Month: July 2018

Before the elections, every political party (except PTI), every foreign newspaper and every independent journalist had concluded that The Aliens, ...

International media outlets seem almost unanimous in taking a dim view of the election process in Pakistan, writes Syeda Mamoona ...

A bailout package may become inevitable, writes KK Shahid

Saeed Naqvi questions the rationale behind the 'Muslim meal' launched by India's premier airline

Naseeba Umar offers a feminist reading of Reham Khan's book

It is time to curb media's instincts to pontificate upon matters that fall into the legal realm, writes Shahid Mehmood

Mohammad A. Qadeer writes about the early days of Pakistan through the life of one academic

Policymakers need to understand urban flooding as an emerging hazard, writes Ahmad Ahsan

Raza Naeem on the life, times and thought of Maulvi Barkatullah Bhopali (1859 - 1927)

Ammad Ali on the ancient Zorostrian fire temple site at Jandial, near Taxila

Zahra Ali lays out most of what you need to set yourself up for some citrus delights

Daniyal Zahid reviews the recent release that has been mired in off-screen controversy

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on the marvelous shrine at Kamaro Sharif in Tando Allahyar district

Ahmed Jan travels to the Iranian capital - finding love, warmth and resilience in the face of adversity

Noor Jehan Mecklai examines closely the work of four emerging artists, recently displayed in Karachi

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K Shahid reviews the series whitewash as Pakistan create history in Zimbabwe

Muhammad Ali introduces a cartoon character meant to question popular attitudes towards TB patients and remove the stigma around them

Fayes T Kantawala has a ball as a number of his friends prepare for a rematch - in holy matrimony

This is a photograph of Awami League leader Sheikh Mujeeb addressing an election rally in Dhaka in 1970, prior to ...

In the night the khalaai makhlooq visit me in my dreams. They circle around me and make funny faces in ...

Thinking aloud A PTI leader from KP called up a friend in the early hours of the morning-after. He had ...

"The PML-N's workers may be donkeys, but the PTI and its supporters have shown that they are worse than animals. ...

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

Let’s face it. Whatever some may think of Nawaz Sharif’s omissions and however much others may hate him for his ...

With their party leaders incarcerated, how will the PML-N woo voters in the last few days before the election? KK ...