Media Watch: The three gr8 l3drz versus the media
Alongside the rather unfair comparison with Donald Trump, Imran Khan is also compared to the guy next door. But if we say these are unfair comparisons, why do we say so? Those…
Alongside the rather unfair comparison with Donald Trump, Imran Khan is also compared to the guy next door. But if we say these are unfair comparisons, why do we say so? Those…
19/03/18: After a game of cat and mouse, Amir Liaquat Hussain finally joins the PTI. Hussain actually attends the presser arranged by Imran Ismail, where he appears next to Chairman Imran Khan,…
Men like Sikander have been driving taxis for much of their adult life and know no other work. Some live in small servant quarters with their wives, who work in the houses.…
“There is a yearning to see a new crop of artistes who can take music forward. For that crowd, PBOTB kills it.” Coke Studio has over time become the Pete Sampras of…
Of the three Eid-ul-Azha releases, which also included Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 and Parwaz Hai Junoon, Load Wedding was perhaps the hardest to categorise. JPNA 2 was of course a sequel,…
History never dies; it just goes into hibernation to come to fore with the discovery of new historical evidence or different perspective. The 24th International History Conference organized by the History Department…
Of course. Of course our man Waj Bro is a ladies’ man. Of course he is. What woman could possibly resist the charms of this Greek diety? This man of words whose…
We’re a nation obsessed with mileage. Every conversation at a car showroom, or a used car dealership, or the awkward meeting resulting from some to-and-fro on Pakwheels or OLX, has to feature…
Book review: Kohinoor: The story of the world’s most infamous diamond The Koh-I-Noor. It has been a symbol of the British crown for over 150 years. The crown jewel of the crown…
The releases lined up on Eid-ul-Azha were significantly better on paper as compared to what was on offer at Eid-ul-Fitr. However, given the string of disasters that Lollywood served two months ago,…
A phone call has been the subject of feverish debate on the mainstream media. The call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to newly-inaugurated PM Imran Khan, felicitating the latter upon…
“A lie can travel halfway across the world, while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” Though always true, the above statement (ironically enough, falsely attributed to Mark Twain) has never…
Revisiting the sad, sombre tales by two masters of Urdu fiction in times brimming with hope and excitement ‘Everything popular is wrong.’ In our land, these words by Oscar Wilde haunt few…
At the end of a trail 3300 meters above sea level, nestled between the mountains and forests of Diamer in Gilgit Baltistan, lies a small patch of serenity. The journey, for…
. . . but they’re not poles apart either You would have seen it by now. Trevor Noah, the South African comedian who heads Comedy Central’s Daily Show after being handpicked for…
There is something alluring about dams that is quite firmly affixed on our national imagination. I learnt at school that Tarbela was the largest earth-filled dam in the world much, much before…
There is always a war of attrition between politicians and their security detail. The latter want too much, the former want as little as possible. That is the truth. It might not…