With most Western governments refusing to even acknowledge how the holocaust in Gaza has particularly impacted children and women
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
With singlehood on the rise around the world, what does the latest research tell us about being single and happiness?
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
Young Pakistani squash players are displaying the kind of talent and drive that could see the country once again home to world
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
A young Christian woman from a poor Hindu village in Sindh is determined to provide the benefits of education to the children of
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Saba Khan explore the human, ecological and social landscape of the River Indus through the eyes of the
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
Imagined pasts and invented histories have long been used by states to propound a certain narrative while denying the existence of opposing views.
Updated 05 May, 2024 09:51am
Good news on the economic front makes Butterfly reminisce about the good old days
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
‘I Hurt My Bestie and Am Miserable’
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
One of the benefits of cultivating your own growing space is getting fresh harvest from the plant to the plate within a few hours…
Published 05 May, 2024 06:53am
Adopting effective policies could help Pakistan not only mitigate impacts of climate change but also attract investment and expand trade horizons.
Updated 28 Apr, 2024 10:48am
Aside from its economic and commercial potential for Pakistan, the port city of Gwadar has great strategic value, which
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
A recent comment from India’s cricket captain Rohit Sharma, about his desire for a Test match between archrivals Pakistan and
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
Girls have long been excluded from playgrounds and from sports in public spaces on the pretext of ‘propriety’ and ‘tradition’.
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
Zoya Alina Currimbhoy explores the profound mysteries of existence and the intrinsic wisdom embedded within the fluidity of water
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
Humans employ various disguises in order to ensure harmony, while art often deals in symbols, metaphors and codes. However, disgui
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
While hypotheses created by political scientists can pass a test or fail it, many analysts are now lazily relying on social media chatter to determine their views.
Updated 28 Apr, 2024 10:32am
Waris Nihari in Lahore’s Moon Market is still carrying on the decades-old family tradition of serving delicious and lip-smacking
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
‘My Ex Keeps Stringing Me Along’
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
All your gardening queries answered here
Published 28 Apr, 2024 07:31am
The recent military conflict between Iran and Israel only diverts attention from the real crux of the problem.
Updated 21 Apr, 2024 04:20pm
Shadab Zeest Hashmi’s Ghazal Cosmopolitan is, in her own words, “part love letter to Urdu… and part manual for the craft of ghazal
Published 05 May, 2024 08:13am
A compilation of Urdu letters written by Japanese academics and students to a Pakistani Urdu scholar is an enriching read for...
Published 05 May, 2024 08:05am
Actor, producer, director, author and voice-over artist Henry Winkler’s memoir is most poignant when he deals with the curse of
Published 05 May, 2024 07:46am
The Bangladeshi-American author Rumaan Alam wrote Leave the World Behind just before the Covid-19 pandemic. The novel was...
Published 05 May, 2024 07:42am
I.A. Rehman’s posthumously published memoirs narrate his early life and the making of one of the greatest human rights activists
Updated 28 Apr, 2024 12:14pm
A gripping historical drama centring around a young girl and a London bookshop involved in a Cold War espionage network offers a
Published 28 Apr, 2024 10:29am
A recent collection of poetry and poetic prose presents one with a different interpretive angle and nuance of feeling on each...
Published 28 Apr, 2024 10:04am
The names Passchendaele, the Somme and Mametz Wood stand as grim sentinels, forever bound to the unimaginable ...
Published 28 Apr, 2024 09:59am
The author of the book is a petroleum engineer by profession, who has worked in Pakistan and the Middle East for more than 36
Published 28 Apr, 2024 09:50am
Syed Nomanul Haq’s Urdu translation of Mansur al-Hallaj’s Kitab al-Tawasin captures the beauty and elegance of the original...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:58am
A French journalist pens a novel about Pakistan which, surprisingly for a Western writer, presents a sympathetic view of the...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:51am
A book by a retired Pakistani admiral presents a holistic study of the multifarious challenges of maritime security and offers...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:46am
In 2015, it was my honour to be invited by the education advocacy campaign Alif Ailaan to teach storytelling to...
Published 21 Apr, 2024 10:39am
A book provides valuable historic background to the development of Beijing-Islamabad ties but its amassing of ‘facts’ about the...
Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:46am
An autobiography of well-known Pakistani social activist Ansar Burney can serve to inspirea new generation of Pakistanis
Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:42am
A recent book goes behind the scenes to explain the strange case of a Soviet spy’s arrest in the US and trial in 1957, and his...
Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:35am
“Truth is, without an unconditional acknowledgement of the poetic virtues of Akhtar Shirani, an honest history of Urdu literature
Published 14 Apr, 2024 07:29am
An anthology of selected submissions from the first five years of the Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women indicates that
Published 07 Apr, 2024 08:27am
A collection of interconnected stories transports one to a fictional place in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that bears witness to a changing
Published 07 Apr, 2024 08:22am
The autobiography of a pioneering female hospital administrator is an inspirational tale that can help break gender stereotypes
Published 07 Apr, 2024 07:55am