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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MOTHER OF KARACHI

Karachi’s old city settlement of Lyari occupies a distinct place in the Pakistani (and now in the Indian) imagination, coloured

Arif Hasan Khadija Imran Hamna Syed Updated 10 May, 2026 08:44am

SOCIETY: NO CITY FOR THE POOR

They built Islamabad’s homes, cleaned its streets and raised its children. Now the city’s metropolitan authority is demolishing

Umar Bacha Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

TRIBUTE: READING MORRIS UNDER ZIA

Desmond Morris, who has died aged 98, was a zoologist, broadcaster, painter, public intellectual and best-selling author. Naazir

Dr Naazir Mahmood Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

Branded Content

K&N's SmartCooking Recipes: Creamy Tawa Wings with Boiled Rice

Creamy spiced combo wings cooked with tomatoes and aromatic spices served hot with boiled rice.

Pakistan’s first premium plug-in hybrid E-SUV officially hits the roads as Chery Master begins Tiggo 9 PHEV deliveries

This accelerated rollout is backed by the manufacturing strength, operational capability and over 60 years of industrial and automotive legacy of Master Group.

'Where Silence Falls and Survival Speaks': The last guardian of Gabral Valley

In the remote Hindu Kush, Gabral Valley empties each year as winter approaches, leaving behind only one man who stays to guard its frozen silence.

CRICKET: THE TOP STORIES OF PSL 11

After over five weeks of interesting clashes and fine performances from so many players, the Pakistan Super League 11 has

Muhammad Abu Bakar Farooq Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

HERITAGE: THE GHOSTS OF EWING HALL

A boys’ hostel in Lahore built more than 100 years ago and in continuous use until a few years ago now lies empty and forgotten…

Usama Malick Updated 10 May, 2026 08:49am

ARTSPEAK: DEFINED BY STYLE

Although the modern world is increasingly taken over by speed and standardisation, there are still faint glimmers of style serving

Durriya Kazi Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

EXHIBITION: STUDIES IN DUALITY

A recent exhibition in Islamabad combined precision and a sense of colourful spontaneity to striking effect

Cosima Jane Brand Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE AGE OF HYPERPOLITICS

Once anchored by ideologies and movements, politics is now increasingly performed through aesthetics and consumption,

Nadeem F. Paracha Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

ADVICE : AUNTIE AGNI

‘How Do I Repay A Family That Changed My Life?’

From InpaperMagazine Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

EPICURIOUS: HOW KOREAN WON KARACHI OVER

For years, live East Asian BBQ in Karachi was a novelty that couldn’t hold its audience. The question used to be: why would

Riffat Rashid Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

GARDENING: MOVING THE SUPER WHITE

Not all houseplants want constant attention. But when it needs to be repotted, the Super White likes a careful hand…

Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

THE MIDWIFERY CRISIS IN PAKISTAN

Behind Pakistan’s high maternal and infant mortality rates lies a fractured system, in which trained midwives are

Zofeen T. Ebrahim Updated 06 May, 2026 05:55pm

TRIBUTE: THE MAN WHO TAUGHT OTHERS TO SEE

Photojournalist Raghu Rai, who has died aged 83, did not just photograph India. He helped a generation of readers, editors

Shome Basu Published 03 May, 2026 08:15am

FOOTBALL: FIELDS OF PLAY

Four turf specialists from the US designed the playing fields for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever beginning in June

John N. Trey Rogers Jackie Lyn A. Guevara John Sorochan Ryan Bearss Published 03 May, 2026 08:18am

ENVIRONMENT: THE CARBON COST OF CONFLICT

From Kuwait’s burning oil fields in 1991 to Tehran’s blackened skies in 2026, war has always poisoned the planet. But as global

Faraz Khan Published 03 May, 2026 08:24am

EXHIBITION: WITNESS TO WAR

Through deceptively simple forms, Quddus Mirza’s latest work bridges the inner emotional world and the global theatre of violence

Nusrat Khawaja Published 03 May, 2026 08:33am

NON-FICTION: AFTER THE DOUBLE FAULT

Former tennis champion Boris Becker recounts his dramatic fall from grace and the lessons he learned behind bars in a new memoir

Omair Alavi Updated 10 May, 2026 08:55am

FICTION: SHADOWS OF THE PAST

Across time and space, four friends discover that the past is not something left behind — but something that shapes the present

Taha Kehar Updated 10 May, 2026 08:56am

NON-FICTION: WOMEN BUILDING COMMUNITIES

Across continents, Khoja Shia Ismaili women stitch together community, memory and belonging in this rich ethnographic account

Ella Hussain Updated 10 May, 2026 08:51am

COLUMN: JAUN ELIA’S JANUS FACE

In recent years, we have seen emerging on the literary horizon of the Urdu world a sustained Jaun Elia frenzy among...

Syed Nomanul Haq Updated 10 May, 2026 08:54am

NON-FICTION: THE SILENCE OF STATELESSNESS

A book of rare moral clarity and scholarly courage excavates the internment of over 80,000 Bengalis in Pakistan after the...

Tahir Kamran Published 03 May, 2026 09:11am

FICTION: STORIES TO SPEND TIME WITH

A collection of Urdu short stories gathers a cast of lively characters from rural Sindh, shaping stories that blur the line...

Syed Kashif Raza Published 03 May, 2026 09:00am

FICTION: DESCENT INTO HELL

After an academic adviser is blown up in a magical experiment, two of his students make a perilous journey to the underworld to

Nadya Chishty-Mujahid Published 03 May, 2026 08:57am

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: ‘NOVEL-WRITING MACHINES’

Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s 1984

Laura Beers Published 03 May, 2026 08:55am

THE ICON INTERVIEW: SEARCHING FOR IMPERFECTION

Actor, writer, producer and director Sheheryar Munawar is revelling in his ‘second innings’ on television. But he has strong...

Mamun M. Adil Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

CINEMASCOPE: NOT QUITE A THRILLER

Michael is a harmless, good enough film about a musical icon who didn’t care to be just ‘good enough’

Mohammad Kamran Jawaid Updated 10 May, 2026 09:16am

WIDE ANGLE: SHAKESPEARE WITHOUT BORDERS

Six non-English movies that have been adapted from William Shakespeare’s works that you might find enjoyable

Sarah Olive Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

THE TUBE

Teasers introduce us to a serious, practical female lead (Maya Ali), focused on her career after learning that life is not a...

Sadaf Haider Updated 10 May, 2026 09:21am

WIDE ANGLE: THE CELLULOID WORKER

Revisiting blue-collar, worker-centric films is not just an exercise in nostalgia, but a reminder of how Pakistani cinema once...

Muhammad Suhayb Updated 10 May, 2026 09:26am

WIDE ANGLE: BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL

From Fleabag to Vladimir, why is an age-old visual storytelling ploy becoming so common on our screens?

Alex Munt Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am

OVERHEARD

The people delivering our food and driving us around spend their entire day on the road. With petrol prices rising, things are...

From InpaperMagazine Updated 10 May, 2026 09:02am

THE GRAPEVINE

Emily Blunt is back in the news with the release of her film The Devil Wears Prada 2, in which she stars alongside Meryl Streep

PYT Updated 10 May, 2026 09:12am

Taxing the people — a messy structure

Lower, simpler taxes, with broader documentation, could generate stronger long-term revenues.

Nasir Jamal Published 11 May, 2026 07:31am

Stability as strategy in an energy crisis

Excessive tightening now could discourage investment, raise borrowing costs, and disrupt business activity, especially for smaller firms.

Dr Manzoor Ahmad Updated 11 May, 2026 10:30am

REER challenges and frozen exports

Successful exporting countries keep their currencies competitive while moving up the value chain

Ziad Bashir Published 11 May, 2026 07:31am

Shifting dynamics of power

A unit of currency in Shenzhen or Mumbai can mobilise far greater real resources than its equivalent in New York or London; this explains the growing economic confidence across Asia.

Mohiuddin Aazim Published 11 May, 2026 07:31am

Water crisis beyond scarcity

In many peri-urban and irrigated areas of Pakistan, nitrate concentrations exceed well beyond the WHO recommended limits.

Chaudhary Mohammad Ashraff Khalid Saeed Wattoo Updated 11 May, 2026 10:34am

Mango harvest in a bind

With the conflict in Iran and the Afghan border closed, many producers are turning away from the king of fruits.

Mohammad Hussain Khan Updated 11 May, 2026 07:55am

COMPANY NEWS

Solar financing solutions

From InpaperMagazine Published 11 May, 2026 07:31am

Reforms for investment-led growth

Investor confidence requires predictable policy, competitive taxation, and an environment that rewards success.

Dr Zeelaf Munir Updated 11 May, 2026 07:51am

How mothers are shaped

Some transformations are loud, others happen silently within. Becoming a mother is one of those journeys that begins long

Armeen Shahzad Published 09 May, 2026 08:21am

Mailbox

This is with reference to the article “From memories to meaning” by Urwa Waseem (YW, April 11).

From InpaperMagazine Published 09 May, 2026 08:21am

Poet's Corner

From InpaperMagazine Published 09 May, 2026 08:20am

Book review: Who Was William Shakespeare?

Ever wondered what made William Shakespeare so great that his work speaks even today, 400 years after his death?...

Omair Alavi Updated 10 May, 2026 08:56am

Wonder Craft: Mothers’ day card

As exams are still going on in many schools, most kids are dealing with a lot of stress and anxiety. Still, special...

The Crafter Published 09 May, 2026 08:16am

Pakistan Super League 11: King Babar finally ascends the throne

The eleventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has concluded in exciting fashion. And what a season it has...

Omair Alavi Published 09 May, 2026 08:15am

Environment: Turning concern into change

It’s obvious that as time passes, the weather is changing very rapidly and the intensity of the heat keeps...

Sarwasha Mairaj Published 09 May, 2026 08:15am

Focus: The hidden struggle of students

Deadlines, expectations and constant comparisons — for many students, stress is no longer occasional, it’s a daily routine

Muhammad Ibrahim Shafi Published 09 May, 2026 08:14am