From TikTok weddings to medical school farewells, the dancing gorilla has gone from viral gag to cultural fixture.
Updated 26 May, 2026 02:30pm
Born with a hearing impairment into a family of limited means, Muhammad Affan was written off early. Today, he holds in his name
Updated 28 May, 2026 02:53pm
Recognised among the world’s top 50 schools for teacher development, Karachi’s VM Public School is challenging assumption
Published 24 May, 2026 06:57am
Amna Rahman’s striking artworks capture women within spaces shaped by labour, surveillance and masculine power
Published 24 May, 2026 06:57am
From censored newspapers to rewritten textbooks and renamed cities, individuals, states and empires reshape the past to
Published 24 May, 2026 06:57am
Changing dynamics within the country and in the region are pushing Pakistan towards a different imagination of itself — as the modern inheritor of the ancient Indus civilisation.
Updated 24 May, 2026 10:05am
From Tibetan trade routes to the bustling streets of Kathmandu, the humble momo has travelled across borders and generations…
Published 24 May, 2026 06:57am
‘I Want To Be A Lawyer But My Parents Don’t’
Published 24 May, 2026 06:57am
Kitchen gardening requires surprisingly few resources — just a little space, daily care and the right set of beginner-friendly
Published 24 May, 2026 06:57am
Through a kaleidoscope of colourful and complex characters and intersecting stories, Daniyal Mueenuddin’s debut novel captures
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
The Higher Education Commission was created to power Pakistan’s transformation into a knowledge-based economy,
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
Nadeem Khalid recounts a sailing trip which took him to the mountains of Musandam at the mouth of the Strait of
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
Excitement is missing in the build-up to the upcoming Fifa World Cup. The changed format, the US disconnect from football,
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
Pakistan does not need to invent mediation. It needs to stop treating it as a peripheral remedy and start using it early, before
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
Four captivating artworks by Michelle Farooqi explore not only the changing seasons but also the gradual shaping of memory
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
The rise of Nigel Farage and Reform UK demonstrates how modern populists are constructed through strategic narratives of decline, grievance and cultural anxiety.
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
‘Should I Marry to Keep Peace in the Family?’
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
With its milky-white leaves and slow growth, the Super White thrives on a delicate balance of indirect light, minimal watering
Published 17 May, 2026 08:07am
What do chartered accountants, retired marketing executives, podcasters and ‘the Doland’ have in common? In the Republic
Updated 17 May, 2026 09:47am
Karachi’s old city settlement of Lyari occupies a distinct place in the Pakistani (and now in the Indian) imagination, coloured
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:44am
They built Islamabad’s homes, cleaned its streets and raised its children. Now the city’s metropolitan authority is demolishing
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
Desmond Morris, who has died aged 98, was a zoologist, broadcaster, painter, public intellectual and best-selling author. Naazir
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
After over five weeks of interesting clashes and fine performances from so many players, the Pakistan Super League 11 has
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
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…
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:49am
Although the modern world is increasingly taken over by speed and standardisation, there are still faint glimmers of style serving
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
A recent exhibition in Islamabad combined precision and a sense of colourful spontaneity to striking effect
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
Once anchored by ideologies and movements, politics is now increasingly performed through aesthetics and consumption,
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
‘How Do I Repay A Family That Changed My Life?’
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
For years, live East Asian BBQ in Karachi was a novelty that couldn’t hold its audience. The question used to be: why would
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
Not all houseplants want constant attention. But when it needs to be repotted, the Super White likes a careful hand…
Published 10 May, 2026 08:15am
Behind Pakistan’s high maternal and infant mortality rates lies a fractured system, in which trained midwives are
Updated 06 May, 2026 05:55pm
Photojournalist Raghu Rai, who has died aged 83, did not just photograph India. He helped a generation of readers, editors
Published 03 May, 2026 08:15am
Four turf specialists from the US designed the playing fields for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever beginning in June
Published 03 May, 2026 08:18am
From Kuwait’s burning oil fields in 1991 to Tehran’s blackened skies in 2026, war has always poisoned the planet. But as global
Published 03 May, 2026 08:24am
Hakim blends the Sanskrit names, the Persian terms and the Hindustani idiom in such a way that the translation reads like a
Published 24 May, 2026 08:13am
An Urdu book about Karachi contains a treasure of historical facts about the metropolis and has nostalgia woven into every line
Published 24 May, 2026 08:13am
A debut collection blends Pakistani folklore, supernatural beings and psychological dread into engrossing and suspenseful horror
Published 24 May, 2026 08:13am
An extraordinary collaboration between an art curator and an artist transforms the humble Urdu qaida into a work of art — one
Published 24 May, 2026 08:13am
A novel blends suspense, trauma and Sufi philosophy into an ambitious thriller that is marred by an inconsistent style
Published 17 May, 2026 08:09am
In her recently published memoir, the multi-talented Salima Hashmi reflects on her famous family, loss, art, activism
Published 17 May, 2026 08:09am
The algorithm that through various combinations of variety and chance puts together the universe of books one finds...
Published 17 May, 2026 08:09am
An unauthorised biography of the former Duke and Duchess of York attempts a sweeping exposé of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Published 17 May, 2026 08:09am
Former tennis champion Boris Becker recounts his dramatic fall from grace and the lessons he learned behind bars in a new memoir
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:55am
Across time and space, four friends discover that the past is not something left behind — but something that shapes the present
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:56am
Across continents, Khoja Shia Ismaili women stitch together community, memory and belonging in this rich ethnographic account
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:51am
In recent years, we have seen emerging on the literary horizon of the Urdu world a sustained Jaun Elia frenzy among...
Updated 10 May, 2026 08:54am
A book of rare moral clarity and scholarly courage excavates the internment of over 80,000 Bengalis in Pakistan after the...
Published 03 May, 2026 09:11am
A collection of Urdu short stories gathers a cast of lively characters from rural Sindh, shaping stories that blur the line...
Published 03 May, 2026 09:00am
After an academic adviser is blown up in a magical experiment, two of his students make a perilous journey to the underworld to
Published 03 May, 2026 08:57am
Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s 1984
Published 03 May, 2026 08:55am
A collection of essays takes aim at the pursuit of limitless growth, the constant drive to master nature and the expanding...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:43pm
A debut collection of 24 Urdu short stories by a medical practitioner and academic are thought-provoking and wise observations...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:38pm
A collection of personal sketches of renowned figures from history and current times in Urdu encourages readers not just to...
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:32pm
On an unseasonably cold November night in 2022, a pain, a dull burn, gripped my chest in what felt like a constriction, an uneasy
Published 26 Apr, 2026 12:18pm
