The Higher Education Commission was created to power Pakistan’s transformation into a knowledge-based economy,
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
Nadeem Khalid recounts a sailing trip which took him to the mountains of Musandam at the mouth of the Strait of
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
Excitement is missing in the build-up to the upcoming Fifa World Cup. The changed format, the US disconnect from football,
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
Pakistan does not need to invent mediation. It needs to stop treating it as a peripheral remedy and start using it early, before
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
Four captivating artworks by Michelle Farooqi explore not only the changing seasons but also the gradual shaping of memory
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
The rise of Nigel Farage and Reform UK demonstrates how modern populists are constructed through strategic narratives of decline, grievance and cultural anxiety.
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
‘Should I Marry to Keep Peace in the Family?’
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
With its milky-white leaves and slow growth, the Super White thrives on a delicate balance of indirect light, minimal watering
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
What do chartered accountants, retired marketing executives, podcasters and ‘the Doland’ have in common? In the Republic
Updated 17 May, 2026 09:47am
Karachi’s old city settlement of Lyari occupies a distinct place in the Pakistani (and now in the Indian) imagination, coloured
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:44am
They built Islamabad’s homes, cleaned its streets and raised its children. Now the city’s metropolitan authority is demolishing
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
Desmond Morris, who has died aged 98, was a zoologist, broadcaster, painter, public intellectual and best-selling author. Naazir
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
After over five weeks of interesting clashes and fine performances from so many players, the Pakistan Super League 11 has
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
A boys’ hostel in Lahore built more than 100 years ago and in continuous use until a few years ago now lies empty and forgotten…
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:49am
Although the modern world is increasingly taken over by speed and standardisation, there are still faint glimmers of style serving
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
A recent exhibition in Islamabad combined precision and a sense of colourful spontaneity to striking effect
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
Once anchored by ideologies and movements, politics is now increasingly performed through aesthetics and consumption,
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
‘How Do I Repay A Family That Changed My Life?’
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
For years, live East Asian BBQ in Karachi was a novelty that couldn’t hold its audience. The question used to be: why would
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
Not all houseplants want constant attention. But when it needs to be repotted, the Super White likes a careful hand…
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
Behind Pakistan’s high maternal and infant mortality rates lies a fractured system, in which trained midwives are
Updated 06 May, 2026 05:55pm
Photojournalist Raghu Rai, who has died aged 83, did not just photograph India. He helped a generation of readers, editors
Published 03 May, 2026 08:15am
Four turf specialists from the US designed the playing fields for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever beginning in June
Published 03 May, 2026 08:18am
From Kuwait’s burning oil fields in 1991 to Tehran’s blackened skies in 2026, war has always poisoned the planet. But as global
Published 03 May, 2026 08:24am
Through deceptively simple forms, Quddus Mirza’s latest work bridges the inner emotional world and the global theatre of violence
Published 03 May, 2026 08:33am
An exhibition centred on the craft of wool-felting weaves together narratives of memory, material, tradition and loss
Published 03 May, 2026 08:37am
Western legacy media's inability to recalibrate reveals deeper institutional inertia that risks rendering it irrelevant.
Updated 03 May, 2026 10:34am
The failure to achieve a resolution in the US-Iran talks being mediated by Pakistan has an upside — at least Islamabad has opened
Published 03 May, 2026 08:42am
‘I Wasn’t Consulted On My Marriage’
Published 03 May, 2026 08:45am
The aglaonema Super White is rare, imported and unlike almost any other houseplant in its colouring. It also happens to be...
Published 03 May, 2026 08:47am
As Washington and Tehran oscillated between escalation and diplomacy after the war imposed by the US and Israel on Iran, Pakistan
Published 26 Apr, 2026 08:07am
Raza Kazim, who passed away at the age of 96 on April 16 in Lahore, was a lawyer, philosopher, musician, educator and photographer
Updated 13 May, 2026 06:39pm
A populist autocrat, Orbán ruled Hungary for a 16-year stretch as its longest-serving prime minister. He was defeated in a...
Updated 28 Apr, 2026 06:10pm
The Bacha Khan Hockey Club of Bannu recently became the first national club champion from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. But Bannu’s...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 09:13am
A novel blends suspense, trauma and Sufi philosophy into an ambitious thriller that is marred by an inconsistent style
Published 17 May, 2026 08:09am
In her recently published memoir, the multi-talented Salima Hashmi reflects on her famous family, loss, art, activism
Published 17 May, 2026 08:09am
The algorithm that through various combinations of variety and chance puts together the universe of books one finds...
Published 17 May, 2026 08:09am
An unauthorised biography of the former Duke and Duchess of York attempts a sweeping exposé of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Published 17 May, 2026 08:09am
Former tennis champion Boris Becker recounts his dramatic fall from grace and the lessons he learned behind bars in a new memoir
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:55am
Across time and space, four friends discover that the past is not something left behind — but something that shapes the present
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:56am
Across continents, Khoja Shia Ismaili women stitch together community, memory and belonging in this rich ethnographic account
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:51am
In recent years, we have seen emerging on the literary horizon of the Urdu world a sustained Jaun Elia frenzy among...
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:54am
A book of rare moral clarity and scholarly courage excavates the internment of over 80,000 Bengalis in Pakistan after the...
Published 03 May, 2026 09:11am
A collection of Urdu short stories gathers a cast of lively characters from rural Sindh, shaping stories that blur the line...
Published 03 May, 2026 09:00am
After an academic adviser is blown up in a magical experiment, two of his students make a perilous journey to the underworld to
Published 03 May, 2026 08:57am
Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s 1984
Published 03 May, 2026 08:55am
A collection of essays takes aim at the pursuit of limitless growth, the constant drive to master nature and the expanding...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:43pm
A debut collection of 24 Urdu short stories by a medical practitioner and academic are thought-provoking and wise observations...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:38pm
A collection of personal sketches of renowned figures from history and current times in Urdu encourages readers not just to...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:32pm
On an unseasonably cold November night in 2022, a pain, a dull burn, gripped my chest in what felt like a constriction, an uneasy
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:18pm
A brief treatise by a well-known Pakistani economist explores the impact of ethnic friction on the success or failure of nations
Published 19 Apr, 2026 11:57am
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Persian language poets in Iran and India established a parallel universe of...
Published 19 Apr, 2026 11:54am
A new Urdu novel imagines the life of Ruttie Jinnah, bringing to life a woman lost in the margins of history and rescuing her from
Updated 19 Apr, 2026 12:15pm
The English translation of late Fahmida Riaz’s novel Qila-i-Faramoshi offers the Anglophone world a window into ancient Persian...
Published 19 Apr, 2026 11:49am
