BOOKS IN BRIEF

Published November 4, 2018

Clifton Bridge: Stories of Innocence and Experience from Pakistan
Irshad AbdulKadir

A collection of 10 short stories of life in Pakistan, particularly Karachi, told with easy familiarity, whether they be about the shopkeepers of Empress Market, bureaucratic misdeeds or unlikely love.

Visions Unveiled: Worldview of Allama Iqbal
Khurram Ali Shafique

A coffee-table presentation of Pakistan’s national poet, comprising select verses of his poetry with translations in English and commentary by the author, a known scholar of Iqbal’s life and works.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, November 4th, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

Military convictions
Updated 22 Dec, 2024

Military convictions

Pakistan’s democracy, still finding its feet, cannot afford such compromises on core democratic values.
Need for talks
22 Dec, 2024

Need for talks

FOR a long time now, the country has been in the grip of relentless political uncertainty, featuring the...
Vulnerable vaccinators
22 Dec, 2024

Vulnerable vaccinators

THE campaign to eradicate polio from Pakistan cannot succeed unless the safety of vaccinators and security personnel...
Strange claim
Updated 21 Dec, 2024

Strange claim

In all likelihood, Pakistan and US will continue to be ‘frenemies'.
Media strangulation
Updated 21 Dec, 2024

Media strangulation

Administration must decide whether it wishes to be remembered as an enabler or an executioner of press freedom.
Israeli rampage
21 Dec, 2024

Israeli rampage

ALONG with the genocide in Gaza, Israel has embarked on a regional rampage, attacking Arab and Muslim states with...