Obituary: The man who redefined the Beralvi sect
Khadim Hussain Rizvi, the firebrand leader of the Tehreek Labaik Pakistan that quickly grew to define a growing religious pushback and made a habit of bringing major cities to their knees, has…
Obituary – Dean Jones
Big, burly, arrogant, and swashbuckling, cricket owes more to Dean Jones the batsman than it does to countless players with seemingly bigge names than his. As a limited overs batsman, his average…
Obituary – Nadeem A Mumtaz
LAHORE: The owner of Lahore’s iconic Fazaldin & Sons pharmacy on Mall Road and a stalwart of the city’s modern social milieu, Nadeem A Mumtaz, passed away of Covid-19 related complications early on…
Book review: Transgressions: Poems Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Transgressions, by Anjum Altaf, is a book of poetry that is a comment on the nature of translation more than anything else. This commentary is made all the more poignant since the…
Petition in SC seeks usage of dams fund to fight coronavirus
LAHORE: A constitutional petition filed in the Supreme Court (SC) demanded that the government should use the funds collected for the construction of dams to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country.…
Coronavirus outbreak: Govt asked to ensure basic income for all citizens
LAHORE: An open letter being circulated in influential circles is demanding the Pakistan government to ensure universal basic income during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to protect the interests of the poorest in…
Rest in Peace, Bloom Bardolator Brontosaurus
In the summer of 2018, a friend who was until then still majoring in English literature alongside me at the Lahore University of Management Sciences wrote to Professor Harold Bloom asking for…
Obituary – The magician is dead, but his magic lives on
Abdul Qadir, the legendary Pakistan leg spinner known for his mastery and perfection of the art of the googly, passed away here in Lahore of a cardiac arrest. He was 63. Qadir’s…
Trail-V khokhas go to court over demolition threat
An intra-court appeal has been filed on behalf of the licensee of Trail-V khokha. It is one of the 500 licensed khokhas (kiosks) in the city which are facing demolition. Earlier in…
Former PKLI director ‘devastated, hurt’ after finding name on ECL
LAHORE: The former medical director of the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI), Dr Amer Yar Khan, said he was “totally devastated, humiliated and frustrated” after finding out his name had been…
Nawaz’s medical reports tampered with, confirms Chugtai Lab
LAHORE: Chughtai Lab has confirmed that online medical records of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif were tampered with by “nefarious elements” that added insulting remarks to their lab report. Images, of what appeared…
Submit reply or face contempt, IHC tells PTA chairman
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has threatened the chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) with contempt of court after the body failed to submit a reply to a petition against the…
Finger on the trigger – Make way for Pandemonium
Lahore based poet Afshan Shafi, after her recent success with the launch of her ‘Quiet Women’ – a poetic collaboration with female visual and graphic artists from around the world –…
The question of the South Asian ‘matriarchate’
– Book review – Widows and Daughters: Gender, Kinship and Power in South Asia by Anna Suvorova On Friday simultaneous ‘Aurat Marches’ took place in major cities all over the country to…
Senate Committee gives nod to inheritance bill
The Senate Standing Committee on Law has unanimously approved a draft bill proposing uncontested inheritance matters be taken out of court jurisdiction and handed over to NADRA. In Tuesday’s hearing, the Committee…
Violence Against Women Centre staff not paid in 9 months
–Punjab govt promises outstanding salaries will be paid within a week The Punjab government has claimed that the issue of unpaid dues of the Pakistan’s only Violence Against Women Centre (VAWC), which…
Salman Butt will hurt PSL’s credibility
Salman Butt has done his time. By all accounts he is free to play the game, domestically or internationally. In fact, he has been piling up the runs in the domestic circuit,…