Month: April 2019

Parvez Mahmood on the meteoric rise of Mir Jumla from small-time trader to mighty statesman

Hidayat Khan meets artists who are part of a music industry in crisis

Daniyal Zahid is appalled by the new release

Muhammad Ali on what makes Sabyn Javeri’s new collection of stories an especially important part of contemporary Pakistani literature

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro considers it one of the greatest specimens of Muslim architecture from the 20th century

Suljuk Mustansar Tarar offers an overview

In the 1940s and ‘50s, the Germans laid claim to Nanga Parbat. But its peak eluded them. Major General Syed ...

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K Shahid dissects Pakistan’s World Cup squad ahead of the England series

Jamile Naqi in conversation with Danish Bashir about themes and motifs from tradition in Balochi poetry

Fayes T Kantawala feels the crunch along with millions of Pakistanis.

On April 23, 1930 Khudai Khidmatgar protestors led by Moulana Abdur Rahim Popalzai protested against imperialists at Qissa Khwani Bazaar ...

Toshakhana So, the Prez has earned kudos by declaring his and his family’s official gifts from Al-King and Al-Brince, turned ...

We have to learn from history, as Mraan Khan says, “There was time when neighbours Germany and Japan were fighting ...

"Yes, today our country is in an utmost delicate situation but it is not the failure of this novice government. ...

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

Strengthening border security is a step forward in normalising tense relations, writes Syeda Mamoona Rubab

Murtaza Solangi explains the context behind Asad Umar’s resignation

Farhatullah Babar believes the cabinet reshuffle indicates that an effort is afoot to portray the parliament as weak and incompetent ...

Shahid Mehmood believes things will continue to worsen unless the structure of the economy changes

Expansion of the RCD highway is the only solution to the increasing number of accidents on this road, writes Adnan ...

Raza Gillani is alarmed by the news coming in from the HEC

Four years on, the killings of Giovanni Lo Porto and Warren Weinstein remain shrouded in secrecy, writes Stefania Maurizi

Rebellion of the youth should be seen as their desire to participate in the society instead of becoming a barrier, ...

The soft, reverential tones of the ceremonies at the Ram temple are a welcome relief from the warlike atmosphere of ...

Let’s chew on a new conspiracy theory. It goes something like this: The Miltablishment has reviewed its Political Engineering Design ...