Humair Ishtiaq
THE questions were simple. Why is it that the MDGs – which focus solely on the social sector – failed so...
Published 13 Sep, 2015 06:50am
In his moonlit prose, Mustansar Hussain Tarar has touched on themes that define life in present-day Pakistan
Published 18 Jul, 2015 07:57am
Blending history and storytelling, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s latest offering has kept up with his tradition of producing
Published 31 May, 2015 06:46am
Nobody knew what made him so restless; colleagues used to laugh it off as a meaningless mystery and he shared the laugh.
Published 29 Apr, 2015 05:03pm
In his latest collection titled Lava Javed Akhtar’s poetry is a victory of art over craft
Published 26 Apr, 2015 07:43am
Asghar Nadeem Syed’s latest anthology of poems is thought-provoking and open to interpretation
Published 12 Apr, 2015 07:25am
Mid-Wicket Tales traces the evolution of Test cricket
Published 29 Mar, 2015 06:47am
THEY take to the streets for the independence of Judiciary. They take to the streets for ending financial corruption...
Updated 22 Mar, 2015 11:41am
The book’s absolute silence on the American policy of promoting militancy is something that will put a few readers off
Published 15 Mar, 2015 06:35am
THE KLF moved this year in newer directions in a legitimate attempt to keep itself relevant. Social media and even...
Published 15 Feb, 2015 07:17am
THE sessions with Zehra Nigah and Kishwar Naheed had as many similarities as they had differences. For one thing,...
Published 15 Feb, 2015 07:17am
TARAR, travels and travails go together. They have been doing that for almost half a century now, producing a horde...
Published 01 Feb, 2015 06:14am
THE August 11 speech by Mohammad Ali Jinnah is one of the most quoted and interpreted pieces of history in Pakistan...
Published 04 Jan, 2015 06:23am
HERMITS have their own world, their own sense of perception and expression, and, indeed, their own interpretation of...
Published 14 Dec, 2014 06:39am
EVERY time Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, the wordsmith par excellence, penned a book, he came, he saw and he conquered. This...
Published 16 Nov, 2014 06:20am
THE 7th Urdu Conference started with a big bang. At the opening ceremony, there were people all over the place. Even...
Published 27 Oct, 2014 02:19pm
KEEPING Urdu alive in an age promoting a homogeneous — and, indeed, humongous — culture is quite a challenge. If...
Published 27 Oct, 2014 02:19pm
SESSIONS in memoriam are generally meant to relive the lives of people who were able to give some meaning to the...
Published 27 Oct, 2014 02:19pm
THERE is always a latent touch of Mantoesque idiom that runs underneath almost everything that Mustansar Hussain...
Published 27 Oct, 2014 02:19pm
TO say that the appeal of Ghalib is timeless is to say the obvious. Indeed it is a ranked understatement. Ghalib’s...
Published 20 Oct, 2014 02:34pm
