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Dr Naazir MahmoodThe News International |
November and December appear to be favourite months for cultural and literary festivals in the various cities of Pakistan: Islamabad Literary...
Hardly a month passed since the World Cultural Festival enthralled the denizens of Karachi when the Arts Council offered another fairly successful...
Pakistan has witnessed over 150 killings of journalists in the past 25 years, but that is hardly something that has ever bothered our successive...
ABS Jafri’s first book that I read was ‘Here lies India’, containing his columns about the India-Pakistan War of 1965. During and after the war...
Saeeda Gazdar’s short stories are not all about politics and repression; some are full of nostalgia and recall the pre-partition days. Her story...
Those who believe in progressive ideas are leaving us in quick succession. Rahat Saeed – one of the founders of the Irtiqa literary journal and a...
The Sindh Rawadari March held on October 13, 2024, was a landmark event, highlighting the refusal of the people of Sindh to accept any intolerant...
In my previous column ‘Psychology of colonialism’ (Oct 1, 2024), there were discussions on how colonialism affected the psychology of colonized...
Psychology is a neglected discipline in Pakistan as not many people are aware of their psychological issues and tend to downplay their importance....
Joseph Conrad was an exceptionally talented writer who emerged as a novelist and storyteller in the late 19th century. Born in Poland and fluent in...
In Pakistan, you are more likely to come across autobiographies of retired civil and military bureaucrats than from political activists and leaders....
For students of history and politics, perhaps it is better to begin with defining the concepts of the left wing and the right wing as they apply to...
In response to my article ‘What is parallel cinema?’ published in these pages on July 22, I received many emails from students of film studies...