Month: June 2014

Dr Tahirul Qadri has revived the imagination of the media with talk of a “revolution”. He has triggered panic in ...

Qadri has promised a revolution, but his motives and track record are questionable

An analysis from the IDP camps of Bannu

Authorities in Khost have set up a camp for 10,000 families displaced from North Waziristan

This time, the government warns he might not be able to return to Canada

The biggest casualty in the recent violence is the rule of law

Attacks and threats force ANP to tell its members to stop political activities in Karachi

With a significant Taliban presence, Karachi may become the target of revenge attacks for the operation in North Waziristan. Karachi ...

Modi must re-engage with and shape the historic changes in west Asia

SAARC countries might have bilateral differences, but there is general consensus that a lot of their human rights concerns are ...

On the eve of the centenary of the first World War, Mani Shankar Aiyar draws an elaborate analogy between the ...

Samra Muslim gives TFT readers a glimpse into the many Pakistani films currently on the production floor

It is crucial to make the distinction between neo-Khaarijite movements like ISIS and Sunnis Islam, writes Ali Khan Mahmudabad, if ...

A recent exibition at Koel Gallery, Karachi showcased artists that are hard to pin down as merely 'Sindhi'. Review by ...

Dr. Fasihuddin Ahmed remembers his fiercely principled father, editor and writer Maulana Salahuddin Ahmed, a man who specialized in speaking ...

Zia Haider Rehman's impressive debut novel shows life not for what we wish it to be, but for what it ...

The heart of Punjab opens up to an Avadhi flavour. Review by Jamile Naqi

At the Venice Biennale, Fayes T Kantawala's national identity was the subject of surprise, discomfiture and pity

Uruguay's Schiaffino scores the 1:1 goal during the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup against Brazil in Rio ...

Rite. I’m going to rite this myself this week, without Najam Sethi editing it. To proof those rong who think ...

Hell or high water Everyone knows by now that The Man of Steel is determined to pursue the Mush case, ...

We can defeat terrorism with tourism 

These nuggets are culled from the Urdu press. They are summarised here without comment. Absurd or ridiculous, tft takes no responsibility ...

It has been a momentous week. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan launched one of its most audacious attacks to date on Karachi ...

The battle in North Waziristan will end soon, but its consequences may persist

As troops finally move into North Waziristan, civil authorities are lagging with relief for the displaced