Month: September 2018

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s offer last week of peace talks with India on all issues, including Kashmir and terrorism, came as a bolt from the blue. Pakistan ...

Several key officers of Intelligence Bureau have been transferred

Over the years, both the will and capacity of the state to prevent persecution of minorities has diminished, writes Farhatullah ...

A third force is in the making in Bangladesh. William Milam is excited about its prospects as the alternative to ...

Murtaza Solangi believes that moving Radio Pakistan from its current building would permanently destroy a valuable national asset

The PTI has used income inequality as its rallying cry for years, but its government is doing little to address ...

Ali Usman Qasmi places Imran Khan and Pakistan’s new middle class in the context of a global surge of populist ...

Dr Faisal Khan thinks food consumption patterns are a major reason behind poor public health in Pakistan

Hurmat Ali Shah reflects on how the memory of trauma played a central role in defining Pashtun political identity

Humaira Gul Saeed on an initiative that encourages communities and academics to think creatively about nature and culture – for ...

Nirvaan Nadeem thinks about mass media, advertising and the new advertising Gold Rush – online

Daniyal Zahid believes ‘Stree’ is one of the most entertaining films this year

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on a figure who represents an orthodox turn in Sindhi mysticism

Ajay Kamalakaran on the tantalising linguistic link between a community in Balochistan and people in southern India

Progressives were once at the forefront of critically acclaimed writing in Pakistan. Raza Naeem explains why that is no longer ...

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Haider K. Abbasi writes from his own experience of the former residence of the First Family

India are the team to beat in today’s Asia Cup final, writes K Shahid

Fayes T Kantawala went to Berlin and felt the darkness of history

In this photograph, actor Dilip Kumar (left) receives Pakistan’s highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) from then president of ...

As they say in London, thanks God for small mercies. At least we are at home. You don’t know what ...

Marching orders Decision-making at the government’s top level still appears to be haphazard, a full two months after the elections. ...

"Our relationship with our neighbour is thriving and almost 27,000 Pakistanis have already been awarded scholarships to study in China. ...

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

The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Saqib Nisar, is an honourable man who feels passionately about righting Pakistan. He has been ...

How Atif Mian was included and then excluded from the Economic Advisory Council