Was the demand for Pakistan only a bargaining strategy for greater Muslim power in an undivided India, as historian Ayesha Jalal
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:27am
Glaciers are retreating, routes are shifting and rockfall and avalanches are becoming more common.
Updated 29 Sep, 2026 11:06am
Long waits, overcrowded buses and unsafe infrastructure are only part of the daily commute for Karachi’s working women.
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:27am
In his latest exhibition, Khalil Chishtee connects the streets of Lahore with the urban landscape of New York, exploring
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:27am
From the Kyrgyz steppe to Pakistan’s rural festivals, traditional games are emerging as a way for cultures to reclaim
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:27am
In an age of algorithmic outrage, identity politics and collapsing trust in institutions, the most outrageous claims can become expressions of loyalty and powerful instruments of persuasion.
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:27am
‘I’m Tired of Pretending to be Fine’
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:27am
Forget the frozen-food aisle: these homemade sausages come in chicken and vegan versions and can be made with everyday ingredients
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:27am
All your gardening queries answered here…
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:27am
Pakistan’s middle class is being squeezed, not just by inflation, but by the growing cost of privately securing the essentials for an ‘ordinary’, everyday life.
Updated 24 Sep, 2026 12:11pm
Gloria Steinem, who died on September 2 at age 92, was the American establishment’s favourite “radical” feminist. The media
Updated 20 Sep, 2026 04:23pm
During the just-concluded tour, the English media labelled the Pakistan cricket team as the worst to tour England in 50 years.
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:48am
How a group of former students turned around a failing government school in Nazimabad, into one with triple its enrolment
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:48am
Farrukh Shahab’s latest body of work layers imagery of birds and art-historical fragments into paintings that explore memory
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:48am
Through stark architectural forms and shifting cartographies, a recent exhibition in Karachi transformed the visual language
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:48am
Despite persistent criticism in the mainstream media, the PPP maintains an almost invincible electoral grip on Sindh.
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:48am
‘I Want to Escape My Difficult Home Life’
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:48am
From escargot and steak tartare to salmon and lamb shank, Olive Tree Bistro and Bakery in Karachi offers a menu that goes
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:48am
Fuchsia’s colourful, pendulous flowers have plenty of admirers, from gardeners to hummingbirds. But growing this cool-loving
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:48am
A quarter of a century after the infamous events of September 11, 2001, which launched America’s so-called ‘War on Terror’,
Updated 14 Sep, 2026 02:05pm
Serbian general Ratko Mladic died in prison, convicted and condemned at The Hague for genocide, crimes against humanity and
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
Bangladesh’s emerging defence industry, growing military cooperation with China and Türkiye, and potential interest in the Makkah
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
The player transfer market for the Premier League closed on September 1. Here’s the shopping haul
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
The recent disastrous flash-flood in Nepal that swept away everything in its path and in which thousands are still missing has
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
From the anxieties of everyday life to the mysteries of the universe, uncertainty should be seen as an invitation to wonder
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
At New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Saba Qizilbash’s drawing of Tipu’s Tiger becomes part of a wider conversation
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
Charismatic leaders, digital echo chambers and the politics of absolute loyalty are defining features of contemporary populist
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
‘My Parents Want Me To Cut Ties With My Friend’
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
Sweet Greens has survived where several health-focused eateries have not. Its new restaurant offers calorie-counted meals
Updated 16 Sep, 2026 03:30pm
Fuchsia is relatively easy to propagate through cuttings, while growing it from seed can be a slower but more surprising process
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:03am
While the world has understandably focused on the genocide and destruction in Gaza, Zionist settler violence has deepened across
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:09am
Pakistan is increasingly touted as a country that has leapfrogged into solar energy, changing how households use electricity.
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:09am
Elite sports are laboratories of health and performance innovation, but not every experiment belongs in your routine
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:09am
As Karachi’s rivers carry the city’s untreated waste to the coast, generations of fishing knowledge are running up against a
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:09am
Richard Osman’s latest slow-burn thriller continues his trademark balance of humour and morbid mystery, tapping into something
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:26am
With artificial intelligence able to churn out words instantaneously, even imitating and combining the stylistic and technical
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:26am
At 100, actor and entertainer Dick Van Dyke reflects on eight decades in show business, personal loss and the lessons that have
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:26am
Writing history is supposed to be based on critical evidence and rational inquiry while recollecting memory is seen...
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:26am
What connects a 17th-century Pashto Sufi poet with a 20th-century Urdu philosopher-poet? A new, immensely researched book
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:49am
Celebrated author Julian Barnes bids farewell to his readers with a genre-bending novel about memory, love, ageing
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:49am
An English translation brings the poetry of the mystic Peero Preman to a wider audience, revealing a fearless voice
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:49am
This was supposed to be a continuation of my previous column on Naqlain Aur Hikayatain [Anecdotes, Tales and...
Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:49am
Celebrated British sci-fi and fantasy author Adrian Tchaikovsky’s work often deals with themes of artificial intelligence
Updated 13 Sep, 2026 08:57am
Amit Chaudhuri’s latest novel is a quiet, intimate portrait of Paris seen through the eyes of an outsider, where overlooked
Updated 13 Sep, 2026 08:56am
Love, loss, displacement and vanished worlds collide in a collection of six Urdu stories that travel across time,
cities
Updated 13 Sep, 2026 08:55am
It was sad but strangely fitting that Dolly Parton should have died during the UK’s National Year of Reading, ...
Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:01am
An translation of a 1951 book provides a valuable English guide to the vocabulary of Sufism, exploring its mystical concepts
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:24am
Five writers, two recurring names and five distinct narrative worlds make for an intriguing storytelling experiment — but the idea
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:24am
The first volume of the autobiography of a renowned Pakistani physicist and mathematician covers the first 40 years
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:24am
In 1999, Amaresh Misra published Lucknow: Fire of Grace — The Story of its Renaissance, Revolution and Aftermath....
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:24am
A moving novel by an acclaimed American author grapples with how politics affect our daily well-being and the dual-edged
Updated 30 Aug, 2026 08:07am
The memoirs of a powerful former civil servant take the reader on a journey through Pakistan’s turbulent political history,
Updated 30 Aug, 2026 08:08am
Legendary tennis player Björn Borg opens up for the first time about his life in a memoir that is honest, reflective and intimate
Updated 30 Aug, 2026 08:08am
Although the 18th century witnessed the crippling of the mighty Mughal empire, it was also the wonderful age of...
Updated 30 Aug, 2026 08:09am
