by Afrah Jamal

Every year an international gourmet festival is held at a local military college that features, among other things, the best of Pakistani cuisine including traditional fare from all four provinces. The event provides a platform where regional delicacies are promoted and diversity can be celebrated. The participants dress the part and proudly proclaim their heritage; […]

Described as an ‘agent of change’ and a shining example of “humanitarian Islam” by one author and hailed as a modern day “St Francis of Assisi” by another, the simply dressed old gentleman who sits unobtrusively in the front row is merely on a stopover before he runs off again to save some lives. Many […]

Described as an ‘agent of change’ and a shining example of “humanitarian Islam” by one author and hailed as a modern day “St Francis of Assisi” by another, the simply dressed old gentleman who sits unobtrusively in the front row is merely on a stopover before he runs off again to save some lives. Many […]

Uzma Aslam Khan is the author of critically acclaimed, award winning books like Trespassing and Geometry of God. Her new novel, Thinner than Skin goes off the beaten track for inspiration. A realm built upon incomprehensible layers of intrigue, violence, fairytales and legends provides the stage. People foraging for a lifeline become the props. And […]

“Gwendolen: I am engaged to Mr Worthing, mamma. Lady Bracknell: Pardon me, you are not engaged to anyone. When you do become engaged to someone, I, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as […]

The insider account by a former SEAL later used to prop up the raid sequence of Zero Dark Thirty fills in the dramatic details but a change in vantage point zooms in on the Pakistani equation. In less than a 100 pages, the author proceeds to tie up loose ends left over from the reams […]

“I like to appreciate the little things in life, like nuclear fusion….” — Madison Hatter On a pleasant February afternoon, a nuclear physicist calmly painted a chilling picture of what would happen in the event of a nuclear attack on our pretty little venue by the seaside. “O, we would be the lucky ones”, he […]

Demigod fans who bade farewell to Percy — (son of Poseidon) and the Olympian franchise — a few years ago must have wondered what the writer was up to as they came across a ‘final’ Prophesy conveniently left unresolved at the end of the saga. The Last Olympian concluded the five-part series wrapping up Percy […]

As Ourea looms into view, young Kara Magari, the only human in this fantasy realm is no longer a rookie, Braeden Drakonin is still a reluctant Heir, the trenches remain occupied and cases of intrigue have been dusted off for a re-match. Treason is the highly anticipated sequel to Lichgates, a YA (Young Adult) novel […]

Someone drops dead in a golf club. A malicious rumour mill kicks into action. A silent war brews somewhere in the Council. And because this is not a whodunit doling out cocktails of conspiracy at the door, there will be no big reveal at the end. J.K. Rowling’s latest book — ‘The Casual Vacancy’, uses […]