Month: June 2016

There’s never a dull moment in Pakistan. But even by our political standards, last week was a veritable carnival of ...

Two years on, many promises of Zarb-e-Azab are unfulfilled

The Torkham flare-up was not a sudden unexpected occurrence  

The rehabilitation of the people displaced from North Waziristan may take years

The terrorist attack in Florida and its impact on the US elections

A Christian peasant in a remote village in district Kasur – famous for brutal attacks on Christians – says he ...

A new national narrative will only come out of intent and action against terrorism

The old guard and the changing realities of evolving capitalism

The Indian premier's charm offensive is backed by solid diplomatic homework 

New crossing points on the LoC will help reconnect Kashmiris

Asif Nawaz takes us to Katas Raj - a majestic temple complex of splendour and mystery

Chintan Girish Modi tries alternative medicine in Mumbai

Waqas Habib Rana goes on a journey across Lahore in search of coffee, chai, snacks and a good conversation

Tara Kashif explores the economics and the horror of colonial suppression of Indian textile industries

Madeeha Maqbool reviews historian Peter Frankopan's work on Eurasia's timeless highway for goods, people and ideas

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Momina Aijazuddin on the special challenges faced by women in positions of power

Zara C. Churri has fond memories associated with Mormonism

Have an idea for a killer app? Fayes T Kantawala is listening

Dacca-bound Pakistani Premier Mohammad Ali Bogra's short stopover at New Delhi's Palam Airport results in a surprise meeting with Indian ...

It’s tragic about Amjad Sabri. He was a fine qawwal, a wonderful votary of that splendid tradition of an ecstatic ...

Rubbing shoulders The late lamented Big Ben’s Hubby has arrived in LA, we hear, to attend fundraisers for Hillary Clinton’s ...

"Can Imran explain to Sadiq Khan and the Pakistani nation that on what basis and good qualities did he fully ...

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

Pakistan’s relations with India, Afghanistan and the US remain prickly. Since the core of our national security strategy is focused ...

It may be too late for Pakistan to hire lobbyists in Washington