Thrift markets across Pakistan have long offered people the opportunity to buy ‘pre-loved’, high-end goods at affordable prices.
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
As Pakistan prepares to host the ICC Champions Trophy from February 19 — its first multi-nation cricket
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
Symbolism, satire and solitude intertwine in a group show that explores the human condition through the lens of personal exp
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
Some revolutions may begin with visionaries, but their success depends on their being adopted as everyday acts of courage and
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
With the resurgence of populism, electoral authoritarianism and new economic conflict, is liberal democracy now eating its own tail?
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
A lavish dish of tenderloin wrapped in pastry that’s emblematic of the decadence and richness of French cuisine…
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
‘I Can’t Decide Which University To Go To’
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
When shifting individual tomato saplings to their permanent location, the trick is to sow them as deep down into the pot or the
Published 16 Feb, 2025 06:13am
From poor female employment numbers to a growing housing crisis, Karachi Census 2023 presents an accurate image of issues that need to be addressed in the city.
Updated 09 Feb, 2025 02:23pm
Behind every city and town name in Pakistan lies a tale — of empires, saints and historical evolution. Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
Gojra in Pakistan is renowned as a factory line for some top hockey players of the country. But what’s often forgotten are two
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
Taxila was once a thriving centre of learning and trade. Now, it is grappling with misinformation, neglect and encroachment…
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
The art collective Karachi LaJamia recently won the prestigious 2025 Asia Arts Future (South Asia) Award for its work on the
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
Tech advancements come with the notion that they're liberating people from old forms of capitalism. But are people being duped and led towards an authoritarian techno-capitalist future?
Updated 09 Feb, 2025 09:37am
An unexpected vacation in Egypt has Butterfly making comparisons and pondering about giving its dusty capital a much-
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
‘My Family Is Against My Working While Studying’
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
The tomato plant needs careful nurturing after it germinates, from separating tangled seedlings to fending off transplant shock…
Published 09 Feb, 2025 07:45am
Recent attempts to ‘beautify’ Karachi’s Seaview have resulted in damaging environmental and social consequences that are often ignored by those in power.
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 04:45pm
Assigning monetary value to nature’s “services” to humans may prompt action, but it risks oversimplifying ecosystems and
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
Taking a cue from personal loss and a troubled homeland, 24-year-old Hani Baloch is using art to confront Balochistan’s
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
The Women’s Sindh Open celebrated its 30th edition last year. The story of women’s swimming in Pakistan owes a great debt to a bunch of mothers from Karachi.
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 06:34pm
A complex solo show by Quetta-based artist Fazil Mousavi tapped into the artistic splendour of the Shahnameh while linking
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
A famous hadith says that the ink of the scholar is superior to the blood of the martyr. Why then did Muslim societies lose their
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
Pseudo-archaeology has played a big role in constructing mythical histories that feed into imagined pasts that ultimately only aid the political aims of ultra-nationalism.
Updated 02 Feb, 2025 10:10am
Watch the world fly by as you sample the very reasonably priced offerings at the latest cafeteria at Karachi’s Jinnah airport
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
‘I’m Struggling to Balance Career, Finances and Family’
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
Tomatoes have a long and intriguing history — from their debated
classification to their role in cuisine worldwide…
Published 02 Feb, 2025 07:53am
Eos exclusively presents excerpts from Omar Shahid Hamid’s latest novel, The Election, recently published by Liberty Publishing.
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
What was once envisioned as a thriving industrial estate to replace poppy cultivation and provide alternative livelihoods
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
Of the ‘Big Three’ in tennis — Federer, Nadal and Djokovic — two have already retired and one seems on his way out. But
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
As the far-right gains momentum across the West, Western academics long fixated on ‘fragile democracies’ in the Global South are now grappling with the cracks emerging within their own democracies.
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
Brace yourself for Cliftonia’s mightiest superheroes — defenders of the wealthy, masters of evasion, and champions of nonsense
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
‘My Marriage Is Stalled Due To Dower Demands’
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
All your gardening queries answered here…
Published 26 Jan, 2025 06:55am
The 16th Karachi Literature Festival was held over three days from February 7-9. An author of two novels assesses the annual...
Published 16 Feb, 2025 09:29am
An Urdu translation of the most famous book by last year’s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Han Kang, is flawless and...
Published 16 Feb, 2025 09:23am
An important new book leads one to rethink what the world could have been, had notions of ethnic and civilisational superiority...
Published 16 Feb, 2025 09:17am
At the 16th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the two incisive keynote speeches in the inaugural session, by F.S....
Published 16 Feb, 2025 09:11am
A second edition of a book with an additional article delves into the prickly issues surrounding the state of Pakistan, in...
Published 09 Feb, 2025 10:01am
Awais Khan’s latest novel, about a married Lahore high-society couple trying to navigate a relationship fraught with personal...
Published 09 Feb, 2025 09:33am
A stupendous piece of painstaking research, a new book in Urdu provides the most comprehensive listing of Mohammed Rafi songs...
Published 09 Feb, 2025 09:26am
The pronoun ‘hum’ or ‘we’ is added to many of Farsi-Urdu nouns to create poetic, evocative compounds such as...
Published 09 Feb, 2025 09:24am
A historian looks at Lahore as a case-study to see how his hometown has systematically lost its connection to its many-splendoured
Published 02 Feb, 2025 09:17am
A memoir by a young blogger seems like a self-help book for young women like her and is primarily focused on child-rearing and...
Published 02 Feb, 2025 09:13am
Dr Mahmood Ali Ayub compares the life experiences and poetic styles of two celebrated poets — Pakistan’s Faiz Ahmed Faiz...
Published 02 Feb, 2025 09:10am
Sometimes the lack of stimulation is just what the mind needs to develop in a healthy way. I recently thought about...
Published 02 Feb, 2025 09:03am
While a new book about the scandalous death of poet and former bureaucrat Mustafa Zaidi more than 50 years ago still doesn’t give
Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:58am
A slim book is a good starting point for those who want to have a basic idea about Pakistan’s economic problems and policies over
Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:53am
An English translation of Hasan Manzar’s Urdu novel Habs successfully retains the style and meaning of the original work
Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:40am
In Jamshoro, a couple of months ago, I had a chance to visit the M.H. Panhwar Institute of Sindh Studies. The...
Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:35am
A gripping tale about prevailing political realities, Omar Shahid Hamid’s sixth novel is a playful political satire about power
Published 19 Jan, 2025 09:11am
A collection of short stories, essays and reflections force one to ponder the harsh realities of life and the resilience required
Updated 19 Jan, 2025 05:03pm
A coffee table book chronicles the convoluted journey of the establishment of the National Art Gallery in Islamabad, from its...
Published 19 Jan, 2025 08:58am
This summer I was awarded a GCSE in Urdu. I’m now inching towards an A-level in the language. I was inspired to...
Published 19 Jan, 2025 08:48am