Evolution of Pakistani Cinema
Motion pictures came to the subcontinent in 1896, when the Lumiere Brothers showcased six films at the Watson Hotel in Mumbai (then Bombay). This...
Skyscraper silly but wildly entertaining?
At this point, it's practically a given that a Dwayne Johnson film will be a generic, slightly dull action film with a few daring...
Teefa in Trouble: Cinematography at its best
2018 is shaping up to be a huge year for Pakistani cinema. Earlier this year Asim Abbasi's comedic masterpiece Cake raised a new bar...
Movie Soorma’s fighting spirit makes it big at box office
Shaad Ali's Soorma may not be the most eagerly awaited biopic this year — that credit belongs to the Sanjay Dutt biopic Sanju —...
Editorial
Our July issue is slightly slimmer due to the extended Eid holidays and the amazing time we all had with our families. But welcome...
Manifold challenges lie ahead after FATA merger with KPK – Rustam Shah
At long last Pakistan’s tribal areas have finally been incorporated as an integral part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The area will lose its...
Pakistan’s July Elections: Hope Amidst a Difficult History?
Politics often consists of paradoxes and Pakistani attitude towards general elections offers an interesting and perhaps painful example. Pakistani people, rival political parties, institutions...
Murree Brewery is a household name: Isphanyar Bhandara
Today I am who I am because of my country and not Canada or America. All that we have, our wealth, respect and our...
Pakistan’s Financial Crisis: A common affair
The determination of the exchange rate is based on the position of our balance of payments and the foreign reserves held with the central...
Three steps for strengthening Pakistan’s economy
A few years back, when Pakistan was under the umbrella of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program from the year 2013 to September 2016,...
India & Pakistan have to stop playing snakes and ladders -Shankar Aiyar
The history of the last seven decades appears to conclusively demonstrate that there is little or no scope for a paradigm shift in India-Pakistan...
India’s muscular Kashmir policy will reap no harvest – Murtaza Shibli
Last month, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) launched a detailed report on the dire human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir....