As youth-driven activism links consumption with ethics, many local alternatives are thriving by aligning themselves with progressive causes.
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The never-ending wedding season in The Smog has left an exhausted Butterfly seeking inspiration from the industriousness of
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‘My Parents Favour My Siblings Over Me’
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The tall and elegant flowering plant requires six hours of sunlight daily between dawn and the afternoon
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Celebrity boxing matches and ‘doping-legal Olympics’ are the increasingly
blurred line between sports and entertainment
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From Sui gas to fast bowlers and the environment, Pakistan’s approach towards its resources is one of extraction as
Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:06am
Age-old techniques are fused with modern sensibilities to striking effect at an exhibition that pays tribute to the everlasting
Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:06am
Elon Musk’s changes to Twitter and his political allegiances have made the platform less appealing to news publishers and
Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:06am
The overthrow of Basher al-Assad marks the demise of Ba’athism, leaving Syria’s future — and the fate of Arab anti-Zionism —
Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:06am
From Sui gas to fast bowlers and the environment, Pakistan’s approach towards its resources is one of extraction as
Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:06am
Age-old techniques are fused with modern sensibilities to striking effect at an exhibition that pays tribute to the everlasting
Published 12 Jan, 2025 07:06am
Water ‘tankers’ barrelling down the road are a common sight even in Karachi’s ‘posh’ areas, illustrating the greatest issue
Updated 05 Jan, 2025 12:10pm
From 1951 to 2006, to respond to the fast-changing social and economic environment, the planners of the city ...
Updated 05 Jan, 2025 11:57am
The Karachi Test match between England and Pakistan in 1969 has the dubious distinction of being the first one ever to be
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
The success of Pakistan’s street child football team in international tournaments created hope among the players of
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
Parthenium, or gajar booti, is a poisonous weed, which is widely used by florists and mostly ignored by farmers, with the majori
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
Two artists recently showcased their symbolically rich and narratively dense works of miniature art
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
City spaces should be designed in a manner that resonates emotionally and aesthetically with the citizens and reflects the ident
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
Western political scientists and academics are often quick to label nations such as China and Pakistan as being ‘on the
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
A visit to the famous Hafiz Fruit and Juice Corner in Lahore is more than just about freshly squeezed nectars…
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
‘I Can’t Move Forward from My Divorce’
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
The tall and colourful hollyhock will brighten up your garden, but the flower can take up to two years to be ready
Published 05 Jan, 2025 07:39am
Want to be on the ball and go into 2025 knowing exactly what’s cool, what’s trending and what to avoid? Eos offers its annual cheat sheet.
Published 29 Dec, 2024 08:19am
The news of the shooting that led to the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson resulted in so many
Published 29 Dec, 2024 07:31am
Records just couldn’t keep up with the speed at which they were being shattered in the Formula One 2024 season
Published 29 Dec, 2024 07:31am
Dr Zubair Khalid’s work on the Exascale Climate Emulator helped his team win the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize, making him the
Published 29 Dec, 2024 07:31am
Pakistani artist Naiza Khan has been named the 2025 Mittal Institute Distinguished Artist Fellow at Harvard, reflecting her in
Published 29 Dec, 2024 07:31am
Can the May 9, 2023 acts of violence in Pakistan also be classified as an attempt at a "self-coup"?
Updated 29 Dec, 2024 10:20am
From billionaire BFFs to galaxy-wide elections decided before votes are cast, here is a sacred blueprint for Cliftonia’s cosmic
Published 29 Dec, 2024 07:31am
‘My Loved Ones Think I’m Overconfident’
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All your gardening queries answered here…
Published 29 Dec, 2024 07:31am
In 1970, renowned Urdu poet and former civil servant, 40-year-old Mustafa Zaidi was found dead in his Karachi bedroom while the married socialite Shahnaz Gul, with whom Zaidi had been having an affair, was lying unconscious in the next room.
Updated 22 Dec, 2024 10:05am
Madressahs in Pakistan operate a parallel education system that mostly produces unemployable graduates and has often been linked
Published 22 Dec, 2024 07:08am
Securing the hosting rights to the 2034 FIFA World Cup is the crowning achievement of Saudi Arabia’s sports policy but it has
Published 22 Dec, 2024 07:08am
A first collection of short stories by a renowned academic fuses the absurd with realism and explores social layers of...
Published 12 Jan, 2025 08:43am
Set against the backdrop of gruesome murders in the late 1970s in bleak post-industrial Yorkshire, England, a rewarding debut...
Published 12 Jan, 2025 08:39am
A veteran journalist’s recollections document Pakistan’s political and social history, offering insight particularly into some...
Published 12 Jan, 2025 08:35am
Written around 1592, William Shakespeare’s play Richard III follows the reign of England’s infamous monarch and...
Published 12 Jan, 2025 08:30am
Bapsi Sidhwa, who passed away on December 25, was one of the pioneers of English novel writing in Pakistan and also one of its
Published 05 Jan, 2025 10:40am
An excellent translation into Pashto of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the lasting legacies of the late Qalandar Momand
Published 05 Jan, 2025 10:17am
Mani Shankar Aiyar is a human Wagah/Attari gateway, a tangible point of contact between two irascible neighbours — India and...
Published 05 Jan, 2025 10:10am
Our ace poet Ahmed Mushtaq writes: “Yeh hain naey loagon ke ghar, sach hai ab inn ko kya khabar/ Dil bhi kisi ka...
Published 05 Jan, 2025 09:58am
Shazaf Fatima Haider’s latest novel, about a woman contemplating divorce, delivers a bold and irresistible rollercoaster ride that
Published 29 Dec, 2024 09:13am
A well-researched book delves into the technological changes that are impacting the world’s socio-cultural landscape and what to
Published 29 Dec, 2024 09:08am
A coffee table book about pre-Partition postcards from the areas now part of Pakistan evokes nostalgia as well as preserves a part
Published 29 Dec, 2024 09:04am
Professor Abdur Rasheed, who retired as Urdu professor from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, is one of Urdu...
Published 29 Dec, 2024 08:56am
A book by a Nobel Prize winning molecular biologist about the biology of aging and death offers fascinating insight into the...
Published 22 Dec, 2024 10:36am
A coming-of-age novel about friendships, family dynamics and cultural pressures resonates with the South Asian migrant experience
Published 22 Dec, 2024 10:28am
A new collection of poems touching on themes of love, friendship, grief, loss, death, gratitude and the complexity of...
Published 22 Dec, 2024 10:25am
The history of that treacherous and devastating Indian insurrection of 1857 carved in South Asian Muslim memory as...
Published 22 Dec, 2024 10:19am
The true triumph of a debut novel inspired by real life political machinations from early 1990s Pakistan is in putting into
Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:24am
A slim but noteworthy book looks at the decline of Hindustani classical music in Pakistan and posits the reasons behind it
Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:23am
In a ninth installment of ‘Evergreens’ from his bookshelf, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi remembers books about wars that defined the
Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:23am
The novel from Sehbai proves once again that, for him, art is a continuum with no beginning and no end. Art keeps grow
Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:23am
