Month: May 2015

Affluent, educated terrorist recruits pretend to live normal lives, waiting for orders

What are the reasons behind increased violence in Afghanistan?

The US can not possibly stay out of the Axact scam

A ban on new solar and wind power projects will hurt our energy future

Pakistan must exploit its geographical proximity to the region for a first-mover advantage against India

The new provincial government has undone syllabus reforms without a public debate

2,000 gathered in Lahore's Dhoop Sarhi locality and demanded the suspect be lynched and burned 

BJP's prime minister has missed a huge opportunity to reach out to the people of the state

The prime minister and the interior minister have resolved their differences

The big cat family is under threat from a far more dangerous species. Syed Muhammad Abubakar rings the alarm bells

Zainab Mahmood Ahmad looks into the Aman Foundation's aim to champion dignity and choice for the underserved

Who are the Rohingya people and why does everyone disown them? Natasha Shahid attempts to answer these questions

Aneela Z Babar's handy-dandy guide to being a Pakistani expat in Delhi

Warning. This page contains hazardous Irishmen. Maheen Pracha gingerly reports

Cricket returned to Pakistan after six long years. K Shahid reports from Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Khadija Mughal reviews Pakistan’s first ever feature-length animated movie

Titles available at Books n Beans (Lahore) or through www.vanguardbooks.com

Syed Amir on Prince Duleep Singh and his daughter Sophia - more than history's footnotes

Why are the rulers of conservative Arab states lining up to buy masterpieces of Western art? Fayes T Kantawala speculates

A line of carpet weavers seated at their looms in a shed in in Karachi Jail. The photograph was taken ...

Just can’t think of anything to say this week. If I could’ve thought of something, I’d have said it long ...

“BC!” A high profile society begum, lady of a loaded dynasty, apparently habitually addresses her chief Philippina with the odious ...

"We actively seek out the dictatorial alternative"

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

Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad in Karachi has run into heavy weather with his erstwhile patron Altaf Hussain in London. ...

Will the blossoming friendship between Kabul and Islamabad survive the Taliban's spring offensive?