With Zidane back on the sidelines, will Real Madrid make the most of the...
For much of the 2018-19 season, Real Madrid’s campaign has been driven by pessimism and trepidation. From mediocre performances on the field to a lack of purpose off it, the Los Blancos found...
View ArticleWhy is the US making a mountain out of the Masood Azhar molehill?
The United States has introduced a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution to blacklist Masood Azhar as an international terrorist. Azhar is the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed (banned in Pakistan...
View ArticleKnock knock! Annabelle is coming home and things are about to get real scary
Following the Marvel path, The Conjuring universe has grown steadily over the last six years through both, the increasing returns that most films in the franchise have delivered and in stature through...
View ArticleIndia’s ‘Operation Isolation’ and the soft power of sports
“Our message is stronger than ever. Please stop the fighting. Please stop the killing. Please drop your guns.” Juan Antonio Samaranch, President International Olympic Committee speaking at the Winter...
View ArticleWhen khudkushi became her only freedom
The sky was a pool of black ink, dusted with stars at midnight. Arsh looked out from the window — she saw many little streets sprawled out below. She had only known these streets from inside the walls...
View ArticleIran and Iraq may not be tourist hot spots, but they offer a spiritual...
I was recently invited to a trip to Iran and Iraq by a group of close friends from Lahore, and as I had never been to these states before, I decided to take the opportunity to visit the shrines...
View ArticleRawalpindi: A chaotic labyrinth, caught between heritage and heresy
In the post-modern world, the topography of the city has undergone a drastic shift. Rapid urbanisation and growing job opportunities have resulted in many cities in the developing world being swamped...
View ArticleRaw and poignant, A Place for Us beautifully sheds light on familial love
It had been some time since I cried while reading a book. And A Place for Us changed that. Fatima Farheen Mirza’s dazzling debut novel tells the story of a South Asian Muslim family living in America....
View ArticleSea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini: A father’s lament of the barbarity we call...
“My dear Marwan, I look at your profile, In the glow of this three-quarter moon, my boy, Your eyelashes like calligraphy, Closed in guileless sleep. I said to you, ‘Hold my hand. Nothing bad will...
View ArticleIs Pakistan’s N-CPEC+ vision finally beginning to take shape?
Pakistan’s unique geostrategic location at the crossroads of East, South, West, and Central Asia enables it to function as the “Zipper of Eurasia”, as I wrote over half a decade ago in September 2015...
View ArticleThe eccentric and animated Mohsin Abbas Haider
Mohsin Abbas Haider has been part of the media fraternity for a good 10 years. It was only when he played the eccentric Punjabi boy, Moon, in the caper-comedy Na Maloom Afraad (NMA) that he managed to...
View ArticleFrom the makers of ‘Na Maloom Afraad’ comes ‘Actor in Law’
Almost a year and a half has lapsed since the roaring success of Na Maloom Afraad, but the achievement still continues to echo in the evolving Pakistani film industry. Having provided local filmmakers...
View Article‘Na-Maloom Afraad’ make comeback
The ‘Na-Maloom Afraad’ [unidentified men] seem to have become active in Karachi once again after the emergence of banners inscribed with the slogan, ‘Jo Quaid ka ghaddar hai, maut ka haqdaar hai’ [The...
View Articleiflix pledges to promote local content at Pakistan launch
In addition to revamping industry dynamics, digital streaming platforms have transformed how people experience entertainment. Following the footsteps of Netflix, that launched in Pakistan last year,...
View ArticleNa Maloom Afraad's 'Kaif O Suroor' proves that Sadaf Kanwal should stick to...
The much-anticipated item number Kaif O Suroor is out and what an epic fail! Instead of being innovative for once, Sadaf Kanwal's latest rendering squeals of Katrina Kaif's MashAllah song. Notice I...
View ArticleI've finally got a reason to live: Mohsin Abbas Haider on newborn daughter
Mohsin Abbas Haider recently gave us a glimpse of his newly-acquired fatherhood. The Na Maloom Afraad actor - who couldn't contain his excitement on the arrival of his baby girl Mahveen Abbas Haider,...
View ArticleMy ex-wife Salma Agha stopped me from working with Rekha: Jawed Sheikh
For those of us who came of age in the late 1980s, are unquestionably familiar with Jawed Sheikh and his plethora of work. He has been around for decades and at 60 plus, he is refreshingly unchanged -...
View ArticleI wasn’t handed success on a platter: Mohsin Abbas Haider
A true artist and a man of many parts – actor, budding photographer, TV host, model, news anchor, poet, RJ, VJ and vocalist – Mohsin Abbas Haider has tried his hand at almost everything in the...
View Article'Actor In Law' producer slammed for booing actor's LSA win
This year's Lux Style Awards (LSAs) were held in Lahore on February 20 and finally aired on April 22. While most enjoyed the star-studded broadcast and all the glitz glam that comes with it, some seem...
View Article'Na Maloom Afraad' makers to fill in the Bollywood vacuum by releasing two films
Producer Fizza Ali Meerza and director Nabeel Qureshi are back with not one but two new films in this coming year, stated a press release. Titled as Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad, the first of the two...
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