6 best cheesecakes to die for in Lahore
What could be more soul-soothing, stomach-filling, and convivial than a slice of cheesecake? Best cheesecakes to die for in Lahore. These are just a...
Racial profiling: Constructing the ‘violent Pashtun’ in our collective imagination
Racial power asymmetry is part of the popular global discourse that most people are familiar with. Only last month, Derek Chauvin—the police officer accused...
Broadsheet Saga: Two decades of incompetent decisions
On Monday, Mirza Shahzad Akbar Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Interior and Accountability shared the details of the judgements against Pakistan...
A timeline of the Kashmir conflict
1846
The State of Jammu and Kashmir is created under the Treaty of Amritsar when Maharaja Gulab Singh bought the Kashmir Valley from the East...
Who is Muhammad Ali Sadpara?
Muhammad Ali Sadpara takes his name from his birthplace, the Sadpara village of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region, located at the periphery of snow-clad Skardu. Sadpara,...
Jingle Bells: The Christmas Carol rooted in controversy
Jingle Bells - the tune that rolls off everybody's tongue during Christmas time. It seems like there was never a time when this song...
Kasur’s paedophilia nightmare
Kasur has been notoriously known for the sexual abuse of children.
It wasn’t long ago when the child pornography scandal from Kasur shocked the...
Why are Pakistani authors doing better in India?
With the third largest English-speaking population in the world, one would expect Pakistan to be teeming with novelists unravelling the threads of existence in...
Interview: What is happening with the CanSinoBIO vaccine in Pakistan?
State ministers and government officials have given conflicting dates for when the coronavirus vaccine will be available in Pakistan, with estimates ranging from as...
The Aurat March persists because it is driven by love
Now in its fourth iteration, the Aurat March continues to evoke myriad strong reactions before and after its commencement each year. This time, the...