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Lyari rising ( Part – II )

27.08.2025 50

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Lyari rising: Part - I

26.08.2025 10

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From Gaza to Kashmir

12.08.2025 30

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Remembering Ali Baba

06.08.2025 20

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Orientalism revisited

29.07.2025 20

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NON-FICTION: SURVIVING THE DEEP STATE

An insider account of the high-stakes political drama that marked the first term of one of Pakistan’s most controversial civilian

27.07.2025 10

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The collapse of a curriculum

20.07.2025 20

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Let human rights be

10.07.2025 40

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A long winding road

29.06.2025 30

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Discussing transgender rights

23.06.2025 100

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Those that dare to defy

15.06.2025 80

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Journey through Sindhi literature

07.06.2025 9

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Who will guard the universities?

01.06.2025 40

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Pakistan’s exploited workers

26.05.2025 30

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Doctors Murli and Pushpa

19.05.2025 4

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Balochistan: a landscape view

11.05.2025 50

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Letters and leadership

05.05.2025 20

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Stop the canals

27.04.2025 20

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The federation shakes

20.04.2025 40

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Lawfare against Farhatullah Babar

13.04.2025 30

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NON-FICTION: THE SCULPTING OF A POEM

Over 100 years after the first publication of T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’, an Urdu book delves into the poem’s journey and...

06.04.2025 7

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Ziedan’s ‘Azazeel’ and the haunting of Hypa

06.04.2025 7

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Lawfare limited to warfare unlimited

30.03.2025 30

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A silent revolution in development

23.03.2025 10

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A peoples' quest for peace: Part - II

17.03.2025 5

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A peoples’ quest for peace - Part - I

09.03.2025 10

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Discussing South Asian peace: Part — III

03.03.2025 20

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Discussing South Asian peace: Part - II

22.02.2025 10

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Discussing South Asian peace: Part - I

16.02.2025 10

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New scholarship on religion and reform: Part - II

11.02.2025 10

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New scholarship on religion and reform: Part - I

02.02.2025 30

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Remembering Rangrez

26.01.2025 30

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American exceptionalism

19.01.2025 20

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People’s histories in Pakistan

13.01.2025 60

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Closing the year with Ayaz Melo: Part — I

November and December appear to be favourite months for cultural and literary festivals in the various cities of Pakistan: Islamabad Literary...

30.12.2024 10

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A tale of literary events

Hardly a month passed since the World Cultural Festival enthralled the denizens of Karachi when the Arts Council offered another fairly successful...

23.12.2024 20

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The punishment for being a journalist

Pakistan has witnessed over 150 killings of journalists in the past 25 years, but that is hardly something that has ever bothered our successive...

16.12.2024 4

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Remembering ABS Jafri Part - II

ABS Jafri’s first book that I read was ‘Here lies India’, containing his columns about the India-Pakistan War of 1965. During and after the war he...

09.12.2024 5

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Remembering ABS Jafri: Part - I

It was 1989. I was 25 years old and had just come back from Moscow – yes, the Soviet Union was still around. I started writing for the Urdu daily ‘...

02.12.2024 7

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An icon of the left: Part – II

Saeeda Gazdar’s short stories are not all about politics and repression; some are full of nostalgia and recall the pre-partition days. Her story ‘...

25.11.2024 9

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An icon of the left: Part - I

Those who believe in progressive ideas are leaving us in quick succession. Rahat Saeed – one of the founders of the Irtiqa literary journal and a...

20.11.2024 30

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The 26th Amendment in judicial focus: Part - III

11.11.2024 20

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The 26th Amendment in judicial focus: Part – II

07.11.2024 20

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The 26th Amendment in judicial focus: Part - I

05.11.2024 10

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Police vs protesters

The Sindh Rawadari March held on October 13, 2024, was a landmark event, highlighting the refusal of the people of Sindh to accept any intolerant...

29.10.2024 10

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Four plays in review

21.10.2024 10

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Forty years of SPELT

12.10.2024 4

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Psychology of care

In my previous column ‘Psychology of colonialism’ (Oct 1, 2024), there were discussions on how colonialism affected the psychology of colonized...

08.10.2024 10

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The psychology of colonialism

Psychology is a neglected discipline in Pakistan as not many people are aware of their psychological issues and tend to downplay their importance....

01.10.2024 20

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Conrad, empire and exile

Joseph Conrad was an exceptionally talented writer who emerged as a novelist and storyteller in the late 19th century. Born in Poland and fluent in...

23.09.2024 10

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