Discovering Silence via the Sound of Metal
BY MOMINA AIJAZUDDIN
Saturday, August 20, 2022
Focus
Ibn Firnas: the First Man to Fly
BY PARVEZ MAHMOOD
A Dream Unfulfilled: The Arab Spring
DR. SYED AMIR REFLECTS ON THE MOMENT THAT SHOOK THE WORLD OF 2011/12
Gender, Identity and Udasi Art at Bhumman Shah
BY JAHANDAD KHAN
‘General Tariq’ and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case – IV
MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THE CONSPIRACY UNFOLDED IN 1951 – AND THE ROLE OF...
‘General Tariq’ and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case – III
MAJOR GENERAL SYED ALI HAMID ON THE EARLY STAGES OF AKBAR KHAN’S PLOTTING AS THE 1951 RAWALPINDI CONSPIRACY DEVELOPED
Homage to Home
Reflections on 2020 by Ambreen Noon Kazi through the eyes of the wandering native
General Tariq and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case – II
Major General Syed Ali Hamid continues with the context: the 1948 Kashmir war and its aftermath
General Tariq and the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case
Major General Syed Ali Hamid lays out the backdrop: Akbar Khan’s experiences of the Second World War
Image of a Woman – II
Saba Karim continues her conversation with Sanam Maher on policing women’s desires, privilege, publishing and all things Pakistan
Image of a Woman – I
Saba Karim in conversation with Sanam Maher on policing women’s desires, privilege, publishing and all things Pakistan
Yesterday’s Heroes, Today’s Villains
Dr. Syed Amir on the case of Columbus in an era when European narratives about the past are being reexamined
Designing a City for Women
Meenu Sethi on what policy-makers need to bear in mind when thinking of cities that are safer and fairer for...
Land to live for
reports on the need for land settlement as the merged districts of KP are integrated into the mainstream
Palestine and the Fissures of the Middle East
examines the effects of a brutal new realpolitik in the Arab world
The Turkish-Saudi equation
analyses a rivalry based on ideology and competing geopolitical vision
Ertugrul and the National Narrative
on the role played by the Turkish TV series as Pakistan strives for a greater role in the Muslim world
Is there a grand Sino-Russian plan?
argues that it is more an alliance of convenience – with its own strains and fissures
Is China’s role in Africa a repeat of Western colonialism?
Mohammad Jamal Ahmed considers whether the relationship is truly a win-win or debt trap diplomacy
Neighbourly ties persist in the Valley
Raja Muzaffar Bhat reports as Kashmiri Muslims throng to peform the last rites of a Pandir neighbour
The Story of Social Welfare in Pakistan
Damiya Saghir explains the process by which the current social welfare institutions of the state developed – and what holds...
Beyond Platitudes: Akbar Ahmed’s Search for Harmony
Parvez Mahmood sets the context for the eminent academic’s writings at a time when old Europe comes to terms with...
Battling the Boredom of Quarantine
Major General Syed Ali Hamid has been keeping busy under lockdown
An Easter to Remember
Umar Riaz was on hand to witness an exchange of Easter goodwill between Muslim and Christian Pakistanis, last year in...
Urbanization woes in Sindh
Muhammad Abbas Khaskheli on the difficulties posed by uncontrolled growth in urban populations
Mysticism, Popular Islam and the State
Raza Habib Raja talks to Nadeem Farooq Paracha about some of the core discussions in his latest book
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
Of Empathy, Reading Fiction And Coins From A Different Realm
Retirement is that stage of life when a...
Ranbir Trolled For Fat-Shaming Pregnant Alia
Netizens have been trolling Ranbir Kapoor for cracking...