Call for Ban on Rs5,000 Banknotes
–The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce (OICCI) has called for a ban on Rs5,000 banknotes to prevent currency circulation… –OICCI has also suggested making the national tax number (NTN) mandatory
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, the mortifications of the flesh: these themes run through The Centre, a debut novel by British-Pakistani
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Kabab
A WhatsApp Share: The Ottoman Empire’s soldiers were given meat loaves and spices by their wives before they step out to fight battles. These soldiers would cut them into very
Gas From Iran
The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline is of paramount importance for the rulers, as the lives and livelihoods of over 240 million Pakistanis are tied to this fuel–finding a solution is top
Portrait of Artist Mansoora Hasan as a Young Woman
Dr. Azra Raza’s eloquent tribute to her beloved friend Mansoora Hasan, a Pakistani painter par excellence: “A glamorous, high-spirited, loving, vibrant, flamboyant, funny, fun-loving, gifted, talented, elegantly and unusually dressed
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‘The Use of Political Power to Achieve Economic Gains’
by Umair Javed at Dawn: The Chinese state is remarkable in that it has struck a balance in using selective discretion to generate high rates of economic growth, though with
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India’s Despotic Election
The playing field is tilted decisively in favor of the ruling party. The chances of an electoral upset have not been eliminated, just sharply minimized. Debasish Roy Chowdhury at Project
Saturday Poem: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
English translation of ‘Kal Aaj Aur Kal’ -Urdu poem by Aitzaz Ahsan: In the prime of our youthWe dreamt of hope Testimonies of a new worldAnthems of a new tomorrow
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A Tale of Two Football Matches
by Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: In my youth days, I happened to be in Central Ukraine during the Soviet era, and was fascinated by the immensity of their sports
Reassembling Pakistan
Khurram Hussain at Dawn: MUCH has been said about “reimagining Pakistan” but it is important to understand that task comes the day after. For now, the focus needs to be
The Biryani ‘King’ of London
Originally from Lahore, Ustad Zafar Pahalwan moved to London in the 90s and put his cooking skills to use. by Atiqa Rehman at Dawn: On any given evening in the
Dunkin Donuts, Allah, and Quantum Physics
By Broken Mystic: So, I’ve been speaking to some of my friends about quantum physics lately (by the way, isn’t the picture above amazing?) and how our thoughts carry vibrations