Category: Pakistan

Talking Points: ‘Why Pakistan’s Economy Keeps Collapsing’

Irshad Salim, Karachi: My take on the vlog shared by a member at the Back2School…

The Irani Cafes of Karachi

Mishal Zahoor Jamali at Medium: Stepping into High Ceiling and dimly lit Irani cafes with…

Javed Jabbar: Individuals, More Than Institutions?

Published in the May 20204 Issue of South Asia Magazine: While the well-established view about…

Shikarpur’s Balconies and Brackets

by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro at Youlin Magazine: I have been documenting Shikarpur’s cultural heritage since…

‘Human Beings are Pure Evil’: Dog Thrown From Balcony in Karachi Sparks Outrage

by Images Staff: Stray animals are rounded up and killed en masse on a routine…

“Scars of Conflict Are Deeper and Longer Lasting”

Irshad Salim, Karachi: An infographic (below) shows the intense impact of conflict in Middle East…

Mehdi Hasan: I First Interviewed Imran Khan Back in 2010. But Never Before Have I Interviewed Him Like This.

Mehdi Hasan at Zeteo: I first interviewed Imran Khan back in 2010, in print, for…

Points to Ponder

Talking Points from an editorial in Dawn: –Pakistan is in a debt trap.–It must borrow…

From Boom to Bust: 3 Graphs of Interest

How things were going for Pakistan during the period 1960 thru 1991 (30 years). And…

Vichch Pulase (Which Place)

Habib Khan, Quetta: More than twenty years ago, I was returning from a short trip…

Call for Ban on Rs5,000 Banknotes

–The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce (OICCI) has called for a ban on Rs5,000 banknotes…

Learning a Language Involves the Body, Not Just the Brain

Michael Erard in the European Review of Books: Language as self, language learning as magic,…