Month: April 2015

The government intends to bring a law to tackle cyber crimes in the ever expanding but largely unregulated universe of ...

The ‘all-weather friendship’ between Pakistan and China is an oft-quoted description of this important strategic relationship. With the recent visit ...

Pakistan will have to overcome a number of challenges to meet the expectations of its 'iron brother'

When the immediate risk of crisis recedes, Pakistan's reform programs go off track, says IMF

Why would Islamic State want revenge for killing of Al Qaeda men?

Pakistan will become a water-scarce country in five years

'Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves'

As investigation continues, witnesses, lawyers and police tell different stories

The recent events in Kashmir are a grim reminder of a stark reality

What Andalusia can teach us today about Muslims and non-Muslims living together

The PTI has asked for more time to show evidence for their rigging allegations

Ali Madeeh Hashmi describes Jashn-e-Rekhta, an event dedicated to propagating Urdu in the digital world

The idea that Islam is incompatible with feminism was refuted by Muslim women centuries ago, writes Natasha Shahid

Maheen Pracha in conversation with London-based filmmaker Nasheed Faruqi about her short film Bubbles

The two Punjabs are eerily similar, narrates Manohar Singh Gill

Abdul Majeeb Abid unravels the greatest murder mystery in Pakistan's history

Khadija Mughal reviews Bir Ask Hikayesi, or Ek Pyar Kahani as it's known among the Pakistani audience

Tariq Bashir reviews Ziauddin Sardar's rich but disheartening account of the history of Mecca

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Chaudhry Fawad Hussain ("Choi") wants to know why no one is talking about the news that really matters

As a child, Fayes T Kantawala loved watching women smoke cigarettes.

Marshal Chen Yi and Zhou Enlai with Benazir, Murtaza, Sanam and Shahnawaz Bhutto in an undated photograph likely taken during ...

Mummy’s old cook Ilm Din said to her yesterday: ‘Begum Saab, ub mujhay please chutti dain.’ And Mummy said that ...

Brewing resentment Our mole reports that resentment is brewing against the new Mrs Khan as she assumes a larger than ...

"They are not willing to sacrifice a single soldier of their own in a conflict that they say has endangered ...

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