pakistan can leverage its strategic location and become an engine of trade and global growth, but seems...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:41am
Set in Swat during the rise of militant violence in the region in the mid-2000s, a debut novel wrestles with themes of patriarchy
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:36am
From Kurram Valley to the World Bank’s corridors, a Pakistani internationalist retraces a global journey marked by discipline,...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:32am
