The author is a freelance journalist based in Islamabad.
The SPSK Hall, a pioneering civic initiative that became a cultural and scientific landmark in the subcontinent, is now an erased chapter in...
Tariq Aziz Sindhu’s translation of Franz Kafka’s The Castle brings the Czech writer’s world to Urdu
Oral history of Partition captures the enduring ache for a lost land
Remembering Tek Singh who gave the central Punjab city its name
Iftikhar Bhutta was a dedicated writer and a champion of liberal thought
Taking a look at recent Punjabi anthologies by Muhammad Jawad and Shahzad Aslam
Jamil Athar Qazi’s journey through the history of Pakistan
Wo Kahan Gaye reaffirms Mazhar Mahmood Shirani’s credentials as a foremost sketch writer of his times
Syed Ghulam Ali aka Hero ran his iconic old bookshop in Anarkali for over five decades
Writer and researcher Zafar Hassan passed away on June 22 in Lahore
Seventy-one-year-old Muhammad Ikram allures passersby at the New Anarkali Chowk with a collection of flutes which he has made. He’s been in the...
Tariq Gujjar is exploring the many facets of partition in Punjab – one story at a time
A valuable addition to partition poetry
Mudassir Bashir is a prolific writer who has gained recognition due to his apt portrayal of Lahore and love for Punjabi
The two books published in one volume recently show Syed Anees Shah Jilani had a style of his own
With Mehr Jiwan Khan’s demise, we have not only lost a thoroughly professional bureaucrat but also an exceptional prose writer
Indian writer Abdullah Khan talks about his debut novel that he re-wrote at least six times in its entirety and the first few chapters at least...
Yasir Javvad is a freelance translator of books who calls it his passion
A compilation of Zamurrad Malik’s works, in an attempt to introduce future generations to his spellbinding literary persona
Urdu literature loses a critic, academic and author of considerable importance who left nearly a hundred books behind
