Many children in impoverished Shangla district have to work to support their families, where all adult males have either moved
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
India’s loss in the ICC World Cup final was karmic payback for the BCCI’s sins against the game, and also for the Ahmedabad crowd
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
Twenty-one-year-old Kishmala Talat bagged the only individual medal for Pakistan at this year’s Asian Games. She tells Eos about…
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
If the head of a marriage bureau were to win the elections, this would be her inaugural speech…
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
Mythology, memory and media combine to inspire the artworks of five artists
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
Pakistan cannot foster an environment of entrepreneurship without first fostering a stable political and economic climate
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
While some athletes, such as Imran Khan, Virat Kohli and Muhammad Ali, covet the spotlight, other like Babar Azam aren't built for the attention.
Updated 26 Nov, 2023 10:46am
Ethiopian cuisine, with its flavourful profile, is sure to appeal to the Pakistani palette
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
‘What is my life’s purpose?’
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
All your gardening queries answered here
Published 26 Nov, 2023 07:05am
Instead of viewing the agriculture sector as simply a provider of food for the poor, Pakistan must see it as an engine that can drive economic growth.
Updated 19 Nov, 2023 11:01am
The recent ‘trial’ of Professor Sher Ali in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a continuation of the never-ending conflict between reason
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:12am
Why the future might not be where you think it is
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:12am
So Pakistan has come up short at the World Cup. But what is so different this time?
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:13am
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women was set up in 2019 to promote and provide support for women who wish to pursue writing as a career.
Published 12 Nov, 2023 07:01am
Today is International Men’s Day. It provides an opportunity to break the stereotypes around men’s mental health
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:12am
Much like the Muslim nationalism espoused by the founders of Pakistan, Zionism was also a modern and secular construct.
Updated 19 Nov, 2023 08:57am
Regressive attitudes bring out the feminist in Lady Butterfly
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:13am
‘I don’t want to fail again’
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:13am
If you want to start kitchen gardening, the leafy green is a good place to begin
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:13am
A book born out of an intellectual debate about the history of Pakistan grapples with questions about the country’s genesis...
Published 26 Nov, 2023 09:17am
An English translation of a well-regarded Urdu novel manages to capture social and political dynamics in pre-Partition central
Published 26 Nov, 2023 09:08am
A book adds to the growing literature on the reasons for the failures of the US to implement its vision of Afghanistan
Published 26 Nov, 2023 08:38am
The great 19th century Urdu and Farsi poet Ghalib was a master in creating neologisms. He excelled in pushing language to its...
Published 26 Nov, 2023 08:26am
A compilation of selected articles by late columnist Irfan Husain from nearly three decades showcases his consistently honest...
Updated 19 Nov, 2023 07:19pm
A book of autobiographical episodes is a brisk and witty narrative about adventures of all types, that leaves the reader craving
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:50am
An English translation of a collection of short stories by eminent critic M.H. Askari showcases human beings trying to make the
Updated 19 Nov, 2023 02:07pm
With Palestine, we are in a unique time in history. Savagery is the domain of power, and history is replete with examples of human
Published 19 Nov, 2023 07:37am
A scholarly book looks up close at the workings of the power sector in Pakistan and mounts a bold intellectual charge at the most
Published 12 Nov, 2023 07:27am
A second collection inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s poetry uses the great Urdu poet’s poems as starting points for the English...
Published 12 Nov, 2023 07:22am
A book looks at the contributions of pre-Partition Punjab to Indian cinema
Published 12 Nov, 2023 07:18am
As autumn is edged away by winter in Islamabad, the 9th edition of the capital’s largest literary festival was organised by the...
Published 12 Nov, 2023 07:13am
Now in its fifth year, the Zeenat Haroon Rashid (ZHR) Writing Prize for Women 2023 has been awarded to writer Sana Mohsin for her
Published 12 Nov, 2023 07:11am
A collection of personal accounts of Sindhi Hindus, who had to uproot from their homeland after 1947 and replant themselves in...
Updated 05 Nov, 2023 09:32am
Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘lost’ near-autobiographical story of an enduring friendship that profoundly shaped her own perspectives on
Published 05 Nov, 2023 08:45am
A book by a journalist is a valuable resource for those seeking to understand the multifaceted nature of Islamist extremism in....
Published 05 Nov, 2023 08:32am
Sometimes the weight of the world’s problems forces you to seek the refuge of memory and fiction. And the uncertain weather,...
Published 05 Nov, 2023 08:23am
Naomi Klein’s new book on her celebrity namesake, Naomi Wolf, examines the transformation of the latter from an influential...
Published 29 Oct, 2023 07:03am
An English translation of a woman’s story brings forth with great poignancy and spirit what a whole generation of children went...
Published 29 Oct, 2023 07:03am
A first volume of a compilation of Ilyas Rashidi’s writings, originally published in the weekly film magazine Nigar, vividly...
Published 29 Oct, 2023 07:03am
