The art of submission on December 20, 2018An exhibition titled, ‘Treasures of Islamic Arts’ in the National Museum of Karachi, at the Quran Gallery, includes more than 50 richly decorated manuscripts that span nearly a millennium, cover a vast area of the Islamic world and encompass an array of styles and formats, from simple sheets of parchment to large bound tomes. The […]
Fossil fuel free economy: a mirage in the desert on December 13, 2018When Pakistan made a safe bet on cheap coal in the Thar Desert to resolve its energy crisis, Thari people welcomed the move. They saw a spark in the darkness. But the former Chief Executive Officer of the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), Shamsuddin Ahmed Shaikh’s allegation that the Sindh government was not sincere […]