An insider account of the high-stakes political drama that marked the first term of one of Pakistan’s most controversial civilian
Published27 Jul, 202508:33am
The English translation of a Pashto novella about transgenders is engaging and fluid and captures the harsh realities they face —
Published06 Jul, 202509:29am
Frederick Forsyth, who passed away earlier this month, was one of the few authors whose novels were not only bestsellers but also
Published22 Jun, 202510:17am
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...
Published06 Apr, 202511:05am
With most Western governments refusing to even acknowledge how the holocaust in Gaza has particularly impacted children and women
Published05 May, 202406:53am
Text from a 1955 French documentary about the suffering of the Jewish people during the Holocaust rings eerily true for Palestini
Published03 Mar, 202408:28am
The posthumous publication of a book by a well-respected financial journalist takes stock of Pakistan’s energy politics...
Published18 Feb, 202408:50am
Farrukh Yar’s tribute to Shah Hussain is an impressive feat of in-depth knowledge, research and analysis about the evolution
Published10 Dec, 202308:13am
A well-documented treatise, translated from the Sindhi original, provides a detailed account of the complex issues pertaining to
Published27 Aug, 202309:05am
What can three films based on the lives of Rudyard Kipling, T. E. Lawrence and Michael Collins tell us about notions of sacrifice?
Published29 Jul, 202307:11am
A compilation of 21 deeply moving short stories built on the events of Partition, by Pakistani and Indian writers, challenges...
Published25 Jun, 202305:15am
What is there to learn in Pakistan from the life and work of the late, celebrated French-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard?
Published23 Oct, 202207:17am
Activist, journalist and researcher, Akhtar Baloch, who passed away on July 31, will be remembered for the vast and well-doc...
Published28 Aug, 202204:25am
She has raised her voice against injustices to women, yet in the title of her book — Mujhe Feminist Na Kaho! — she literally
Published03 Jul, 202212:15pm
Covering the first eight decades of the 20th century, a book by the illustrious Muslim author from India is for readers who wish
Published22 May, 202211:09am
Activist Anis Haroon’s first book of Urdu poetry is interconnected with her earlier books of prose, and her life’s abiding...
Published06 Feb, 202207:04am
An excellent anthology of writers muses on what it means to be displaced from one’s origins and to be Sindhi outside in the...
Published14 Nov, 202107:13am
The Bodleian Libraries director writes a work of magisterial sweep to trace the history and motivations behind book-burning...
Published13 Jun, 202107:05am
