Irfan Aslam

Footprints: Nothing to come home to

Fear, smell of burnt plastic and metal hang over neighbourhood; resident says 25 places of worship ransacked; valuables burnt, looted. Updated 18 Aug, 2023 07:56am

The fall of neglected gurdwara in border village

The historical gurdwara was stated to be related to Baba Guru Nanak. Updated 18 Jul, 2023 09:30am

Speakers point out fault lines in the body politic

Advocate dialogue among political parties to end crisis Published 28 May, 2023 07:01am

The story of downfall of classical music in Pakistan

LAHORE: Musicologist and author of books on music Ustad Pervez Paras pointed out the reasons for the downfall of... Published 21 May, 2023 07:06am

FICTION: LOVE AND ITS DELUSIONS

Athar Tahir returns to fiction with a debut novel about an ageing bureaucrat falling in love with a much younger Thai woman Published 14 May, 2023 08:17am

Athar Tahir – his journey from writing poetry to novel

Poet and short story writer Athar Tahir has come up with a novel as he expands his literary oeuvre in English... Published 14 May, 2023 06:57am

Sher-i-Mysore – revisiting the legend of Tipu Sultan

LAHORE: Tipu Sultan was killed during the Battle of Seringapatam or Siege of Seringapatam on May 4, 1799. A play,... Published 07 May, 2023 07:09am

Rationale of Lahore Biennale’s spotlight on ecology

LAHORE: The curator of the third edition of the Lahore Biennale (LB03), John Tain, says there are urgent reasons for... Published 18 Apr, 2023 07:03am

Gandhara reveals love, life, and belongings

LAHORE: The Lahore Museum is hosting the exhibition “Love, Life, and Belongings,” which features the works of... Published 20 Mar, 2023 07:02am

Women’s resistance against British colonisers and Montgomery district

LAHORE: Dr Saudul Hasan Rohela, in his lecture on “female resistance against colonialism during the War of Independence of 1857, Published 19 Mar, 2023 07:15am

Role of Lahore in 1857 War of Independence

LAHORE: An attempt has been made to dispel the common impression that Punjab welcomed the foreign invaders and... Published 19 Mar, 2023 07:15am

Real estate is ‘parking lot’ of untaxed money: former FBR chief

Calls for removing DHAs from the real estate business. Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:57am

‘67pc of youth want to leave Pakistan, climate change causing deaths’

Shocking facts shared in two-day EconFest that kicks off at Alhamra. Published 12 Mar, 2023 07:15am

INTERVIEW: ‘TO WRITE A GOOD BOOK, YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED TO START AGAIN’ — SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA

Sri Lankan novelist Shehan Karunatilaka won the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, about a mu... Published 05 Mar, 2023 07:13am

What makes a great novel?

LAHORE: Four novelists from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Somali Land, all renowned in their own way, got together in a... Published 27 Feb, 2023 07:04am

The story of Queen Victoria and her Indian confidant Abdul Karim

LAHORE: Indian journalist and historian Shrabani Basu, the author of Victoria and Abdul: the True Story of Queen’s... Published 27 Feb, 2023 07:04am

Will Afghan cultural heritage survive under Taliban rule?

LAHORE: Uzbek musicologist and cultural anthropologist Razia Sultanova said that before the Taliban, there were ... Published 27 Feb, 2023 07:04am

Of writings and writers from Africa

LAHORE: Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah says that in the 1980s, most of the writers were not writing about the ... Published 26 Feb, 2023 07:04am

Translation of Punjabi book and ‘Punglish’

LAHORE: Punjabi writer Nain Sukh said that after the Partition when Urdu was being promoted along with English, the... Published 26 Feb, 2023 07:04am

Abdulrazak Gurnah talks about memory and migration as LLF opens doors to literati

Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah opens the LLF with his keynote address, talking about memory, nostalgia, migration, and refugees. Published 25 Feb, 2023 06:56am