PUBLISHED October 19, 2025 A nation’s cinema is supposed to question, to disturb, to inspire but ours has forgotten how. What we call “Pakistani film” today is neither from an industry nor an art form; it is a patchwork of overused faces, the same jokes, predictable stories, and borrowed glamour. …
PUBLISHED September 14, 2025 KARACHI: If you are a fan of American humour, and canned laughter, don’t read this. But if shows such as The Office (UK version 2001), Only Fools and Horses, and Derry Girls, Friday Night Dinner, Alan Partridge, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, Bless This House, Black …
PUBLISHED September 06, 2025 KARACHI: Over the past few years, Pakistan’s relationship with dogs has visibly evolved. In gated communities and urban enclaves, pet ownership has risen sharply. Social media is full of Labradors on patios, Huskies on driveways, and beagles in shopping carts. On the other hand, public spaces …
PUBLISHED September 06, 2025 PESHAWAR: shaam aae aur ghar ke liye dil machal uthe shaam aae aur dil ke liye koī ghar na ho [Evening falls, and the heart longs for home; Evening falls, and the heart has no home to return to] ~ Akhtar Usman Despite our love-hate relationship …
PUBLISHED August 31, 2025 KARACHI: Once upon a time, Pakistan Television was our Harvard, our poetry club, our moral compass, and our neighborhood gossip hub, all wrapped in one black-and-white broadcast. In the evenings, life came to a polite halt. We sat watching Baseerat in the evening, a religious starter, …
Muhammad Sufian, 8, admitted to Benazir Children Hospital Mardan (BCHM) with a high-grade fever, has taken different antibiotics for almost 24 days. “Before admission to BCHM,” shares Sufian’s father Aziz Ur Rehman. “My son was treated by local medical practitioners in clinics situated in Lundkhawar area of Mardan district, and …
PUBLISHED August 03, 2025 KARACHI: On July 24 2025, news broke out that professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan had untimely passed away at the age of 71, having suffered a cardiac arrest at his Florida residence. What followed, however, was a mixed reaction to the news. To put it mildly, …
PUBLISHED August 03, 2025 KARACHI: In a country where patients often arrive at hospitals only when their condition turns critical, where public health infrastructure remains chronically underfunded, and where even routine illnesses can become life-threatening due to delays, the cracks in Pakistan’s healthcare system are no secret. But while treatment …
PUBLISHED August 03, 2025 KARACHI: Some thirty years ago, as a newly-wed in London, it didn’t take me long to fall in love with the rows and rows of cookie-cutter houses in Wimbledon where I lived, the no-nonsense downpours [that instantly delighted my desi heart, the fish and chips shops …
PUBLISHED August 03, 2025 PESHAWAR/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: There was once a time when motherhood was stereotypically associated with a life of stagnation. The new mother’s life would revolve around caring for her child, with no room for personal or professional growth. In these times, breastfeeding, despite its challenges and constraints, …