Month: November 2017

Salman Tarik Kureshi traces the bureaucratic Babu through the ages, all the way to contemporary Pakistan

Pakistan have everything to cheer - both on and off the pitch, writes K Shahid

Fayes T Kantawala contemplated some killer Michaelangelo drawings in New York

Pakistani expedition cooks sometimes face quite a bit of criticism. Hanniah Tariq explains the professional challenges that they face

Dina Wadia, R.I.P. Extracted from The Times, London: “Matriarch of a business empire who fell out with her father, Muhammad ...

An event in Lahore marked the 12th anniversary of literary giant Amrita Pritam's passing. Report for the TFT Features Desk

Daniyal Zahid sits through Golmaal Again - again

Mul Raj was governor or Diwan of Multan, a Sikh city that had fallen under British rule in 1846 after ...

Suljuk Mustansar Tarar reflects on the work, style and legacy of Tanveer Hussein, Nayyar Ali Dada and Javed Najam

The rise to the top of T20 rankings is yet another milestone for Pakistan cricket, writes K Shahid

Lawmakers set to debate issue in upper house

The Miltablishment’s agenda for “democracy” is now clear – divide and rule. Why should it work now when it hasn’t ...

Fayes T Kantawala had a memorable Halloween in New York

Thanks God, the smock has got better. I swear it was like a thick chaadar of smoke, dust and ash ...

Thanks God it has rained, and smog has gone. But it is only far a little while. Smog will be ...

The Lahore Literary Festival in London provided plenty for Catriona Luke’s heart, mind and tummy

"If this outburst could happen in the House consider what happens outside!" The Friday Times, Plot No 52-53, N-Block, Main ...

Founding principal of Cadet College Hasan Abdal, Hugh Catchpole photographed here with Haq Nawaz. Mr Hugh Catchpole was born on ...

No Khan do Sources say Sheeda Tully brought an interesting message to The Great Khan the other day. “They,” he ...

K Shahid looks into what the future might hold for Mohammed Hafeez after a third bowling ban

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

Hanniah Tariq finds that low standards in the Pakistani mountain tourism industry hurt both -guides and their clients

Aima Khosa in conversation with Sophie Makariou about art and imperial power in three early-modern Islamicate dynasties: the Ottomans, the ...

‘Winters is coming’, I said to Kulchoo, with a sliver of excitement at all the balls, shaadis, parties vaghera coming ...

Zahra Ali shows you how to pick the right companions for your vegetables

"No legal system can survive if judges have to implement their own decisions" The Friday Times, Plot No 52-53, N-Block, ...