CONFERENCE: ZORRO AT THE URDU CONFERENCE
In its 12th edition, the International Urdu Conference expanded to include other Pakistani languages and politics and in
POETRY: SETTING THE STANDARD
Syed Nomanul Haq meticulously turns a compiled version of Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s collected works into a critical one and thus
INTERVIEW: ‘WOMEN WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THEIR IDEAS’ — SYRA RASHID VAHIDY
The project was initiated in memory of my mother, Zeenat Haroon Rashid, who passed away in 2017. All her life she had
COLUMN: THE BROKEN ROPE
For those who have moved across places, there is a town where they dwell and there is a town which dwells inside...
Italian hunts highest-rated Astore Markhor
GILGIT: Italian citizen Carlo Pasquale Capanini Bonomi hunted the highest-rated Astore Markhor in Skardu on ...
LIFE UNDER THE SHADOW OF A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT
The Sahiwal Coal Power Project transformed the agricultural heartland of Punjab, and the lives of those living around it
HISTORY: THE FALL OF DHAKA FROM BIHARI EYES
A survivor of the 1971 civil war recounts the harrowing events of December 16 as a resident in a Bihari locality in
OLYMPICS: THE OLYMPIAN OF SPORTS POLITICS
Lt Gen (retd) Syed Arif Hasan has been re-elected president of the Pakistan Olympic Association for a fifth consecutive
SOCIETY: THE SARDINES MOVEMENT OF ITALY
Could an Italian citizens’ movement to reclaim public space from far-right populists offer a model for others around the
EXHIBITION: FABLES FROM A DYSTOPIAN WORLD
British-Irani artist Mohsen Keiany explores the depiction of nature in apocalyptic times
UN climate talks unravelling, face failure
Negotiations leave countries more divided than ever over how to fight global warming and pay for its ravages
Sturgeon asks Johnson to accept another Scottish independence vote
Scottish National Party leader has argued that Scotland deserves another vote on becoming an independent nation.
North Korea conducts ‘crucial test’ at Sohae launch site
Announcement comes after US tested a medium-range ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday.
‘I will repay your trust,’ UK PM tells ex-Labour voters on trip to north
"You’ve changed the future of our country for the better," UK PM tells residents of northern England.
Nepal seeks review of Gurkha recruitment deal with Britain
KATHMANDU: Nepal wants to review a military deal allowing its citizens to be enlisted in the British army, before a...
Dutch police arrest climate protesters
THE HAGUE: Dutch border police on Saturday detained dozens of climate protesters at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport...
Sudan’s Bashir gets two-year detention for corruption
The charges stem from millions of dollars received by the toppled strongman from Saudi Arabia.
75 years on, heroes of Battle of the Bulge remembered
BASTOGNE: The Battle of the Bulge was the last German offensive of World War II, and the Siege of Bastogne the scene...
Christmas mayhem feared as French transport strike continues
PARIS: France reeled under a crippling public transport strike for a 10th day on Saturday aimed at forcing the...
Divers search for remaining bodies from NZ volcanic eruption
WELLINGTON: Divers searched seas around New Zealand’s volatile White Island on Saturday for two people still...
EXHIBITION: THE MOVEMENT OF MATTER
A two-person show investigates the linkages between people and their natural and human-made environment
SMOKERS’ CORNER: VAGUE IDEALS AND WORD DANCES
The New Left’s relativist and psychological critique of capitalism made intellectual vagueness ‘hip’ in the postmodern
EPICURIOUS: THE HOLIDAY BUN
There’s more to hot cross buns than meets the eye. These sweet spiced buns are traditionally served not only on Easter
GARDENING: GIVING SOIL ITS SOUL
Without good soil, gardening can be a thankless task. Enriched soil contains all of the nutrients a seed/seedling
Hospital violence and bar councils
A LAWYER is considered an officer of court and hence he has a duty to adhere to the standards and duties of a lawyer...
Rao Anwar
WHEREAS a young budding model Naqibullah lost his precious life in an encounter with police, the tragedy brought to...
‘Environment tax’
Our Indus river is the second most polluted river in the world. Like old newspapers, let everyone collect plastics,...
Child marriage
IT is heartening to know that, according to Unicef, child marriages in South Asia has halved in the last 25 years....
Sindh: stray dogs
ACCORDING to a news item, the Sindh High Court has directed the local government to finalise a proposed project to...
GST payment
I HAVE observed that several restaurants in Lahore, particularly those located in DHA and Gulberg, charge a 16 per...
Where’s the money?
IT is a bit surprising that, for the last one year, the government has been trying to get illegal money stashed...
CAP: India’s fascism
THE Modi-led Indian government has transformed India from a secular state into a Hindu state where minority...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1944: Seventy-five years ago: Wavell’s faith-cure
NEW DELHI: Addressing the Associated Chambers of Commerce, Lord Wavell prescribed a faith-cure rather than a major...