Bestselling Pakistani fiction in 2020
With unprecedented amounts of time away from work, the global community found itself moving towards reading in an attempt to distract themselves from pressures...
Jostling for pole position; five new entrants in Pakistan’s crowded auto industry
2020 was not a good year for most. Economies collapsed, major corporations fell into bankruptcy and thousands of people lost their jobs as a...
New provinces: Unfulfilled promises
Pakistan happens to be a federation with constitutionally mandated power-sharing arrangements between the state and provinces. Diversity in the country is such that countless...
An end unto itself: The politics of Pakistan’s Indie music
Indie musicians in metropolitan Pakistan sing predominantly in English, a choice that is often scoffed at by flagbearers of patriotism and egalitarianism, who tend...
Former IBM Executive Amer Hashmi appointed as Chairperson for Special Technology Zones Authority
Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Amer Ahmed Hashmi as Chairperson for the Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA), according to a notification issued by the cabinet division on...
MG Motor introduces new SUVs, MG-HS, MG-ZS in Pakistan
KARACHI: Taking benefit of government's Auto Policy 2016-21, Morris Garages (MG Motors) is planning to start local production of its three SUVs, MG-HS, MG-ZS...
A hub of tourism on the banks of Ravi
The once mighty Ravi river - whose banks upheld Takht-e-Lahore in bygone ages – is barely a landmark in the sprawling city now; gracing...
“You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to...
Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah's speech before the first constituent assembly of Pakistan in 1947 serves as the keystone on which the structure of the...
Biden and Pakistan: An extensive past, an uncertain future
No one knew, in October 2008, why then-President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari awarded the Hilal-e-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan) to then-US Vice President Joe...
Between a talk and a hard place: The naivety of Ishaq Dar
In a country that is seldom united by interests outside of food, cricket, and nationalism, drawing rooms and internet timelines on Tuesday echoed with...
