Pakistan is experiencing an unprecedented flooding crisis that has left nearly 33 million people displaced and homeless, with one-third of...

The last two weeks have been a political rollercoaster. From sedition, to attacks on the judiciary, to the rupee’s continuing...

I will begin with a disclaimer: yes, I’m a Libra, yes, I like seeing the bright side and being optimistic...

Time and again we are reminded of how the state fails its people in so many different ways. Perhaps a...

Seemab Gul and Abid Aziz Merchant have done it again. Just this May, they represented Pakistan at the prestigious Cannes...

The country had barely recovered from the high profile Dua Zehra case, when another incident of forced abduction and child...

Much like Rome, Lahore too was not built in a day. The sprawling city as we know it today did...

In Pakistan, monsoon season has always been somewhat temperamental, with the ferocity of the summer rain changing in mere seconds....

Every year, Pakistan hosts a number of literary festivals in cities like Lahore, Karachi and Quetta. Every year, hundreds of...

Do you remember that one washing detergent/toilet cleaner/dishwashing soap advertisement where a woman is shamed for how dirty her clothes/toilet/dishes...

For two years since it started in 2019, Airlift was enjoying a unique spot in the country’s startup spotlight. Despite...

Last night I dreamt about someone I'm no longer friends with. For a while, we were so close, we met...

One would think more than 200 years of colonial rule would have prepared the British on how to deal with...

Time and again, the law fails to protect the woman of Pakistan. It lets murderers, rapists, pedophiles and abusers walk...

I’m going to be honest here: even though I throw a tantrum every time my mother brings up marriage —and...

Step aside Bechdel Test, I'm proposing another test, specifically for Pakistani dramas. Let's call it the 'misogynistic women test'...it's a...

I'll be the first to say it: my Urdu is not the best. It's a fact I'm not super proud...

The photography industry had been primarily dominated by men for a very long time. Tapu Javeri, Irfan Ahson, Khawar Riaz,...

After the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed in 2018, the process of getting registered as a transgender...

When I first meet Marya Javed over Zoom, she’s clutching a coffee cup and wearing a big smile. She tells...

As 6:00 PM drew nearer, the number of people trickling into Screen 3 of Lahore's Cue Cinema increased significantly. In...

It's hard not to be petty about privilege sometimes. Instagram makes it fairly simple. A swipe, a tap and a...

The global fashion industry had been expecting a reckoning, but that it would come in the shape of a global...

The PML-N has been vocal about upholding civilian values and supremacy, chanting ‘Vote ko izzat do’ (respect the vote) since...

Pakistani's love jumping to conclusions so much that it could rightly be declared our national sport. If something goes against...

When my paternal grandfather died, I was old enough to have fragmented memories of his death, but young enough so...