The Crying Woman of TV: An inspirational history
The Crying Woman is a famous Pakistani TV actress. She has appeared in over a hundred TV plays in almost exactly the same role wit…
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Inside Army Public School, once upon a time...
Once you enter the gates of the school, there is a long straight road ahead of you, with a playground to the right of the road and…
16/12/14: Never forget
As condemnations from political leaders began to roll out (like paper does from a photocopying machine), one immediately felt that…
What have we left to fear for? We have already buried our sons Murtaza Haider
I wish I could say, We didnt see it coming. But that would be a lie. We saw it coming, but chose to ignore all the warnings until …
Mumbai attack 'mastermind' Lakhvi detained under MPO
ISLAMABAD: Alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi who was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court in …
5 awful responses to Sana Mirza’s harassment at the PTI rally
When a female journalist is reduced to tears for being hooted at, and having trash thrown at for covering a political rally, the a…
Pakistan's schools of sorrow
They began the day in their school uniforms, they ended it in burial shrouds. On the morning of December 16, 2014, it was exam tim…
In Karachi: Bombay, not Mumbai, meri jaan
Akhtar Balouch, also known as the Kiranchi Wala, ventures out to bring back to Dawn.coms readers the long forgotten heritage of Ka…
The Crying Woman of TV: An inspirational history
The Crying Woman is a famous Pakistani TV actress. She has appeared in over a hundred TV plays in almost exactly the same role wit…
Revisiting 1971: Fear, force, fury and a thin Bengali's smile
Most Pakistanis feel uneasy coming to terms with the reality that is Bangladesh. They hide themselves behind a shoddy narrative of…
