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THE NIGHT-BITTEN DAWN OF THE FATA MERGER

The 2018 merger was meant to provide equal rights to their citizens. Many of those promises remain unfulfilled 7 years on, with discontent rising.

Zia Ur Rehman Updated 25 May, 2025 02:07pm

NEIGHBOURS: ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’ AND ITS OPTICS

The dissonance between the cultural symbolism entrenched in the name of this operation and the more calculated nationalist narr

Sarayu Pani Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

MIGRATION: PERILS OF THE PROMISED LAND

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis sell everything for a shot at Gulf prosperity, only to find themselves trapped in

Munib Ali Daudpoto Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

SPORTS: THE GAMES POPES LOVE

From pulpit to pitch: Pope Francis used sport to get his message to a wider world — that could continue with baseball-loving Leo

Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

HEALTH: FEATHERS AND FATAL LUNGS

Across Pakistan, feeding pigeons is triggering a rare lung disease — one that leaves permanent damage — with doctors worried

Ahmad Bashir Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

EXHIBITION: THE BODY AS SPACE

Two contemporary artists explore the female body as both space and subject, thus charting a powerful course of reclamation and

Nimra Khan Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

ARTSPEAK: RESETTING THE MORAL COMPASS

The theatre of war in Gaza has exposed the moral bankruptcy of systems that once claimed to uphold human dignity.

Durriya Kazi Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

SMOKERS’ CORNER: MIDDLE CLASS INDIA'S IDENTITY CRISIS

Indian social media babbling about alpha males and the larger confusion result from a crumbling sense of security seeded by Modi’s "masculinised nationalism".

Nadeem F. Paracha Updated 25 May, 2025 10:28am

EPICURIOUS: STREET-STYLE FROM MEXICO

Mexican fast-food just got an upgrade, thanks to Karachi’s La Mexicana Dhaba... and, who knows, it could be the next big thing

Faisal Quraishi Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

ADVICE: AUNTIE AGNI

‘My Brother’s Addiction Is Ruining Our Family’

From InpaperMagazine Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

GARDENING: ‘WHY HAS MY CUBAN OREGANO STOPPED GROWING?’

All your gardening queries answered here…

Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

THE MADNESS OF MODI’S MEDIA

India’s mainstream media has traded fact for fantasy, devolving into a propaganda machine that espouses delusional narratives, endangers regional peace and erodes public reason.

Hasan Zaidi Updated 25 May, 2025 07:19pm

DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM CHINA ON ERADICATING POVERTY

While China has lifted nearly 800 million people out of poverty in the last seven decades, Pakistan’s poverty rate remains a

Dr Muhammad Ali Shaikh Published 18 May, 2025 07:52am

CRICKET: FROM UNDERDOGS TO CONTENDERS

Led by Fatima Sana, Pakistan’s women cricketers have defied expectations, qualifying for the World Cup in style. Now, the

Shahid Akhtar Hashmi Published 18 May, 2025 07:52am

EXHIBITION: PARADISE IN PARIS

The third iteration of an art show in Paris, which draws inspiration from the Shalimar Gardens, grappled with the relatio

Maroof Taj Published 18 May, 2025 07:52am

ESSAY: HOW A DREAM WAS TRANSFORMED

Born from Sufi and Bhakti traditions, Sikhism was India’s great interfaith experiment… until persecution and betrayals turned

Masood Lohar Published 18 May, 2025 07:52am

SMOKERS’ CORNER: INDIA'S FAILED GAMBIT

India was met with unexpected national unity, military pushback and global scrutiny — thus reshaping the regional narrative.

Nadeem F. Paracha Updated 18 May, 2025 12:20pm

NON-FICTION: Understanding the West’s racism

Pankaj Mishra’s latest book is a personal coming to terms with his pro-Zionist upbringing as well as the roots of the Western

Sahar Shehryar Published 25 May, 2025 05:25am

FICTION: What if you swapped lives?

A best-selling debut Young Adult novel from Korea weaves a fantasy that is grounded in reality, and which ultimately gently

Sara Danial Published 25 May, 2025 05:25am

NON-FICTION

A book by an accomplished trekker about his 10-day journey to the mountainous border of Pakistan with China is more erudite

Salman Rashid Published 25 May, 2025 05:25am

COLUMN: Nicky, Ling and the Chinese connection

November, 2023. On the top floor of the Shard, a very modern building near the Thames, there’s a prize-giving for...

Aamer Hussein Published 25 May, 2025 05:25am

NON-FICTION: LIVING TO TELL THE TALE

Zafar Masud, one of the only two survivors of PIA Flight 8303 that crashed in Karachi five years ago, has penned a first-person

Shazia Hasan Published 18 May, 2025 08:40am

FICTION: THE ROBOTIC LIFE

A sci-fi novel with a robot as a protagonist is a sarcastic commentary on human society and the futility of human ambition

Rehana Alam Published 18 May, 2025 08:35am

NON-FICTION: AROUND THE WORLD

A slim compilation of fascinating accounts of travels inside and outside Pakistan makes the reader feel like the author’s constant

Shahzad Hasan Updated 18 May, 2025 12:02pm

COLUMN: EXCAVATING NARRATIVES

In The Museum Detective, Maha Khan Phillips returns with a fast-paced archaeological thriller. Set in Karachi, the...

Claire Chambers Published 18 May, 2025 08:25am

THE ICON INTERVIEW: NAEEMA’s QUIET CONFIDENCE

Neema Butt only picks roles that mean something to her, resisting the urge to constantly be seen on TV, seems to have

Maliha Rehman Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

THE GRAPEVINE

No Music

PYT Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

STREAMING: LET LOOSE THE DOGS

Havoc is as close to action-vengeance cinema made by director John Woo and producer/director Tsui Hark as it gets

Mohammad Kamran Jawaid Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

CINEMASCOPE: DISHEVELLED DEHYDRATED DELIRIUM

Surf’s up: The Surfer, a new Aussie film by an Irish director and starring Nicolas Cage, is an absolute blast

Grace Russell Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

THE TUBE

Parwarish | ARY, Mon-Tues 8.00pm

Sadaf Haider Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

WIDE ANGLE: THE FOREIGN OF FILMS

Trump’s tariff threat to foreign films overlooks the value of multilingual cinema

Galle Planchenault Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

LIVEWIRE: A FLEDGELING TAKES FLIGHT

Even as she takes the reins of her father’s formidable fashion empire as the new CEO of The House of Amir Adnan, Parishae Adnan

Faisal Quraishi Published 25 May, 2025 05:03am

THE ICON INTERVIEW: ‘IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS STAY RELEVANT’

He debuted on film and was a national TV heartthrob in the 1980s. He was a superstar before social media existed. He innovated

Maliha Rehman Published 18 May, 2025 07:52am

COMPANY NEWS

Centre of Excellence inaugurated at UET Lahore

From InpaperMagazine Published 26 May, 2025 06:05am

CORPORATE WINDOW: New tax laws, old challenges

Despite performing relatively better than other provinces and showing steady improvement in revenue, Sindh’s own-source revenues

Afshan Subohi Published 26 May, 2025 06:05am

The need for policy repairs beyond tariffs

The country’s economy is expected to grow by 2.68pc in the current fiscal year — a revision from the earlier projected 3.6pc.

Jawaid Bokhari Updated 26 May, 2025 10:41am

Data points

Misplaced maths?

From the Newspaper Published 26 May, 2025 06:05am

Fed’s cost cutting measure

The US Federal Reserve has announced that it will slash staff by 10pc over several years to manage public resources...

From the Newspaper Published 26 May, 2025 06:05am

Growing value of anime

The global market for anime is expected to double from $31.2bn in 2023 to about $60bn by 2030, reports the Financial Times

From the Newspaper Published 26 May, 2025 06:05am

America’s deficits

The latest proposal of US President Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax-and-spending bill would increase budget...

From the Newspaper Published 26 May, 2025 06:05am

Losing Canadian tourists

Six in 10 Canadian adults say they are unlikely to travel to the US this year — and more than a third have already...

From the Newspaper Published 26 May, 2025 06:05am

The exams are over. Now what?

For most students, the exams are over, and for others, the long marathon is finally nearing its end. It’s that ...

Shahmeer Asif Published 24 May, 2025 05:43am

Mailbox

I’m a distressed A Level student who, like thousands across Pakistan, is exhausted, unheard and

From InpaperMagazine Published 24 May, 2025 05:43am

Spotlight

Mysterious Star Wars series in development

From InpaperMagazine Published 17 May, 2025 07:57am

The weekly weird

Vienna’s vegetable orchestra sets world record

From InpaperMagazine Published 17 May, 2025 07:57am

Story time: My journey through conflicts

Afew weeks ago, my four-year-old sister and seven-year-old brother were engaged in a brawl over my brother’s toy...

Behroze Maimoon Wander Published 24 May, 2025 05:43am

Poet's Corner

From InpaperMagazine Published 24 May, 2025 05:43am

Facts

If you’ve ever seen a clip of a large volcanic eruption, you might notice some flashes of lightning

From InpaperMagazine Published 24 May, 2025 05:43am

Story time: Being smart is not bad

“Ibrahim, you need to do better,” I heard the teacher tell Ibrahim as she started handing us our marked test...

Ahmed Irfan Qazi Published 24 May, 2025 05:43am