Month: December 2017

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Daniyal Zahid thinks the film does a great job of depicting middle-class woman's life and struggles

Salman Tarik Kureshi on the deceptively dangerous allure of unelected strongmen

Ziyad Faisal on the legacy of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and its electrifying impact on Muslim thinkers in colonial India

Vaqar Ahmed remembers an avid political animal and the fate that befell him at the hands of those in power

Salman Tarik Kureshi examines our experience with democracy and oligarchs since 1947

Fingers crossed The whole country is seized with uncertainty about whether elections will be held on time or not. In ...

Hanniah Tariq describes her experiences in Hushe with two generations of Pakistani climbing prodigies

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

In the third of a four-part series, Parvez Mahmood writes about what might be the biggest armed robbery in human ...

In the second of a four-part series, Parvez Mahmood looks at the invasion by Emir Timur, a self-proclaimed Scourge of ...

Raza Naeem on the experience of Yemen's Arab Jacobins - understanding today's conflict in the context of past revolutions, state ...

"An Afghan-Taliban settlement is more achievable than a military victory and more desirable than a military stalemate" The Friday Times, ...

K Shahid looks back at impressive performances by opening contenders in the recently concluded National T20 Cup

K Shahid lauds PCB's position on BCCI's continued failure to honour bilateral commitments

An overview by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali

2017 has been a turning point for Pakistan cricket, both on and off the pitch, writes K Shahid

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

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

The squads have been finalised, the schedule is here. K Shahid looks into the third edition of the Pakistan Super ...

Fayes T Kantawala got lost en route to a Lahori wedding

Vaqar Ahmed guides the newcomer through the devilishly difficult process

Sonya Rehman reviews a book that follows Pakistani food to its historical, geographical and gastronomic origins

K Shahid looks back at four action-packed days of cricket's newest offering

Heavy rainfall last year but dry summer led to devastation

Quddus Mirza appreciates a venture by the AAN Foundation to bring art directly to students in Lahore