Month: August 2014

The political crisis has come to a head. Someone or something must give quickly and diffuse the situation. Or there ...

Even if the crisis ends soon, the political system will end up bruised, the economy battered and the PML-N fissured

Despite his gains, Imran Khan will not make any concessions

Unless we openly confront the question of the constitution's legitimacy, we can never know how to obey it

Pakistan's first Hindu weekly may close because of financial concerns

Only one Pakistani scientist participated in the preparation of a climate change report proposing solutions for South Asia

Finding allies in West Asia may be a daunting challenge for India

The second part of a stirring account by Dr Amineh Hoti written during a recent visit to Bosnia

In a conversation with Ally Adnan, veteran television actor Begum Khurshid Shahid relives the joys and regrets of a life ...

At the turn of the 20th Century, the romantic chimera of Muslim unification manifsted itself in a pan-Ottoman train, writes ...

Ambassador Nazar Abbas was caught up between the internal feuds of the PPP Government during his tenure in Kyrgyzstan

Aqil Shah's book takes a look at civil-military relations from the army's perspective, explaining how the institution of the military ...

In a gruelling climb, adrenaline junkie, Wajahat Malik rediscovers the romance of Pakistan's pristine mountains

There is a reason why the Chinese Government is cracking downs on Uighar Muslims but not the Hans, writes Kunwar ...

Certain type of dumbells are sure to drive the weight watcher away. By Nandini Krishnan

The unending agitation/rock concert for Naya Pakistan has left Fayes T Kantawala feeling dizzier than usual

A constable regulates traffic at Regal Square on the Mall in Lahore. Brigadier Francis Ingall, one of the last of ...

So there I was sitting in my sand pit with my colouring book and crayons when I saw a rabbit ...

Engaged! Rumour has it that Mr Bean is unreachable and unapproachable at the best or worst of times. And this ...

Is there room for any more civil disobedience? 

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

Three new developments suggest that, despite the aggressive and uncompromising rhetoric, the political crisis provoked by the long marches of ...

The quality of the political discourse in Pakistan has reached such an abysmally low level that even simple concepts like ...

It will be the tide of public opinion and not constitutional and legal provisions that will determine the duration of ...

Regardless of the outcome of the recent protests, the government will suffer casualties

A series of acid attacks on girls in Balochistan have raised concerns about growing radicalization in the province