Indian Muslim men arrested over Hindu leader's doctored image
NEW DELHI: Indian police said Friday they had arrested two young Muslim men on charges of obscenity for posting a doctored image o…
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Of law and lore: Criminalising violence against women
Waris Shahs epic on Heers life and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoys documentary on Saba Qaisers plight are about two protagonists who have m…
Waseem Akhtar: The party man
Subversion is best practised subtly but when it is learnt and perfected in the streets of Karachi, it gets a brazen edge to it. Wa…
Achaari machli at Shakir Ali’s
More often than not, you learn more from mistakes made in the kitchen than from recipe books. Indeed, by following recipes slavish…
The ticket: Bachaana for the right reasons
Those expecting a lot from the movie are the ones who would be disappointed but not the average cinegoer who hasnt seen a clean en…
Portfolio: A landscape of my own
In Pakistan, the decade from 1985 to 1995 can be marked as the decade of annihilation and then resurrection from the sanctions tha…
Portfolio: A landscape of my own
In Pakistan, the decade from 1985 to 1995 can be marked as the decade of annihilation and then resurrection from the sanctions tha…
View from US: Affluenza, an all-time bug!
Whoever dies with the most toys wins the game! Consumer-crazed Americans live with this motto. Thirty years of teaching economics …
Travel: Amritsar: so near, yet so far
I have a day to spare in Lahore so I think the best way to spend it is to take a 24-hour trip to Amritsar. Thanks to a multiple en…
Smokers’ Corner: Once upon an ancient Karachi
Karachi is a complex creature. Pakistans largest city, it is also the countrys most diverse and pluralistic metropolis. But it is …
