In 2015, a TV commercial of a prominent Pakistani company that produces packaged spice mixes became extremely popular. According to a report in the marketing magazine Aurora, all nature of companies began asking their advertisin...
Pakistan has a very rich and varied history, including but not limited to one of the oldest known settled societies, the Harappan Civilisation. However, the state of historical archives in the country at present does not seem to...
He sits in the narrow street between a tangle of tiny houses, a path so thin no two men could walk it side by side comfortably. Scrupulously, he sifts layers of sand with running water in a stainless steel parat [pan]. The profe...
LAHORE: A ticking time bomb of population growth threatens Pakistan, joining the league of the world's top five most populous countries, with a staggering 225 million people and counting. The repercussions are hitting hard, stra...
KARACHI: Climate change looms as a threat worse than ever. This year, as the monsoon draws near, the country gears up for another wave of floods. According to Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, there is a 72% cha...
KARACHI: An unprecedented variety of electronic devices and digital media available today have improved our lives in many ways, but not without concern. As technology transforms the way we live, our eyes are impacted the most. T...
The uncertainty regarding the dissolution of the assemblies has diminished considerably since the announcement in this regard by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. A dissolution before the end of the mandated five-year term will pro...
Many scholars, academics and political commentators are blaming former prime minister Imran Khan for the dramatic disintegration of his party – the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Others have argued that the powerful establishment h...
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid is faced with many predicaments – structural and circumstantial – as it gears up for the next elections. The incumbent government has recently announced that these will be held in accordance with...
In about three weeks, the current government will be added to the catalogue of Pakistan’s political history. It’s a painful chronicle wherein many politicians appear as puppets who only occasionally come alive through artifi...