Kitchen

By Banana Yoshimoto

Translated into Urdu by Khurram Sohail

Written in an engaging style, Kitchen comes across as a work of fiction that belongs in our social milieu. Banana Yoshimoto looks at the world with an unusual degree of sensitivity, and shows one how the ordinary kitchen can be one’s creative realm.


Angrezi Romanvi Shuraa ke Urdu Shairi par Asrat

By Nighat Naheed Zafar

Nighat Naheed Zafar picks an unusual theme for her research, and unravels the history of poetry from an unusual perspective. Her study involves delving into the influence of the Romantic poets on our indigenous Urdu poetry.


State of Human Rights in 2015

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

An annual publication by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, this book incorporates essential facts and figures. Widely regarded as a reliable source of data, the report covers a wide range of subjects.

Opinion

Editorial

Controversial timing
Updated 05 Oct, 2024

Controversial timing

While the judgment undoes a past wrong, it risks being perceived as enabling a myopic political agenda.
ML-1’s prospects
05 Oct, 2024

ML-1’s prospects

ONE of the signature projects envisaged under the CPEC umbrella is the Mainline-1 railway scheme, which is yet to ...
No breathing space
05 Oct, 2024

No breathing space

THIS is the time of the year when city dwellers across Punjab start choking on toxic air. Soon the harmful air will...
High cost of living
Updated 04 Oct, 2024

High cost of living

There will be no let-up in the pain of middle-class people when it comes to grocery expenses, school fees, and hospital bills.
Regional response
04 Oct, 2024

Regional response

IT is welcome that Afghanistan’s neighbours are speaking with one voice when it comes to the critical issue of...
Cultural conservation
04 Oct, 2024

Cultural conservation

THE Sindh government’s recent move to declare the Sayad Hashmi Reference Library as a protected heritage site is...