Month: February 2018

Three volatile ingredients are now in the explosive pot of Pakistani politics. No one quite knows what the broth will ...

Division of the MQM its own fault – in a way

The anti-Pakistan motion has not been defeated-only deferred 3 months

Pakistani PM abolishes Kashmir Council and empowers region administratively, financially

The more the city digs wells, the lower the groundwater table goes

MA Siddiqi on deploying Pakistani troops in Saudi Arabia

Feudalistic slavery under the banner of democracy

The best way to honor her would be to continue her work

Parvez Mahmood traces the journey of Nawab Amir Khan of Tonk from plunderer to potentate

Vaqar Ahmed thinks about anarchy, systems and how we live in Pakistan

From personal experience, Hanniah Tariq reflects on why people would want to spend years of life as unpaid volunteers

Daniyal Zahid believes the animated film sets standards for what children's movies in Pakistan ought to be looking to do

Salman Ali Shah watched as the pluralism of his childhood, exemplified by a shrine and its associated festival, was snuffed ...

Noor Jehan Mecklai on the 'Artspace Germany' show at the VM Gallery

Asad Khan Betini on the rich lore and untapped potential of Takht-e-Sulaiman

What did Asma Jahangir represent outside Pakistan? Voices from our region and beyond share their view of her legacy with ...

Taimur Ali Ahmed goes back to a time when Asma Jahangir was his neighbour for a few weeks

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K Shahid is super excited about the start of the third edition of the Pakistan Super League

Khurshid Hasanain and his neighbourhood community face off against US imperialism...

Fayes T Kantawala has mixed feelings about the way we perform piety in Pakistan

In this photograph, by Bourne and Shepherd, Begum of Bhopal Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan (1858-1930) walks in full niqab at the ...

From hat on head, to dupatta on brow, to naqab on face, I have been through several lives and several ...

The Prophecy We hear that The Great Khan’s new wife, now universally known as Pinky Pirni, has foretold that in ...

"For all her skills she had a singular disability. She could not comprehend the word FEAR" The Friday Times, Plot ...

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