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Few trees reward a grower’s patience quite like the coconut palm. But getting it right starts early…
‘My ‘Friends’ Bully Me’
Iran says even their angels don’t know who Trump is talking to. Butterfly has a diagnosis, a treatment plan and the number of a...
Drawing upon botanical imagery, Sabah Husain’s works create a lyrical archive of nature, loss and cultural remembrance
By overlaying the golden ratio on to photographs of violence, Aroosa Rana re-frames how we look at images of conflict and
A Pakistani woman’s experiences of participating in collective prayers at mosques in Istanbul stand in stark contrast to her...
“I was roaming around the streets when fate brought boxing to me,” exclaims Qudratullah, looking back at how he...
Pakistan is recalibrating its foreign policy by focusing on strategic realism and geo-economic priorities.
The ongoing ‘renovation’ of the shrine in Kasur of Sufi poet Bulleh Shah is mired in a shocking lack of vision — choosing pomp...
By launching strikes on Iran even as negotiations were underway, Washington may have secured short-term military gains at the cost of long-term...
While authorities claim that the newly created National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) is ‘modernising digital law...
Lt Gen (retd) Talat Masood’s memoirs are a military man’s recollections about his own idealism and professional
From acclaimed Holocaust dramas to nationalist blockbusters, the strategic revival of past trauma can influence public perception.
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‘Should I Explain Myself to My Former Fiancé?’
With gas shutdowns a regular reality, these no-cook recipes are as useful today as they were when first learned decades ago…
From acclaimed Holocaust dramas to nationalist blockbusters, the strategic revival of past trauma can influence public perception.
From the “noonday demon” of mediaeval monks to Nietzsche’s “Great Noon”, midday has long symbolised moments of truth and reckoning
Saba Khan’s deeply poignant exhibition in Birmingham explores how the Mangla Dam’s construction triggered one of the largest
In 1613, the East India Company established its first major trading base in the Arabian Sea at Surat in Indian Gujarat. Another
The sport has changed the architecture of its engines, forced drivers to rethink aerodynamics and strategy, and switched
As the world observes the International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, Pakistan’s historically marginalised
New museums, revived public spaces, and growing youth participation in and engagement with the arts are reshaping Karachi’s...
A powerful debut novel merges suspense with emotional depth and captures the dangerous allure of acceptance in an age
Transplanting a coconut tree is less complicated than it sounds, but only if you know what you’re doing…
The true believers of the Republic lie awake at night, tossing, turning and wondering what exactly their rockstar revolutionary
‘My Friend’s Secret Marriage Troubles Me’
Country’s current political trajectory suggest that concessions to a populist leader may deepen, rather than resolve, Pakistan’s structural...
A British watercolour painting of an Italian residence in Peshawar reminds
An exhibition in Lahore wove botanical knowledge with narratives of displacement, environmental fragility and shared histories
A chef, an artist, an anthropologist and a photographer travel to Swat Valley and return with a zine — and a case that Pakistan
Unable to feature in the FIH World Cup’s previous two editions, the Pakistan hockey team have finally qualified for the next one,
A film about Shakespeare’s grief, his play about a prince wracked with doubt, a revolutionary musical and a walk along
Karachi’s history lives in the names of its neighbourhoods, each reflecting an episode in the city’s long and layered past.
December 27 began like any other day, but destiny had marked it for tragedy.
Mohammed Hanif’s deeply satirical new novel, set in the days following former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s
The US-Israel partnership has evolved from a strategic Cold War alliance into a religiously infused political project
History shows that wars are easy to begin but far harder to end, yet the rhetoric of violence still prevails over the pursuit
A curtain-raiser for next year’s Karachi Biennale transformed the Gulgee Museum into a hive of performance and digital art
From the fibrous husk that becomes a growing medium or a doormat, to the shell carved into bowls
‘Should I Apologise Now For Crossing A Line In The Past?’
The Ma’amoul biscuit is a favourite go-to for celebrations across the Middle East
Pakistan’s charitable instinct during Ramazan is genuine and considerable. For the student collectives, the decade-long volunteers and the
Every year during the holy month, thousands of Pakistanis dust off their racquets, lace up their trainers and head to the nearest padel or
The world isn’t just running short of water. According to a new UN report, it is going bankrupt. For Pakistan, dependent on a single river basin
Instead of briefing the public on the Iran war, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth is performing for a Maga audience that measures success in
As air power collides with geopolitical reality, the only certainty is that this conflict will permanently scar the Middle East. How did we get here...
Farhatullah Babar’s reflective, insider account of Benazir Bhutto’s life and politics corrects the twin caricatures that dominate
In one of his most complex and deceptively crafted verses, Mirza Ghalib says that the poet’s pen vibrates with the frequency of...
The coconut is technically a drupe, botanically a seed and practically a vessel — built by nature to survive months at sea...