Month: March 2016

General (retired) Pervez Musharraf is a free man in Dubai despite the fact that he is being concurrently tried in ...

After a year of calm, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sees a surge in violence

Musharraf must swallow his pride, suppress his commando instincts, and stay away. That would be the most patriotic thing to ...

Pakistan and Turkmenistan want to connect - for trade, energy and much more

National reconciliation requires justice and trust

The hardline anti-India Kashmiri leader is as relevant today as he was a decade ago

Will Riyadh de-hyphenate its strategic ties with Delhi and its long-term relationship with Islamabad?

Imran Khan on the time-honoured tradition of Attan dancing among the peoples of north-western Pakistan and Afghanistan

Chintan Girish Modi shares snippets of a Mumbai life

Ishtiaq Ahmed continues his examination of Punjabis in Indian cinema, focusing on the work of the legend K. L. Saigal

SZ gives us an overview of 4 TV shows and the state of Pakistani television serials

Zehra Hamdani explores Amin Gulgee's show, capturing the contradictory Pakistani experience of the 1970s

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Fayes T Kantawala reconsiders a life without cigarettes

Zara C. Churri on the Bed Life and the well-to-do urban woman

K Shahid tries to understand why Pakistan always seem to come unstuck against India at the World Cup

Members of the Pakistan High Commission and their spouses look on as High Commissioner Sajjad Hyder (not shown) takes the ...

Janoo is such a stuck in the mud. Last week I told him, ‘Dekho, you want me to spend more ...

Bus driver’s boy vs billionaire’s son Lord Mayor of London – the very title suggests pomp and circumstance – but ...

"According to a latest government report, a staggering 24 million Pakistani children are out of school" The Friday Times, Plot ...

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

COAS General Raheel Sharif says that the military operation in FATA is concluding successfully. He explained that troops in the ...

Legal loopholes allow honour killings to go unpunished

Will the government be able to appease the religious right?

The new law to protect women against violence is a small step in the right direction

Is NAB becoming more active in Punjab?