Month: September 2014

Suraiya Multanikar (B. 1940) is from Multan. Her earliest childhood memories are of wanting to excel as a singer. No ...

Zahida Parveen was born in Amritsar in the early part of the 20th century. She was of the Paerna caste, ...

A recent Gallup Poll has revealed some interesting facts. A majority of respondents support Javed Hashmi’s decision to quit the ...

Low revenue, rampant corruption, narcotics, and unsustainable governance may have forced Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah to rethink their strategy

Two very small glimmers of light flicker in the tunnel ahead

The fate of the consolidation of the fourth wave of democracy in Pakistan hangs in the balance

Will there be elections in 2015?

Connectivity-driven regional development means opportunities for Pakistan 

Pakistan's largest town is a prime target for the new Al Qaeda in South Asia

Dr Amineh Hoti visits Cordoba in search of art, knowledge, and peaceful coexistence

To the accompaniment of poetry, songs and stories, Raza Rumi spent a bittersweet evening with fellow-exiles, exploring the state of ...

Climate change has come to the valleys with a vengeance, writes Maureen Lines

A recent World Bank study revealed that urban air pollution in Pakistan is among the world's most severe, reports Syed ...

Lahore's second hand bookshops enticed London resident Kabir Babar to take up a job in an antique bookshop on the ...

Saudi Arabia or Tunisia? Pakistan needs to determine its path, writes Kunwar Khuldune Shahid

To impress a potential boyfriend, Nandini Krishnan went jogging at 5 am

Imran Aslam's book on the men and women who shaped Karachi provides a much-needed alternative view of the city. Review ...

Bilal Tanweer, whose debut novel The Scatter Here Is Too Great was just released in the US and UK, gives ...

Khoobsurat's only saving grace is its Pakistani star, writes Sabahat Zakariya

What does it mean to be independent as a people? The Scottish debate got Fayes T Kantawala thinking

Pakistani president Ayub Khan samples barbecue food during a picnic at Johnson City during his US visit in 1961, as ...

Karachi wallahs, they don’t have alarm clocks. That’s why Imran had to go himself in a private jet and wake ...

Discreet presence Last week, a senior retired khaki passed away and his funeral prayers took place at a cantonment mosque ...

"Punjab has never voted on the basis of ethnicity"

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

Akhtari Bai Faizabadi or Begum Akhtar (October 7, 1914 – October 30, 1974) was a leading Indian singer of ghazal, ...