A debut novel by a Pakistani civil servant, based on the realities of Pakistani society, has hints of autobiographical details...
Published03 Nov, 202410:33am
A retiree’s recollections of the many different aspects of the Karachi that was and is, along with the inhabitants of this city
Published08 Sep, 202409:41am
A slim, debut collection of Urdu short stories and pen sketches is a smooth and pleasurable read, bereft of abstruse vocabulary...
Published11 Aug, 202409:16am
A play about campus politics shines a light on how conflicts are resolved by the various political parties active among the...
Published28 Jul, 202408:32am
An anthology of Qurratulain Hyder’s selected works translated in English is a good introduction to the doyenne of Urdu literature
Published23 Jun, 202409:47am
The author of Pearls and Shards, Iftikhar Malik, is an eminent academic. Now Professor Emeritus at Bath Spa University, he taught
Published09 Jun, 202409:05am
A French journalist pens a novel about Pakistan which, surprisingly for a Western writer, presents a sympathetic view of the...
Published21 Apr, 202410:51am
A collection of Urdu short stories lifts the curtain and reveals for us the lives of ordinary people in India, especially its...
Published31 Mar, 202409:08am
Despite numerous shortcomings in terms of language, a meticulously researched book paints a comprehensive picture of the violence
Published17 Mar, 202408:25am
A new book gathers in one place important and interesting information on Karachi’s first planned neighbourhoods — Nazimabad...
Published14 Jan, 202408:59am
A collection of personal accounts of Sindhi Hindus, who had to uproot from their homeland after 1947 and replant themselves in...
Updated05 Nov, 202309:32am
The latest bestselling novel from a Canadian author comes across almost as a beach read, but it is a page-turner that provokes...
Updated11 Apr, 202311:01am
A much-praised novel by Katie Kitamura does not disappoint, its writing restrained, understated and subtle, yet packing a big
Published22 Jan, 202308:58am
A debut novel by a young Pakistani author is an eminently readable book about uncomfortable topics and a very good addition to
Published26 Jun, 202211:40am
An Urdu translation of a 1,100-year-old Japanese novel by a woman courtier, considered the first novel ever written, is a tale...
Published20 Feb, 202207:03am
