Lahore’s NCA Triennale was a sumptuous celebration of Pakistan’s rich artistic past and present
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:40am
Cliftonia’s finest minds offer their wisdom on the
Republic’s founding document…
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:40am
Despite some versions of various matchmaking and dating platforms having been available in the country for nearly a decade, the topic is not openly discussed.
Updated 03 Dec, 2025 02:04pm
Rano isn’t the first animal to be relocated from a zoo in Pakistan. Last year, the elephant Madhubala was relocated, following an outcry in the wake of viral videos of the distressed and disease-addled animal.
Updated 04 Dec, 2025 02:41pm
Rock-climbing, an outdoor adventure sport, is fast developing in Pakistan, and the hills around Islamabad provide the
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:40am
The misinformation around the HPV vaccine was so great that it threatened an entire campaign. It was yet another demonstration of
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:40am
A museum in Paris has devoted an entire exhibition to a rather unusual subject
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:40am
‘Should I Risk Marriage Without My Family’s Support?’
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:40am
All your gardening queries answered here…
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:40am
Bangladesh intellectual Badruddin Umar, who passed away in September, was often dubbed a leftist theorist. But his real legacy is scholarly.
Updated 25 Nov, 2025 06:00pm
A showcase of works from the Arjumand Painting Award demonstrated the variety found in Pakistan’s current artistic landscape
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:53am
Across history, seafaring has become a literal and metaphorical symbol of both human vulnerability and adventure
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:53am
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women was set up in 2019 to promote and provide support for women who wish to to pursue writing as a career.
Updated 24 Nov, 2025 02:54pm
Hasina denies all the charges against her, calling the court’s decision “biased and politically motivated.”
Updated 25 Nov, 2025 05:15pm
Pakistan is probably the only cricketing nation where the discussion around pitches becomes bigger than debates on team selection or performance.
Updated 28 Nov, 2025 08:12pm
A chance discovery at an antique stall is a reminder of the intertwined legacies of an eminent broadcaster and a Karachi neighbourhood once brimming with literary and cultural life.
Updated 26 Nov, 2025 05:17pm
As political disagreements turn into social suspicion and emotional hostility, a new form of division is taking root around the world.
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:53am
The purdah moti biryani, cooked inside a golden baked crust, is unlike any biryani you have had before
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:53am
"Despite the differences, I want to get along with my mother and to compromise on things peacefully."
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:53am
The white rain lily flower, which blooms for three to five days, is a fleeting beauty with its symmetry and star-like shape
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:53am
Planning and development expert Arif Hasan has spent more than five decades working with poor communities across Pakistan and development practitioners and institutes around the world.
Published 16 Nov, 2025 05:49am
More than two decades after 9/11, Al Qaeda hasn’t vanished — it’s adapted.
Updated 18 Nov, 2025 05:44pm
To hold the government to account for our city, we must first have a conception of the city as ours — all of ours
Published 16 Nov, 2025 05:49am
Pakistan Football may soon get a new domestic league; but questions remain about what kind of league it will be and whether it will be what Pakistan really needs.
Updated 16 Nov, 2025 03:18pm
In a derelict corner of Balochistan, the crumbling tomb of Sir Robert Sandeman marks the fading legacy of the man who redrew
Published 16 Nov, 2025 05:49am
Nine artists excavated their own lives and pasts in a recent group show that attempted critical engagement with social, histori
Published 16 Nov, 2025 05:49am
Across the world, romanticised expectations of democracy have collided with social realities, resulting in a pragmatic turn where stability outranks ideals.
Updated 16 Nov, 2025 09:57am
New York’s new political heartthrob might have triggered Modi and Trump, but the real battle is over his name...
Updated 16 Nov, 2025 05:00pm
‘My Exam Results Aren’t Good Enough for My Mom’
Published 16 Nov, 2025 05:49am
The white rain lily offers a lush display, but its beauty conceals a poisonous secret and a unique botanical structure that sets
Published 16 Nov, 2025 05:49am
TLP’s story is not just about weaponisation of religion — it’s about class, power and a state caught between crackdown and appeasement.
Updated 09 Nov, 2025 09:58am
Naushaba Roonjho has had a transformational impact on her conservative village in Sindh, becoming its first woman to pass
Published 09 Nov, 2025 07:03am
Stuck in a record-breaking government shutdown, Washington is paralysed. But a decisive election night, including Zohran Mamdani’s
Published 09 Nov, 2025 07:03am
The millenia-old wrestling sport’s rituals have long shaped ideas about Japan.
But as its modern governing institute celebrates
Published 09 Nov, 2025 07:03am
Ten festivals in, the Adab Festival has settled into its own personality. It is dense, loud, packed, informal and full of people
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:41am
A debut novella offers a biting critique on the conventional wisdom that views relationships as antidotes to loneliness
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:41am
A recent biography resurrects the aura around Akhtar Shirani, one of Urdu’s most influential but often forgotten romantic poets
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:41am
I first visited Hyderabad Deccan with my father just before I turned 13. I had a first cousin there whose children...
Published 30 Nov, 2025 06:41am
Ghazi sahib’s fictional prose is remarkably creative, engaging and captivating, allowing it to still resonate with readers.
Updated 25 Nov, 2025 05:30pm
Writers Fatima Ijaz and Taha Kehar’s email correspondence with each other about a range of topics evokes a time long before email
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:54am
David Szalay’s Flesh, which has won the Booker Prize this year, is a deeply affecting novel about masculinity
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:54am
I have written in these pages before about my forays into learning Urdu. Now I think through the need for mentors in...
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:54am
Celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy attempts to come to grips with her complex relationship with her mother after her...
Published 16 Nov, 2025 07:41am
A sophomore novel about an ambitious and ruthless young woman trying to rise above poverty and confusing values captures womanhood
Published 16 Nov, 2025 07:38am
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women has announced that the award for 2025 goes to writer Sidra Nisar ...
Published 16 Nov, 2025 07:32am
A knowledgeable treatise written in chaste Urdu attempts to explore scientific, philosophical and religious ideas about the place
Published 16 Nov, 2025 07:32am
Scholar, writer and researcher Dr Tariq Rahman has penned his highly enjoyable memoirs, which tell all about his and his family’s
Published 09 Nov, 2025 08:32am
A masterful translation of French novelist Honore de Balzac’s 1831 novel A Woman of Thirty opens up a new world of literature for
Published 09 Nov, 2025 08:29am
November 9 is Iqbal Day every year. But there is still debate about Allama Iqbal’s actual date and year of birth.
Updated 09 Nov, 2025 10:37am
During one of my story-building workshops in a public school in Larkana, in which I was tasked to help Grade 9 and 10 girls write
Published 09 Nov, 2025 08:20am
Professor Audrey Truschke’s high-level introduction to the long history of the Indian Subcontinent is not just a lucid reference
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:38am
Symbols, mystery and thrills — Dan Brown’s latest novel has two academics and lovers encountering all kinds of trouble as they run
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:29am
The life story of a well-known psychiatrist provides insight into the healthcare and education system of Pakistan as well as its
Updated 02 Nov, 2025 07:19pm
A door creaks shut, unexpectedly; a footstep is heard on the stair; a face seen at the window. The haunted house is ...
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:14am
