Month: July 2015

This has been an eventful week, to put it mildly. The good news is on three fronts: the Judicial Commission ...

How can we stop floods in the face of unpredictable climate change?

Tackling education curricula and madrassas should be key priorities to counterterrorism. Thus far that is not the case

The politics behind the disagreement over moon sighting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA

Ceasefire will be high on the agenda in the Friday meeting between the Afghan government and Taliban 

Things are not going too good for the prosecution in Benazir Bhutto murder case

Californians may rise to the challenges of water insufficiency, even to the point of growing cactus

Recent developments in the valley should be seen in the local political context

The place: Islamabad. The time: Eid. The problem: And just 'who' are all these plug-uglies? Amna R. Ali and Nilofer ...

Amidst the jingoism on display Debbir B. Dasgupta sees hope for democratic voices in India and Pakistan's civil society

The company that once ruled the subcontinent is now selling chocolate and jam. Natasha Shahid on how the East India ...

Saint Udero Lal, Khawaja Khizar and Guru Granth Sahib are revered in a Mirpurkhas temple where religions still coexist. Zahida ...

Noreen Haider attempts to dispel misconceptions and explain why this wonderful rhythm of life has become a disaster

Govind Menghwar revels in the angry eloquence of poet Hassan Mujtaba's new anthology

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

If all roads lead to Rome, Fawad Chaudhry has some sage advice for the Triumvirate

Coming out this August 14, Dekh Magar Pyaar Say doesn't exactly look 'patriotic'. But Khadija Mughal thinks it still might ...

This ladies group was taken at the Pakistan High Commission in Knightsbridge, London in 1959/60 at a function in honour ...

I’m sorry but I simply don’t understand what the fuss is all about. So, okay, the Judicial Commission rubbished my ...

Friction in the family A leading and much-married fundo astride the national landscape is happy with his four wives and ...

"If the brutal distortion of religion does not cease, our seats of learning will produce an army of Sadia Jalals"

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

Pakistan is devastated by floods every year. The Economic Survey calculated that the country lost over 3,000 lives and more ...

With the Taliban organization dismantled, some local militants are switching loyalties to join ISIS

Will Islamabad buy gas and crude oil from Tehran?

Ashraf Ghani finds himself pitched against deeply-entrenched beliefs about Pakistan in Afghanistan's security establishment