Humair Ishtiaq
JOHANNES Gutenburg’s letterpress printing machine in Germany in 1450 may not be an appropriate parallel to the...
Published 07 Sep, 2014 06:21am
THE debate over the literary status of interviews is very much alive, with equally forceful arguments available on...
Published 27 Apr, 2014 06:28am
With almost half a century of professional work behind him, Raza Ali Abedi had a lot to talk about
Published 16 Feb, 2014 08:17am
Pakistani Urdu literature continues to be dominated by the three Husains — Mustansar, Abdullah and Intizar
Published 16 Feb, 2014 08:17am
THE moment writer, chronicler and poet Aqeel Abbas Jafari started reciting his poetry about na-maloom afrad the...
Published 16 Feb, 2014 08:17am
“Poetry is not an affidavit, so don’t hold it against the poet … any poet”
Published 16 Feb, 2014 08:17am
WHILE the focus had to be on the usage — or abusage — of language by the national media, it was perhaps a sign ...
Published 08 Dec, 2013 08:24am
Does a period of 65 years represent a substantial period in a nation’s life? Not at all … it is but a miniscule...
Published 10 Nov, 2013 07:59am
Hand it to Imran Khan for having the cause of the poor close to his heart. It is not for nothing that he wants to...
Published 03 Nov, 2013 07:49am
Long after the Asian Tigers — the globally acknowledged ones, that is — themselves got tamed by the vagaries of...
Published 27 Oct, 2013 06:27am
Merit apparently has a charmed life … at least in Pakistan. Every now and then one scribe or the other, one ...
Published 20 Oct, 2013 08:44am
The students of yore have become teachers of today. So? You can’t do much about it, can you? However, if you ...
Published 13 Oct, 2013 07:37am
During a recent class discussion at a public-sector university students were asked to identify the country’s...
Published 06 Oct, 2013 07:59am
First the bad news: four Pakistani universities have gone down in global ranking of 800 institutions of higher...
Published 29 Sep, 2013 07:29am
The government, you must have heard, is said to be actively considering a new city across the Margalla Hills, which...
Published 22 Sep, 2013 09:24am
Picking up the thread from where we had left last week, let’s continue with Sindh government’s supposed and...
Published 15 Sep, 2013 09:02am
The state of education — or rather the management of education — being what it is across the country, there is...
Updated 08 Sep, 2013 08:34am
In six previous attempts at the Trophy Pakistan has not done much to remember and excite the current lot to emulate.
Published 02 Jun, 2013 05:14pm
THE lopsided election campaigns in Punjab and elsewhere did spend much time on how revolutions of all shades, hues and varieties are just about ready and rearing to transform the nation inside out and upside down.
Published 12 May, 2013 05:06am
THERE has never been a shortage of domains to apply the ‘Punjab versus the rest’ argument in the national...
Published 11 May, 2013 08:56am
