Every climbing season, Pakistan’s highest mountains claim the lives of mountaineers. Bringing climbers down alive is difficult.
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:52am
The Pakistan Cricket Board’s revamped central contract policy aims to put red-ball cricket at the forefront of player development
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:52am
For centuries, Sindhi and Baloch fishing communities have navigated the Arabian Sea using a mental map of reefs and channels and
Updated 05 Jul, 2026 05:53pm
From Sufi poetry and Urdu prose to history and diplomacy, Pakistan and the Subcontinent have a long tradition of embracing multipl
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:52am
Antoni Gaudí’s celebrated architecture was greatly influenced by the enduring legacy of Muslim Spain, revealing a centuries-old
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:52am
Branding, symbolism and ‘consumer’ data have transformed electoral politics into a consumer marketplace.
Updated 05 Jul, 2026 10:18am
‘Fear of Failure Paralyses Me’
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:52am
As mango season reaches its peak, home chef Halima Sarfaraz shares the story behind her culinary journey and two prize-winning
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:52am
Packed with nutrients and surprisingly tricky to grow, the round bottle gourd rewards patient gardeners
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:52am
Business magnate, philanthropist and institution-builder are only a few words one can use to try and sum up the seemingly endless
Updated 28 Jun, 2026 08:28am
Syed Babar Ali’s achievements and contributions to the country’s business landscape, education and philanthropy notwithstandin
Updated 28 Jun, 2026 07:29am
In a part of the city long resigned to apathy, isolation and institutional indifference, a small group of residents in Karachi’s
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:07am
How Messi, Mbappé and Haaland use their brains (as well as feet) to gain a psychological edge at the World Cup
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:07am
The world’s population has quadrupled in less than a century, yet concern about population growth largely remains on the
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:07am
An exhibition that explored the city of Karachi through archival maps, documents and exceptional contemporary artworks shone
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:07am
Pakistan is now attempting to build its nationalism on achievement rather than grievance.
Updated 28 Jun, 2026 10:13am
‘I Don’t Want My Father to Remarry’
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:07am
From trillionaires to dhobis and Trump’s Iran policy to America’s hidden poors, Butterfly attempts to understand the modern world…
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:07am
All your gardening queries answered here…
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:07am
Soul-stirring, heartbreaking, and melodically and poetically inventive, the noha occupies a central place in the Subcontinent’s Muharram mourning tradition.
Updated 24 Jun, 2026 08:02pm
Critics worry that AI will erode the cognitive benefits of writing. But beneath those concerns lies a deeper assumption: that
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
As political betting moves into the mainstream, critics warn that prediction markets may do more than forecast elections, wars
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
Brazil are not among the favourites at this year’s World Cup. But their very presence is a reminder of the greatest football
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
Pakistan’s growing chilghoza trade generates millions of dollars annually. Yet on the slopes of the world’s largest pure pine
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
Amid urban breakdown and political uncertainty, the people of Karachi rely upon humour, community and citizen-led governance
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
Through varying visual vocabularies, two artists used colour to capture and preserve emotional landscapes at an exhibition
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
Countries such as China, India and Pakistan are increasingly defining themselves not as nation-states but as heirs to ancient civilisations.
Updated 21 Jun, 2026 10:01am
‘I Keep Hoping She Will Come Back To Me’
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
In a city that already has Neapolitan, New York and everything in between, what does a new pizza place need to do to stand out?
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
From Greek mythology to modern gardens, the amaryllis combines a romantic origin story with surprisingly simple care requirements
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:11am
As Karachi’s 120-year-old Ghulam Hoosain Khalikdina Hall and Library finds a new lease of life and becomes a public space again,
Updated 30 Jun, 2026 01:18pm
Fresh paint, decorative balconies and glowing floodlights have transformed Faisalabad’s historic core. But behind the
Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:55am
If the action on the field changes that, here’s what to look out for in terms of teams and players at the Fifa World Cup.
Updated 14 Jun, 2026 04:19pm
In the Iran war’s shadow, Israel’s renewed Lebanon campaign risks repeating failed lessons – and occupations – of the past
Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:55am
Four monographs by a Pakistani scholar brim with information and comparative research about the representation of twins
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:53am
Through conversations with 12 distinguished civil servants, a volume of oral history offers a rare glimpse into Pakistan’s
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:53am
Pakistan’s history, as recounted by the champions of Pakistani nationalism, has a line-up of heroes and villains....
Published 05 Jul, 2026 06:53am
I was born and brought up in Karachi and sadly witnessed what happened in terms of violence and chaos in urban Pakistan.
Updated 05 Jul, 2026 02:26pm
A work of linguistic and intellectual history shines a light on the marginalisation of Punjab’s language in newly
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:05am
A fresh retelling of the legendary Egyptian pharaoh’s life recasts her as a healer, strategist and fiercely devoted mother rather
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:05am
There are two common derivatives from the word bazaar (itself from old Persian meaning market) in Urdu — bazaari...
Published 28 Jun, 2026 07:05am
A recent book about nine football World Cups since 1990 is a compelling exploration of the international event as a global
Updated 28 Jun, 2026 08:35am
A reunion among three former best friends unravels long-held secrets, regrets and unanswered questions in this fast-paced debut
Updated 23 Jun, 2026 06:25am
The autobiography of trade unionist Usman Baloch chronicles a lifetime of struggle for workers’ rights but its emotional centre
Updated 23 Jun, 2026 06:29am
Part primer, part Socratic conversation and part cultural history, this engaging volume explores the theoretical foundations
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:10am
In world literature, Tilism-i-Hoshruba (1883-1897), stands as an oddity: a fantasy that starts in medias res, a ...
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:10am
An upper-class New York wife and mother in the 1970s finds herself suffocated by the demands of social performance
Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:55am
Oscar Wilde’s celebrated tale of beauty, vanity and moral decay finds a new linguistic home, opening one of English literature’s
Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:55am
There are very good reasons why Mesopotamia is considered the cradle of modern civilisations
Updated 14 Jun, 2026 03:22pm
Naseer Memon’s book in Sindhi, Bangladesh: Bohraan Khaan Bohraan Taeen is a comprehensive account of the history of and political
Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:55am
Part biography, part investigation, a fast-paced account retraces Marilyn Monroe’s journey from troubled orphan to global
Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:18am
A debut collection of poems offers moving meditations on the intricate role of identity and individuality in the journey
Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:18am
A book argues Pakistan can overcome its challenges by embracing the values of the European Enlightenment, but offers oft-repeated
Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:18am
Adam Smith, Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Bloom all value empathy. Yet each argue that feeling another’s pain is only the starting
Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:18am
