Month: February 2015

Not so long ago, India was accusing Pakistan of sponsoring cross-border terrorism and refusing to talk to it; the US ...

Recent changes have brought the Afghan Taliban back to the negotiating table

Islamabad must build on the unusual goodwill in Kabul to prove it is sincere in cooperating against terrorism

Chaudhry Nisar has perfected the art of survival in PML-N

The Pakistani government must take swift, effective action to implement its will and assert its authority

Political violence in Bangladesh adds a new twist to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes

What is the future of the BJP-PDP alliance in Kashmir?

Did Modi lose because he did not corporatize fast enough?

Rabeya Jalil's recent exhibition at the Koel Gallery in Karachi is an engaging, often provocative, portrayal of the mundane and ...

Moni Mohsin remembers her friend, 'Poppy' Shayan Afzal Khan (1963-2015), whose Kuch Khaas changed the fabric of Islamabad

The Iranian leader who was overthrown by the machination of world superpowers may not have been able to lead his ...

The Chapel Hill shooting may have awoken the US media to a 'different' face of Islam, but Daanish Faruqi argues ...

The response of certain members of the Muslim community to the Copenhagen shootings was as awe-inspiring as it was rare, ...

Why should borders contain and define human beings? Akbar Ahmed pondered such questions upon meeting an exceptional young immigrant from ...

On her return from Turkey, Ayesha Sherdil decided to try a new restaurant off MM Alam Road that may just ...

Maheen Pracha reviews Ali Smith's rapid conversation of a book on art, time, love, gender, morality, and back to art

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Wajahat Malik soaked in the food, the books and the people at the third Lahore Literary Festival 

Kabir Babar wanted to give the LLF a fair chance, and so he did...

Wasim Akram poses with Shoaib Muhammad and Rameez Raja during practice at the Lords cricket ground in England, ahead of ...

I don’t understand nation. Pakistan should remain Pakistan but PIA should be British Airway, hain ji? Pakistan should remain Pakistan ...

All hands on deck Rumour has it that the khakis in South Punjab are taking an active interest in the ...

"Thatta and Badin will sink into the sea by 2050"

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

Subrahmanyam Jaishanker has been handpicked by the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, to be India’s new Foreign Secretary. Mr Jaishankar ...

Raza Rumi speaks to liberal activist Marvi Sirmed about the renewed campaign to pressure the government to take action against ...