Scene

Co-curricular activities

Fayes T Kantawala goes to a poetry recital and then to a music concert in Lahore... read more

History

Bipeds and Quadrupeds

Salma Mahmud finds quadrupeds far more attractive than bipeds... read more

View

A step to the left

France's second socialist president in 50 years might try to remember its philosophers and thinkers. By Catriona Luke... read more

Art

Trial by fire

Aasim Akhtar is transported by an exhibition of Scheherezade Alam's mystical ceramics at the National Gallery of Art in Islamabad... read more

Issue

The case for women

Western-trained scholars are already talking about the 'third wave' of feminism. But in Pakistan, women's sexuality is still held responsible for rape and other forms of sexual abuse. Tasneem Z Faridi looks at the 'facts and figures' cited by religious scholars in Pakistan and elsewhere to undermine the women's movement... read more

Mother's day special

All about my mother

There is no denying that the basic ingredient of motherhood is a woman's deep and unconditional love for her children. But there also can't be a typology, as it is impossible to catch... read more

Sports

Tough luck

Abdul Majeed Abid on the chance element that dramatically altered the outcome of the Chelsea-Barcelona football match... read more

Photo Archive

Female prisoners winding cotton on spinning wheels in Karachi Prison (1873)

by British Library collection

Photograph of three female prisoners winding cotton onto spinning wheels in the prison at Karachi, taken by Mitchie and Company in c. 1873, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections.... read more