Month: May 2019

The economy is in tatters, inflation and joblessness are stalking the landscape. Both western and eastern borders are insecure – ...

The PTM should be engaged in a constructive dialogue aimed at healing, writes Farhatullah Babar

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guest list for his second term inauguration tells a lot about the foreign policy direction ...

It is time that a full bench of the SC decides the scope of Article 184-3, writes Ziaullah Ranjah

In many respects Theresa May’s political trajectory was more Pakistani than British, writes Catriona Luke

The people of Balochistan have had a difficult month. Summer has brought many tragedies as it seems that terrorism is ...

William Milam on the implications of Narendra Modi’s decisive electoral win on South Asia

Within donor nations, there is a serious debate on the effectiveness of aid and its negative outcomes, writes Shahid Mehmood

Despite dismal economic performance, rural distress, record unemployment and countless other failures, how did Modi come back to power with ...

Akbar Ahmed recalls a time when he couldn’t resist questioning General Zia-ul-Haq on his vision for religion, state and society ...

Salman Tarik Kureshi reminds us that warfare is central to the way of life of Homo Sapiens – with increasingly ...

AimFit’s founder Mahlaqa Shaukat in conversation with Sonya Rehman

Daniyal Zahid recommends you check out John Wick before Eid releases take over

Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on the many historic sites of the Sazin Valley

Major General Syed Ali Hamid tells the tale of the baptism by fire of 2nd Lt. Zarif Khan, MC, and ...

Raza Naeem on the politics and worldview contained in the work of Kaifi Azmi (1919 – 2002)

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K Shahid looks at Pakistan’s World Cup chances beginning with the clash against West Indies

Dr. Sayed Amjad Hussain goes to Lahore’s Old City on a very special quest

This year’s Whitney Biennial gets Fayes T Kantawala thinking about the place of identity in contemporary art

This photograph and painting comes from Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings ...

There they go again, whine, sniff, sob, wail – “the government is persecuting its opponents, the nationalists, the rights activists, ...

Byzantine intrigues There is an atmosphere of Byzantine intrigues in Isbad these days. The mind boggles at the sheer volume ...

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

"It is the responsibility of the government to ensure transparency and protect Pakistanis whose sentences can be reviewed by Iranian ...

Fatma Shah on how a single garment from an earlier era led to exploring a priceless collective memory