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
In the recently published Urdu book of stories titled Tamasha-i-Ahl-i-Karam [The Circus of the Benevolent] by Dr...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 08:43am
Daniyal Mueenuddin’s much-anticipated first novel does not retreat from the terrain that made his reputation; it expands it.
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:47am
Actor Michael J. Fox recounts how he managed playing Family Ties’ Alex P. Keaton by day and Back to the Future’s Marty McFly by...
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:42am
A restrained first novel invites the reader to reflect on history, engage with an often-overlooked city, and witness a woman’s...
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:38am
This year marks the centenary of Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’, which still shapes how we read sickness
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:31am
An Urdu book free of complex theoretical jargon and clearly intended for students combines conceptual discussions about the idea
Published 25 Jan, 2026 09:39am
Mustansar Hussain Tarar returns to Paris after half a century and uses the city as a canvas to explore art, history, exile
Updated 02 Feb, 2026 03:40pm
Maha Khan Phillips (nee Maha Khan) is a Karachi-born fiction writer and an award-winning financial journalist. She...
Published 18 Jan, 2026 06:44am
The American poet Cornelius Eady has co-founded the Cave Canem Foundation, a non-profit organisation that serves...
Published 18 Jan, 2026 06:44am
A whimsical novel brings together an Indian prince from more than 2,000 years ago and a young woman from contemporary Karachi
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:55am
A well-researched, first-ever critical look at the origins of the Gakkhars of Potohar and Jhelum region demolishes some well
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:54am
A collection of 17 insightful Urdu short stories combines a matter-of-fact, almost journalistic clarity with underlying warmth
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:52am
In the contemporary world of letters, infiltrated by brand and persona marketing, being a master of more than one...
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:50am
A well-researched book by a well-known French scholar argues that Indian PM Narendra Modi used his rule in the state of Gujarat
Updated 04 Jan, 2026 09:12pm
A hundred years ago, the poet Nasir Kazmi was born in Ambala on December 8, 1925; his contemporary, the fiction...
Updated 04 Jan, 2026 07:22am
In 1956, Walter Lang directed The King and I, a film from Hollywood set in 19th century Siam (Thailand), which was...
Published 28 Dec, 2025 05:06am
