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GARDENING: THE PALM FROM YOUR HANDS

Few trees reward a grower’s patience quite like the coconut palm. But getting it right starts early…

yesterday 10

Dawn (Magazines)

Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

‘My ‘Friends’ Bully Me’

yesterday 20

Dawn (Magazines)

From Inpapermagazine

DIARY OF A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY: CRACKS EVERYWHERE

DIARY OF A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY: CRACKS EVERYWHERE

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...

yesterday 10

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Moni Mohsin

EXHIBITION: NATURE AND MEMORY

Drawing upon botanical imagery, Sabah Husain’s works create a lyrical archive of nature, loss and cultural remembrance

yesterday 9

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Amra Ali

EXHIBITION: THE HARMONY OF VIOLENCE

By overlaying the golden ratio on to photographs of violence, Aroosa Rana re-frames how we look at images of conflict and

yesterday 10

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Rumana Husain

ESSAY: THE WOMEN OF THE MOSQUE

A Pakistani woman’s experiences of participating in collective prayers at mosques in Istanbul stand in stark contrast to her...

yesterday 20

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Javeria Shakil-Kazim

BOXING: THE LINE COOK BOXER

“I was roaming around the streets when fate brought boxing to me,” exclaims Qudratullah, looking back at how he...

yesterday 10

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Natasha raheel

SMOKERS’ CORNER: PAKISTAN’S PRAGMATIC TURN

SMOKERS’ CORNER: PAKISTAN’S PRAGMATIC TURN

Pakistan is recalibrating its foreign policy by focusing on strategic realism and geo-economic priorities.

yesterday 70

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Nadeem F. Paracha

HERITAGE: SUBVERSION OF THE SHRINE

The ongoing ‘renovation’ of the shrine in Kasur of Sufi poet Bulleh Shah is mired in a shocking lack of vision — choosing pomp...

yesterday 10

Dawn (Magazines)

Ayesha Latif

CONFLICT: BOMBING TRUST

By launching strikes on Iran even as negotiations were underway, Washington may have secured short-term military gains at the cost of long-term...

yesterday 10

Dawn (Magazines)

Debak das

THE PROBLEM WITH THE PAK CYBERCRIME WATCHDOG

While authorities claim that the newly created National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) is ‘modernising digital law...

yesterday 40

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Saddia Mazhar

NON-FICTION: A SOLDIER’S NATION

Lt Gen (retd) Talat Masood’s memoirs are a military man’s recollections about his own idealism and professional

02.04.2026 30

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Muhammad Ali Siddiqi

SMOKERS’ CORNER: GHOSTS ON THE SCREEN

From acclaimed Holocaust dramas to nationalist blockbusters, the strategic revival of past trauma can influence public perception.

29.03.2026 40

Dawn (Magazines)

Nadeem F. Paracha

GARDENING: ‘MY MANGO PLANT HAS DIEBACK DISEASE’

All your gardening queries answered here

29.03.2026 20

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Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

‘Should I Explain Myself to My Former Fiancé?’

29.03.2026 30

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From Inpapermagazine

EPICURIOUS: NO GAS, NO PROBLEM

With gas shutdowns a regular reality, these no-cook recipes are as useful today as they were when first learned decades ago…

29.03.2026 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Shazia Hasan

GHOSTS ON THE SCREEN

From acclaimed Holocaust dramas to nationalist blockbusters, the strategic revival of past trauma can influence public perception.

29.03.2026 40

Dawn (Magazines)

Nadeem F. Paracha

ARTSPEAK: MIDDAY MOMENTS

From the “noonday demon” of mediaeval monks to Nietzsche’s “Great Noon”, midday has long symbolised moments of truth and reckoning

29.03.2026 20

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Durriya Kazi

EXHIBITION: THE SILT OF ‘PROGRESS’

Saba Khan’s deeply poignant exhibition in Birmingham explores how the Mangla Dam’s construction triggered one of the largest

29.03.2026 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Aarish Sardar

HISTORY: THE ALMOST RISE OF GWADAR

In 1613, the East India Company established its first major trading base in the Arabian Sea at Surat in Indian Gujarat. Another

29.03.2026 80

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Saeed Husain

MOTOR SPORTS: A FORMULA 1 REHAUL

MOTOR SPORTS: A FORMULA 1 REHAUL

The sport has changed the architecture of its engines, forced drivers to rethink aerodynamics and strategy, and switched

29.03.2026 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Ahmed Affan

SOCIETY: BETWEEN VISIBILITY AND VIOLENCE

SOCIETY: BETWEEN VISIBILITY AND VIOLENCE

As the world observes the International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, Pakistan’s historically marginalised

29.03.2026 30

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Zahra Naeem

KARACHI’S YOUTH AND THE SEARCH FOR CULTURE

KARACHI’S YOUTH AND THE SEARCH FOR CULTURE

New museums, revived public spaces, and growing youth participation in and engagement with the arts are reshaping Karachi’s...

29.03.2026 30

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Arif Hasan

FICTION: FAME, AMBITION AND MANIPULATION

A powerful debut novel merges suspense with emotional depth and captures the dangerous allure of acceptance in an age

19.03.2026 30

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Sara Danial

GARDENING: COCONUT IN THE CITY

Transplanting a coconut tree is less complicated than it sounds, but only if you know what you’re doing…

19.03.2026 20

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Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

CLIFTONIA: BATTLESHIP INSOMNIA

The true believers of the Republic lie awake at night, tossing, turning and wondering what exactly their rockstar revolutionary

19.03.2026 20

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Farid Alvie

ADVICE : AUNTIE AGNI

‘My Friend’s Secret Marriage Troubles Me’

19.03.2026 40

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From Inpapermagazine

SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE MYTH OF UNITY

Country’s current political trajectory suggest that concessions to a populist leader may deepen, rather than resolve, Pakistan’s structural...

19.03.2026 50

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Nadeem F. Paracha

DISCOURSE: AVITABILE’S GOR KHATRI

A British watercolour painting of an Italian residence in Peshawar reminds

19.03.2026 20

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Saeed Husain

EXHIBITION: EMBROIDERY AS WITNESS

An exhibition in Lahore wove botanical knowledge with narratives of displacement, environmental fragility and shared histories

19.03.2026 20

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Ayesha Majeed

CULTURE: A TASTE OF SWAT

A chef, an artist, an anthropologist and a photographer travel to Swat Valley and return with a zine — and a case that Pakistan

19.03.2026 20

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Zahra salah uddin

HOCKEY: BACK ON THE TURF AGAIN

Unable to feature in the FIH World Cup’s previous two editions, the Pakistan hockey team have finally qualified for the next one,

19.03.2026 20

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Ijaz Chaudhry

ESSAY: THE READINESS IS ALL

A film about Shakespeare’s grief, his play about a prince wracked with doubt, a revolutionary musical and a walk along

19.03.2026 20

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Farrukh raza malik

CULTURE: KARACHI’S MEMORY MAP

Karachi’s history lives in the names of its neighbourhoods, each reflecting an episode in the city’s long and layered past.

19.03.2026 20

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Muhammad Omar Iftikhar

THE LAST DAYS OF BENAZIR BHUTTO

December 27 began like any other day, but destiny had marked it for tragedy.

19.03.2026 30

Dawn (Magazines)

Farhatullah Babar

FICTION: WHEN RUMOUR REFUSES BURIAL

Mohammed Hanif’s deeply satirical new novel, set in the days following former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s

15.03.2026 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Huda imtiaz

TRUMP AND NETANYAHU’S CRUSADE

The US-Israel partnership has evolved from a strategic Cold War alliance into a religiously infused political project

15.03.2026 60

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Nadeem F. Paracha

ARTSPEAK: WAR OR PEACE?

History shows that wars are easy to begin but far harder to end, yet the rhetoric of violence still prevails over the pursuit

15.03.2026 40

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Durriya Kazi

EXHIBITION: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

A curtain-raiser for next year’s Karachi Biennale transformed the Gulgee Museum into a hive of performance and digital art

15.03.2026 20

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Nusrat Khawaja

GARDENING: THE VERSATILE COCONUT

From the fibrous husk that becomes a growing medium or a doormat, to the shell carved into bowls

15.03.2026 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

‘Should I Apologise Now For Crossing A Line In The Past?’

15.03.2026 20

Dawn (Magazines)

From Inpapermagazine

EPICURIOUS: A BITE OF HISTORY

The Ma’amoul biscuit is a favourite go-to for celebrations across the Middle East

15.03.2026 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Maliha Diwan

Society: PAKISTAN’S SEASON OF CHARITY

Pakistan’s charitable instinct during Ramazan is genuine and considerable. For the student collectives, the decade-long volunteers and the

15.03.2026 30

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Muhammad Hussain

CONDITIONING: THE TEARS OF RAMAZAN

Every year during the holy month, thousands of Pakistanis dust off their racquets, lace up their trainers and head to the nearest padel or

15.03.2026 20

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Hussain Dada

ENVIRONMENT: WATER’S DIRE RECKONING

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

15.03.2026 30

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Sheheryar Khan

POLITICS: THE RHETORIC OF WAR

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

15.03.2026 20

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Casey ryan kelly

WHAT’S THE US-ISRAELI ENDGAME IN IRAN?

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...

15.03.2026 40

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Ejaz Haider

NON-FICTION: FORMIDABLE AND FRAGILE

Farhatullah Babar’s reflective, insider account of Benazir Bhutto’s life and politics corrects the twin caricatures that dominate

08.03.2026 40

Dawn (Magazines)

Dr Naazir Mahmood

COLUMN: PHOBIA OF THE ABSTRACT

In one of his most complex and deceptively crafted verses, Mirza Ghalib says that the poet’s pen vibrates with the frequency of...

08.03.2026 50

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Syed Nomanul Haq

GARDENING: JOURNEYS WITH A COCONUT

The coconut is technically a drupe, botanically a seed and practically a vessel — built by nature to survive months at sea...

08.03.2026 20

Dawn (Magazines)

Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid