The Friday Times: Pakistan's First Independent Weekly Paper

News & Analysis

Report PTI's landslide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Zia Ur Rehman After a surprise win in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the young, inexperienced leaders of PTI have serious challenges to tackle ... *read more*	Comment PPP recovering from shock by Shahzad Raza Despite being wiped out of three provinces, the People's Party is poised to take the slot of opposition leader in the lower house... *read more*

Report MQM's new challenge by Ali K Chishti Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf has emerged as the second largest party in Karachi, and may become a formidable challenge to the MQM in future ... *read more*	Comment A swing to the right by Imtiaz Gul Election results show Pakistanis voted overwhelmingly for right leaning parties. Is this because of the establishment's manipulation, or simply voters' revenge?... *read more*

Report US 'cautiously optimistic' about Nawaz Sharif by Waris Husain The PML-N's success will require the US to pursue a tactical relationship that is cognizant of both the shared and dissimilar interests of the two countries, potentially leading to greater stability... *read more*	Comment Outsiders win in Rawalpindi and Islamabad by Mohammad Shehzad PTI leaders Imran Khan and Javed Hashmi surprised many by beating influential PML-N leaders in the twin cities... *read more*

Comment India is hopeful, but realistic by Tridivesh Singh Maini Analysts in New Delhi think Nawaz Sharif may not be able to improve India-Pakistan ties until he corrects the civil-military imbalance... *read more*

Features

Review

Self-congratulations

Nandini Krishnan had mixed feelings about Bombay Talkies, a set of four films comemmorating 100 years of Indian cinema... read more

Art

Land's end

What does the sight of burning buses tell us about our lives as citizens? Noor Jehan Mecklai contemplates the politically charged artworks of Taqi Shaheen and Aamir Habib at Karachi's Koel Gallery... read more

History

The rolling stone - Major Ishaq (d.1986)

Ahmed Bashir profiled the Army officer and revolutionary leader Major Ishaq, a Punjabi Marxist who challenged the status quo in the early days of Pakistan and was punished by the state until the end of his life. Translated from the Urdu by Babar Mirza... read more

Profile

Kindred spirit

Dr M Aamer Sarfraz offers a psychological appraisal of the writer, activist and wife of the former chief minister Punjab, Tehmina Durrani... read more

Society

What's in a name?

The names given to villages, cities and people in South Asia used to record events of personal and communal significance. By Haroon Khalid... read more

Books

"The 80s was a decade of imitations"

Fashion photographer and style icon Tapu Javeri, who has a delicious new book out this month, talks to TFT about his journey as a photographer, his near-death experience with Aaminah Haq in a swimming pool, and the time when Madame Noor Jehan rang up his father to demand some diamonds... read more

History

Prince of Light

The writings of Dara Shikoh, heir apparent to the Mughal throne and disciple of Mian Mir, show a mind struggling to find the common core of Hinduism and Islam. Nighat Majid looks at this tragic prince's profound and timely work... read more

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Step forward

Umair Javed sounds a cautiously optimistic note about last week's historic election... read more

Photo Archive

Iskander Mirza with Adnan Menderes (c1950)

by Dr Kazi's collection

Pakistani president Iskander Mirza and Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes walk together in this picture taken in the late 1950s, not too long before they both became victims of military... read more

Scene

Cheater cocks

Fayes T Kantawala's Facebook friends are not cool with election results...... read more


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