KARACHI/SLOUGH: ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’ Arundhati Roy steps into the realm of memoir with Mother Mary Comes to Me, an intimate exploration of love, loss, and legacy. Written in the aftermath of her mother Mary Roy’s passing in 2022, the book is expected to offer a deeply personal look …
KARACHI: It was 1966, when colour films were still a novelty, that Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky famously dismissed them as a “commercial gimmick.” For Tarkovsky, whose cinematic language flourished in the quiet, monochromatic worlds of Stalker and Nostalgia, the use of colour on screen was an extraordinary, almost otherworldly choice …
KARACHI: Shahram Azhar is somewhere between nostalgia and reinvention. He greets me over Zoom, with warmth and easy humour that feels like a balm for the slightly disjointed nature of online conversations. It’s the kind of interaction that carries a familiar tinge of the COVID lockdown yearshim in the UK, …
Listen to article In recent months, the revival of Pakistan’s steel mill industry has taken centre stage in discussions between the Sindh provincial government and the federal authorities. At the heart of this debate is the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), once a symbol of industrial strength and national pride, which has remained …
KARACHI: In one of the most iconic scenes from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Shah Rukh Khan teeters on the edge of every woman’s worst nightmare. His character, Raj, finds himself locked in a train compartment with Simran (Kajol). Simran is reserved, traditional, and decidedly uninterested in the charming yet …
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While social media thrived on hyper-surveillance and vitriol, cinema had a few delicate rebuttals KARACHI: 2024 was a strange year for women and their bodies. The Victoria’s Secret fashion show, scrapped in 2019 over a lack of diversity, plummeting ratings, and mounting criticism, returned without fanfare — or reflection. Its …
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The climate change debate in Pakistan revolves around fancy jargon, buzzwords, and donor-driven policies. Whether you comprehend it or not, it has become fashionable to talk about climate change. The government, civil society, and think tanks invented new slogans like “green transition,” “just green transition,” “electric vehicles for …
Listen to article KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has maintained its strong performance for the second consecutive year, posting an impressive growth of around 80%. In 2024, the benchmark KSE-100 index surged by almost 80% as on December 28, the market closed at 111,351 points. It indicated an impressive rise over the …
Pakistan faces numerous challenges in its tax system and revenue generation. These challenges include a narrow tax base, a complex tax structure, an undocumented economy, weak enforcement, political instability, and inconsistent policies. Each government attempts to address these issues according to its own priorities, but the focus remains primarily on …
KARACHI: When Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote White Nights in 1848, he captured the ephemeral glow of St Petersburg summers – a season where night is barely distinguishable from day, and emotions, like shadows, blur and extend. It’s a story of fleeting connection, unrequited love, and yearning for something just beyond reach. …
