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SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprA FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peak PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes DEALING WITH DIABETES The goal through treatment is to regulate blood glucose and pressure levels. This, together with a healthy lifestyle, can protect against long-term damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and major arteries. Contrary to common belief, diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar or obesity. “PEOPLE HAVE CEASED TO THINK” All the people you mentioned were known for their ability to make good, intelligent conversation. However, with time the art of conversation seems to have all but vanished. People have ceased to think. They access information on the web, they travel the world and they read but they never take to time to understand, reflect andthink.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI “If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community” - Khalid Hosseini Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite R INTERVIEW: AYLA RAZA There seems to be a general trend in the world towards expanding the horizons of music and spirituality, and one hopes that these trends will help classical music in Pakistan. This interview was originally published in Newsline’s March 2016 issue. The writer is an engineer by training and a social scientist by inclination. NEWSLINE | YOUR HOTLINE TO PAKISTANADVERTORIALAPRIL ISSUE 20ARCHITECTUREARTAT HOMEBLOG ROW Past Forward. Covering politics in Pakistan is like watching a soap opera that has all the ingredients of a thriller, says Zahid Hussain, as he recounts all his cover stories for Newsline. From Journalism to Parliament. Parliamentarian Nafisa Shah traces her journey as an intrepid reporter with Newsline and her subsequent entry intopolitics.
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprA FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peak PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes DEALING WITH DIABETES The goal through treatment is to regulate blood glucose and pressure levels. This, together with a healthy lifestyle, can protect against long-term damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and major arteries. Contrary to common belief, diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar or obesity. “PEOPLE HAVE CEASED TO THINK” All the people you mentioned were known for their ability to make good, intelligent conversation. However, with time the art of conversation seems to have all but vanished. People have ceased to think. They access information on the web, they travel the world and they read but they never take to time to understand, reflect andthink.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI “If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community” - Khalid Hosseini Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite R INTERVIEW: AYLA RAZA There seems to be a general trend in the world towards expanding the horizons of music and spirituality, and one hopes that these trends will help classical music in Pakistan. This interview was originally published in Newsline’s March 2016 issue. The writer is an engineer by training and a social scientist by inclination. FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Pakistan ranks 147 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index (2017) and second-last – 143rd – of 144 countries, on the Global Gender Gap Index (2017). Historic neglect in investing on human development has brought the country to the brink of social disaster. There has been a lot of talk about social sector reforms in the past,by
A FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peakTHE FINAL NOTE
The great Pashto poet and sculptor, Ghani Khan, had once said, “Pashtuns love music, but hate musicians.” This holds true to the extent that derogatory words like ‘dam’ and ‘shahkhel’ are still used for musicians and singers in Pashtun society. BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
THE NEW WORLD DISORDER When former US president George H. Bush proclaimed the inauguration of a new world order a dozen or so years ago, the rhetoric rang hollow. There was indeed a profound international transformation under way at the time, with the largely peaceful demise of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet U INTERVIEW: ALICE ALBINIA Alice Albinia is the quintessential traveller with her boundless curiosity, keen instincts and healthy disregard for the dangers that may lie ahead on the road less travelled. Add to this a dash of history, a passion for myth and antiquity, and the journey to the source of the Indus becomes the perfect quest. Alice studied English,History and
SYED TALAT HUSSAIN
Syed Talat Hussain. The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV hosting a prime time currentaffairs program.
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite Runner, explores the powerful relationship between a father and son during the Afghan monarchy and his hopes for a peaceful post-Taliban Afghanistan. UNDERSTANDING THE HUMSAFAR HYPE The Humsafar mania knows no age-limit, as proved by the Youtube video of two six-year-olds arguing with each other about whether Ashar is a good person and if Sara is pretty. It’s after a long time that a TV serial has captivated viewers as the PTV plays Ankahi and THE BIG QUESTION: IS PRINT MEDIA ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING It provides the print media with a massive opportunity to expand its circulation and size. Our demographics, the expected growth in literacy, improvement in economy and purchasing power — all offer the print media a new potential for improving sales. The New York Timenewsroom in 1942.
NEWSLINE | YOUR HOTLINE TO PAKISTANADVERTORIALAPRIL ISSUE 20ARCHITECTUREARTAT HOMEBLOG ROW Past Forward. Covering politics in Pakistan is like watching a soap opera that has all the ingredients of a thriller, says Zahid Hussain, as he recounts all his cover stories for Newsline. From Journalism to Parliament. Parliamentarian Nafisa Shah traces her journey as an intrepid reporter with Newsline and her subsequent entry intopolitics.
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprA FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peak PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes DEALING WITH DIABETES The goal through treatment is to regulate blood glucose and pressure levels. This, together with a healthy lifestyle, can protect against long-term damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and major arteries. Contrary to common belief, diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar or obesity. “PEOPLE HAVE CEASED TO THINK” All the people you mentioned were known for their ability to make good, intelligent conversation. However, with time the art of conversation seems to have all but vanished. People have ceased to think. They access information on the web, they travel the world and they read but they never take to time to understand, reflect andthink.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI “If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community” - Khalid Hosseini Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite R INTERVIEW: AYLA RAZA There seems to be a general trend in the world towards expanding the horizons of music and spirituality, and one hopes that these trends will help classical music in Pakistan. This interview was originally published in Newsline’s March 2016 issue. The writer is an engineer by training and a social scientist by inclination. NEWSLINE | YOUR HOTLINE TO PAKISTANADVERTORIALAPRIL ISSUE 20ARCHITECTUREARTAT HOMEBLOG ROW Past Forward. Covering politics in Pakistan is like watching a soap opera that has all the ingredients of a thriller, says Zahid Hussain, as he recounts all his cover stories for Newsline. From Journalism to Parliament. Parliamentarian Nafisa Shah traces her journey as an intrepid reporter with Newsline and her subsequent entry intopolitics.
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprA FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peak PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes DEALING WITH DIABETES The goal through treatment is to regulate blood glucose and pressure levels. This, together with a healthy lifestyle, can protect against long-term damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and major arteries. Contrary to common belief, diabetes is not caused by eating too much sugar or obesity. “PEOPLE HAVE CEASED TO THINK” All the people you mentioned were known for their ability to make good, intelligent conversation. However, with time the art of conversation seems to have all but vanished. People have ceased to think. They access information on the web, they travel the world and they read but they never take to time to understand, reflect andthink.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI “If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community” - Khalid Hosseini Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite R INTERVIEW: AYLA RAZA There seems to be a general trend in the world towards expanding the horizons of music and spirituality, and one hopes that these trends will help classical music in Pakistan. This interview was originally published in Newsline’s March 2016 issue. The writer is an engineer by training and a social scientist by inclination. FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Pakistan ranks 147 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index (2017) and second-last – 143rd – of 144 countries, on the Global Gender Gap Index (2017). Historic neglect in investing on human development has brought the country to the brink of social disaster. There has been a lot of talk about social sector reforms in the past,by
A FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peakTHE FINAL NOTE
The great Pashto poet and sculptor, Ghani Khan, had once said, “Pashtuns love music, but hate musicians.” This holds true to the extent that derogatory words like ‘dam’ and ‘shahkhel’ are still used for musicians and singers in Pashtun society. BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
THE NEW WORLD DISORDER When former US president George H. Bush proclaimed the inauguration of a new world order a dozen or so years ago, the rhetoric rang hollow. There was indeed a profound international transformation under way at the time, with the largely peaceful demise of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet U INTERVIEW: ALICE ALBINIA Alice Albinia is the quintessential traveller with her boundless curiosity, keen instincts and healthy disregard for the dangers that may lie ahead on the road less travelled. Add to this a dash of history, a passion for myth and antiquity, and the journey to the source of the Indus becomes the perfect quest. Alice studied English,History and
SYED TALAT HUSSAIN
Syed Talat Hussain. The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV hosting a prime time currentaffairs program.
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite Runner, explores the powerful relationship between a father and son during the Afghan monarchy and his hopes for a peaceful post-Taliban Afghanistan. UNDERSTANDING THE HUMSAFAR HYPE The Humsafar mania knows no age-limit, as proved by the Youtube video of two six-year-olds arguing with each other about whether Ashar is a good person and if Sara is pretty. It’s after a long time that a TV serial has captivated viewers as the PTV plays Ankahi and THE BIG QUESTION: IS PRINT MEDIA ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING It provides the print media with a massive opportunity to expand its circulation and size. Our demographics, the expected growth in literacy, improvement in economy and purchasing power — all offer the print media a new potential for improving sales. The New York Timenewsroom in 1942.
NEWSLINE | YOUR HOTLINE TO PAKISTANADVERTORIALAPRIL ISSUE 20ARCHITECTUREARTAT HOMEBLOG ROW Past Forward. Covering politics in Pakistan is like watching a soap opera that has all the ingredients of a thriller, says Zahid Hussain, as he recounts all his cover stories for Newsline. From Journalism to Parliament. Parliamentarian Nafisa Shah traces her journey as an intrepid reporter with Newsline and her subsequent entry intopolitics.
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprA FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peak FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Pakistan ranks 147 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index (2017) and second-last – 143rd – of 144 countries, on the Global Gender Gap Index (2017). Historic neglect in investing on human development has brought the country to the brink of social disaster. There has been a lot of talk about social sector reforms in the past,by
PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes THE SHRINKING MINORITIES OF PAKISTAN And, above all, shrinking rights. This, in a nutshell, is the status of religious minorities in Pakistan. At the time of Independence, Pakistan’s religious minority constituted over 20 per cent of the population. Even allowing for the separation of East Pakistan in 1971, where most of the Hindus were settled, the decrease in numbers isalarming.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI “If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community” - Khalid Hosseini Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite R BOOK REVIEW: OUR LADY OF ALICE BHATTI Hail Alice Bhatti! In a literary cosmos populated by choohras and charyas, Mohammed Hanif’s second novel lifts the lid on a ubiquitous underbelly, in a world out of joint, where Christian preachers are called dogs and beggars try new tricks every day.Just like Hurricane Katrina regurgitated the dark dregs of an inordinately duplicitous social order, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti sweeps aside NEWSLINE | YOUR HOTLINE TO PAKISTANADVERTORIALAPRIL ISSUE 20ARCHITECTUREARTAT HOMEBLOG ROW Past Forward. Covering politics in Pakistan is like watching a soap opera that has all the ingredients of a thriller, says Zahid Hussain, as he recounts all his cover stories for Newsline. From Journalism to Parliament. Parliamentarian Nafisa Shah traces her journey as an intrepid reporter with Newsline and her subsequent entry intopolitics.
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprA FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peak FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Pakistan ranks 147 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index (2017) and second-last – 143rd – of 144 countries, on the Global Gender Gap Index (2017). Historic neglect in investing on human development has brought the country to the brink of social disaster. There has been a lot of talk about social sector reforms in the past,by
PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes THE SHRINKING MINORITIES OF PAKISTAN And, above all, shrinking rights. This, in a nutshell, is the status of religious minorities in Pakistan. At the time of Independence, Pakistan’s religious minority constituted over 20 per cent of the population. Even allowing for the separation of East Pakistan in 1971, where most of the Hindus were settled, the decrease in numbers isalarming.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI “If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community” - Khalid Hosseini Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite R BOOK REVIEW: OUR LADY OF ALICE BHATTI Hail Alice Bhatti! In a literary cosmos populated by choohras and charyas, Mohammed Hanif’s second novel lifts the lid on a ubiquitous underbelly, in a world out of joint, where Christian preachers are called dogs and beggars try new tricks every day.Just like Hurricane Katrina regurgitated the dark dregs of an inordinately duplicitous social order, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti sweeps asideCONTACT | NEWSLINE
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THE NEW WORLD DISORDER When former US president George H. Bush proclaimed the inauguration of a new world order a dozen or so years ago, the rhetoric rang hollow. There was indeed a profound international transformation under way at the time, with the largely peaceful demise of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet U INTERVIEW: ALICE ALBINIA Alice Albinia is the quintessential traveller with her boundless curiosity, keen instincts and healthy disregard for the dangers that may lie ahead on the road less travelled. Add to this a dash of history, a passion for myth and antiquity, and the journey to the source of the Indus becomes the perfect quest. Alice studied English,History and
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INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI “If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community” - Khalid Hosseini Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite R UNDERSTANDING THE HUMSAFAR HYPE The Humsafar mania knows no age-limit, as proved by the Youtube video of two six-year-olds arguing with each other about whether Ashar is a good person and if Sara is pretty. It’s after a long time that a TV serial has captivated viewers as the PTV plays Ankahi and INTERVIEW: DANIYAL MUEENUDDIN Daniyal Mueenuddin straddles many divides. He lives on a farm in southern Punjab, but has also lived in the US. He writes about feudalism but has a law degree from Yale. This farmer-cum-writer has just had his debut collection of short stories, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, published, and he talks to Newsline about how his rural lifehas
MOVIE REVIEW: 12 ANGRY MEN Movie Review: 12 Angry Men. By Zoha Liaquat | Cinema | Published 2 years ago. Set almost entirely in a small, practically claustrophobic, New York City jury room, Sidney Lumet’s 1957 courtroom drama follows 12, white, middle-aged, middle-class men as they deliberate on a seemingly open-and-shut murder case. An exploration of the justice SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprNABBED | NEWSLINE
Protest against the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud. Nasir refers to another case where a young man was shot dead in an encounter. On January 20, police claimed to have killed two robbers on main Shahrah-e-Faisal, right outside the PAF Faisal Base. Ironically, the robbers had no weapons.ACROSS THE WATER
The central image holding the poem together is Ghulam Mohammed, the waiting boatman, who will ferry the poet across the water. In this exceptional collection, Agha Shahid Ali has brought English language poetry in the sub-continent to new heights. He has also conveyed the essence, depth and range of Indo-Muslim culture as no other English PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes SAVING PAKISTAN’S ANIMALS AFTER THE FLOODS The rain may have stopped, but the pain and devastation continues. And they are likely to continue for a long time. This article is one of seven in Newsline‘s special coverage of the ongoing humanitarian crisis and how it is affecting the lives of Pakistan’s most vulnerable citizens, the country’s f BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: ALICE ALBINIA Alice Albinia is the quintessential traveller with her boundless curiosity, keen instincts and healthy disregard for the dangers that may lie ahead on the road less travelled. Add to this a dash of history, a passion for myth and antiquity, and the journey to the source of the Indus becomes the perfect quest. Alice studied English,History and
AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI “If my book generates any sort of dialogue among Afghans, then I think it will have done a service to the community” - Khalid Hosseini Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite R SPIRITUAL SANCTUARIES: LUKAS WERTH PHOTOGRAPHS THE THAR For this exhibition, Werth chose the Thar desert of Sindh as his subject and he travelled extensively around many places in the interior Sindh, including Mithi, Nangar Parkar and Islamkot. Usually photographs of the Thar desert are brightly lit and colourful, focusing on the vibrant colours of the traditional dresses worn by thepeople there.
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprNABBED | NEWSLINE
Protest against the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud. Nasir refers to another case where a young man was shot dead in an encounter. On January 20, police claimed to have killed two robbers on main Shahrah-e-Faisal, right outside the PAF Faisal Base. Ironically, the robbers had no weapons.ACROSS THE WATER
The central image holding the poem together is Ghulam Mohammed, the waiting boatman, who will ferry the poet across the water. In this exceptional collection, Agha Shahid Ali has brought English language poetry in the sub-continent to new heights. He has also conveyed the essence, depth and range of Indo-Muslim culture as no other English PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes SAVING PAKISTAN’S ANIMALS AFTER THE FLOODS The rain may have stopped, but the pain and devastation continues. And they are likely to continue for a long time. This article is one of seven in Newsline‘s special coverage of the ongoing humanitarian crisis and how it is affecting the lives of Pakistan’s most vulnerable citizens, the country’s f BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite Runner, explores the powerful relationship between a father and son during the Afghan monarchy and his hopes for a peaceful post-Taliban Afghanistan. AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was aOF BANKS AND FIQH
Dear Governor State Bank, The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), through its despicable injunctions, such as the licence to beat one’s wife, has already brought considerable disrepute and damage to the citizens and the state of Pakistan. SPIRITUAL SANCTUARIES: LUKAS WERTH PHOTOGRAPHS THE THAR For this exhibition, Werth chose the Thar desert of Sindh as his subject and he travelled extensively around many places in the interior Sindh, including Mithi, Nangar Parkar and Islamkot. Usually photographs of the Thar desert are brightly lit and colourful, focusing on the vibrant colours of the traditional dresses worn by thepeople there.
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AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a THE NEW WORLD DISORDER When former US president George H. Bush proclaimed the inauguration of a new world order a dozen or so years ago, the rhetoric rang hollow. There was indeed a profound international transformation under way at the time, with the largely peaceful demise of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet U THE BIG QUESTION: IS PRINT MEDIA ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING It provides the print media with a massive opportunity to expand its circulation and size. Our demographics, the expected growth in literacy, improvement in economy and purchasing power — all offer the print media a new potential for improving sales. The New York Timenewsroom in 1942.
A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE Soon after she joined Dawn in July 1975, the editor had asked Zubeida to start writing on social sector issues as well. Since education, population, healthcare and children, were not considered ‘politically sensitive’ areas, Zubeida says she “found myselfshowing the way in
A BRIEF HISTORY OF KARACHI By 1914, Karachi was the British Empire’s largest grain-exporting city. An aerodrome built in the city in 1924 became the main airport of entry into the British Raj, and the metropolis came to be described as the `Paris of Asia.’. Karachi 1947. It was during the movement for independence that Karachi saw, for the first time, outbreaks of THE SHRINKING MINORITIES OF PAKISTAN And, above all, shrinking rights. This, in a nutshell, is the status of religious minorities in Pakistan. At the time of Independence, Pakistan’s religious minority constituted over 20 per cent of the population. Even allowing for the separation of East Pakistan in 1971, where most of the Hindus were settled, the decrease in numbers isalarming.
SYED TALAT HUSSAIN
Syed Talat Hussain. The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV hosting a prime time currentaffairs program.
INTERVIEW: FRIEHA ALTAF In the ’80s it was difficult. Everyone was against you. When I was discovered and asked to model, I jumped at it. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with being a model. My first shoot was a jewellery shoot, and a male friend of mine who was educated abroad and was ostensibly “modern,” had a problem with my pictures. INTERVIEW: ASIM BUKSH, CEO, BUKSH GROUP “This is the land of opportunity” — Asim Buksh Buksh: the name is synonymous with retailing. It started in 1948 with cloth, but over 60 years later, the family business has grown into a burgeoning empire. After finding success with tailoring and department stores, the Buksh Group looked overseas fo SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprNABBED | NEWSLINE
Protest against the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud. Nasir refers to another case where a young man was shot dead in an encounter. On January 20, police claimed to have killed two robbers on main Shahrah-e-Faisal, right outside the PAF Faisal Base. Ironically, the robbers had no weapons.ACROSS THE WATER
The central image holding the poem together is Ghulam Mohammed, the waiting boatman, who will ferry the poet across the water. In this exceptional collection, Agha Shahid Ali has brought English language poetry in the sub-continent to new heights. He has also conveyed the essence, depth and range of Indo-Muslim culture as no other English PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes SAVING PAKISTAN’S ANIMALS AFTER THE FLOODS The rain may have stopped, but the pain and devastation continues. And they are likely to continue for a long time. This article is one of seven in Newsline‘s special coverage of the ongoing humanitarian crisis and how it is affecting the lives of Pakistan’s most vulnerable citizens, the country’s f BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite Runner, explores the powerful relationship between a father and son during the Afghan monarchy and his hopes for a peaceful post-Taliban Afghanistan. AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was aOF BANKS AND FIQH
Dear Governor State Bank, The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), through its despicable injunctions, such as the licence to beat one’s wife, has already brought considerable disrepute and damage to the citizens and the state of Pakistan. SPIRITUAL SANCTUARIES: LUKAS WERTH PHOTOGRAPHS THE THAR For this exhibition, Werth chose the Thar desert of Sindh as his subject and he travelled extensively around many places in the interior Sindh, including Mithi, Nangar Parkar and Islamkot. Usually photographs of the Thar desert are brightly lit and colourful, focusing on the vibrant colours of the traditional dresses worn by thepeople there.
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to imprNABBED | NEWSLINE
Protest against the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud. Nasir refers to another case where a young man was shot dead in an encounter. On January 20, police claimed to have killed two robbers on main Shahrah-e-Faisal, right outside the PAF Faisal Base. Ironically, the robbers had no weapons.ACROSS THE WATER
The central image holding the poem together is Ghulam Mohammed, the waiting boatman, who will ferry the poet across the water. In this exceptional collection, Agha Shahid Ali has brought English language poetry in the sub-continent to new heights. He has also conveyed the essence, depth and range of Indo-Muslim culture as no other English PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS The portrayal of women in Pakistani television serials is far removed from reality. Whenever a man resorts to adultery, the woman is blamed as the temptress; matrimony is glamourised to the extent that the ultimate goal of a girl’s life is to be married and modernism is a bane rather than a boon. These serials reinforce damaging stereotypes SAVING PAKISTAN’S ANIMALS AFTER THE FLOODS The rain may have stopped, but the pain and devastation continues. And they are likely to continue for a long time. This article is one of seven in Newsline‘s special coverage of the ongoing humanitarian crisis and how it is affecting the lives of Pakistan’s most vulnerable citizens, the country’s f BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER Nobody Killed Her is an easy book to read as a political thriller. However, it challenges the reader’s subjective assumptions of where truth ends and fiction begins. In our national psyche, so much of what is presumed to be true is at best presumption or hearsay. These tenuous constructs become the framework on which we construct ourskewed
INTERVIEW: KHALED HOSSEINI Returning to Afghanistan for the first time this year after 27 years in exile in America, Khaled Hosseini talks of Kabul in its heyday. His debut novel, The Kite Runner, explores the powerful relationship between a father and son during the Afghan monarchy and his hopes for a peaceful post-Taliban Afghanistan. AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was aOF BANKS AND FIQH
Dear Governor State Bank, The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), through its despicable injunctions, such as the licence to beat one’s wife, has already brought considerable disrepute and damage to the citizens and the state of Pakistan. SPIRITUAL SANCTUARIES: LUKAS WERTH PHOTOGRAPHS THE THAR For this exhibition, Werth chose the Thar desert of Sindh as his subject and he travelled extensively around many places in the interior Sindh, including Mithi, Nangar Parkar and Islamkot. Usually photographs of the Thar desert are brightly lit and colourful, focusing on the vibrant colours of the traditional dresses worn by thepeople there.
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AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). Belal petitioned the Sindh High Court, seeking suspension of his execution because he was a THE NEW WORLD DISORDER When former US president George H. Bush proclaimed the inauguration of a new world order a dozen or so years ago, the rhetoric rang hollow. There was indeed a profound international transformation under way at the time, with the largely peaceful demise of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet U THE BIG QUESTION: IS PRINT MEDIA ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING It provides the print media with a massive opportunity to expand its circulation and size. Our demographics, the expected growth in literacy, improvement in economy and purchasing power — all offer the print media a new potential for improving sales. The New York Timenewsroom in 1942.
A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE Soon after she joined Dawn in July 1975, the editor had asked Zubeida to start writing on social sector issues as well. Since education, population, healthcare and children, were not considered ‘politically sensitive’ areas, Zubeida says she “found myselfshowing the way in
A BRIEF HISTORY OF KARACHI By 1914, Karachi was the British Empire’s largest grain-exporting city. An aerodrome built in the city in 1924 became the main airport of entry into the British Raj, and the metropolis came to be described as the `Paris of Asia.’. Karachi 1947. It was during the movement for independence that Karachi saw, for the first time, outbreaks of THE SHRINKING MINORITIES OF PAKISTAN And, above all, shrinking rights. This, in a nutshell, is the status of religious minorities in Pakistan. At the time of Independence, Pakistan’s religious minority constituted over 20 per cent of the population. Even allowing for the separation of East Pakistan in 1971, where most of the Hindus were settled, the decrease in numbers isalarming.
SYED TALAT HUSSAIN
Syed Talat Hussain. The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV hosting a prime time currentaffairs program.
INTERVIEW: FRIEHA ALTAF In the ’80s it was difficult. Everyone was against you. When I was discovered and asked to model, I jumped at it. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with being a model. My first shoot was a jewellery shoot, and a male friend of mine who was educated abroad and was ostensibly “modern,” had a problem with my pictures. INTERVIEW: ASIM BUKSH, CEO, BUKSH GROUP “This is the land of opportunity” — Asim Buksh Buksh: the name is synonymous with retailing. It started in 1948 with cloth, but over 60 years later, the family business has grown into a burgeoning empire. After finding success with tailoring and department stores, the Buksh Group looked overseas foA FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peak THE NEW PORT OF PIRACY In the early morning of June 2, the MV QSM Dubai, a Panama-flagged and Dubai-owned vessel, was hijacked by Somali pirates. The ship, carrying a consignment of sugar from Brazil to the Somali port of Bossaso, was rounding the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden when it was attacked. Suchbrazen incidents ha
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to impr FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Pakistan, today, is faced with multiple challenges on the socio-cultural, economic, political and foreign policy fronts. Major existential threats to the country emanate from internal unrest due to increasing poverty, a high rate of unemployment, lack of access to social services and violent extremism against women, children, transgenders and religious minorities. THE NEW WORLD DISORDER When former US president George H. Bush proclaimed the inauguration of a new world order a dozen or so years ago, the rhetoric rang hollow. There was indeed a profound international transformation under way at the time, with the largely peaceful demise of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet UTHE FINAL NOTE
The great Pashto poet and sculptor, Ghani Khan, had once said, “Pashtuns love music, but hate musicians.” This holds true to the extent that derogatory words like ‘dam’ and ‘shahkhel’ are still used for musicians and singers in Pashtun society. PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS In this day and age, no one can deny the great power of television. Despite the cyber revolution, television, too, is a powerful medium to inform, educate, entertain and create awareness. It also advocates, whether subtly or forcefully, and it definitely affects how the audience thinks. Among the THE NEW MEDIA REVOLUTION In a short space of time, new media and social networks have blitzkrieged their way into global consciousness and usage, increasingly replacing traditional media — which is believed to be an anachronistic closed circuit. Today, social networks are being usedfor
BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER In Pakistan, truth can be stranger than fiction. Conspiracy theories can acquire the fervour of religious belief, particularly when political leaders die of unnatural causes. A work of fiction based on real events, can attain an uneasy and bizarre verisimilitude with what readers believe has actually happened. AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).A FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Mir Mehdi told Newsline that up until (and including) his great-grandfather’s generation, living in tents was the norm for the Talpurs, who were nomadic Baloch tribesmen. “While women and children lived in houses,” he explains, “it was considered unmanly for men to do so.” The heat was never a problem, he says, as “these people were out hunting for most of the time, even in peak THE NEW PORT OF PIRACY In the early morning of June 2, the MV QSM Dubai, a Panama-flagged and Dubai-owned vessel, was hijacked by Somali pirates. The ship, carrying a consignment of sugar from Brazil to the Somali port of Bossaso, was rounding the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden when it was attacked. Suchbrazen incidents ha
SEX AND THE PAKISTANI WOMAN Scene One: A group of well-heeled, sophisticated young adults are at a party, thrown by the host to celebrate her upcoming winter wedding. Strains of Nelly Furtado’s hit song ‘Promiscuous’ reverberate from the DJ’s sound system into the night. The women, frosted up in diamonds and dressed to impr FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Pakistan, today, is faced with multiple challenges on the socio-cultural, economic, political and foreign policy fronts. Major existential threats to the country emanate from internal unrest due to increasing poverty, a high rate of unemployment, lack of access to social services and violent extremism against women, children, transgenders and religious minorities. THE NEW WORLD DISORDER When former US president George H. Bush proclaimed the inauguration of a new world order a dozen or so years ago, the rhetoric rang hollow. There was indeed a profound international transformation under way at the time, with the largely peaceful demise of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet UTHE FINAL NOTE
The great Pashto poet and sculptor, Ghani Khan, had once said, “Pashtuns love music, but hate musicians.” This holds true to the extent that derogatory words like ‘dam’ and ‘shahkhel’ are still used for musicians and singers in Pashtun society. PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN PAKISTANI DRAMAS In this day and age, no one can deny the great power of television. Despite the cyber revolution, television, too, is a powerful medium to inform, educate, entertain and create awareness. It also advocates, whether subtly or forcefully, and it definitely affects how the audience thinks. Among the THE NEW MEDIA REVOLUTION In a short space of time, new media and social networks have blitzkrieged their way into global consciousness and usage, increasingly replacing traditional media — which is believed to be an anachronistic closed circuit. Today, social networks are being usedfor
BOOK REVIEW: NOBODY KILLED HER In Pakistan, truth can be stranger than fiction. Conspiracy theories can acquire the fervour of religious belief, particularly when political leaders die of unnatural causes. A work of fiction based on real events, can attain an uneasy and bizarre verisimilitude with what readers believe has actually happened. AGAINST ALL ODDS: SARAH BELAL The case of 14-year-old Shafqat Hussain, who was sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of seven-year-old Umair, would have disappeared from the public eye, had it not been for Sarah Belal, one of the lawyers at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP). NEWSLINE | YOUR HOTLINE TO PAKISTAN The Pilgrims’ Progress. Pakistan is fortunate to have the religious sites of some of the greatest religions of the world. The opening of the Kartarpur Corridor could spell the beginning of religious tourism in Pakistan, which boasts some of the world’s most importantreligious sites for
FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Pakistan, today, is faced with multiple challenges on the socio-cultural, economic, political and foreign policy fronts. Major existential threats to the country emanate from internal unrest due to increasing poverty, a high rate of unemployment, lack of access to social services and violent extremism against women, children, transgenders and religious minorities.THE FINAL NOTE
The great Pashto poet and sculptor, Ghani Khan, had once said, “Pashtuns love music, but hate musicians.” This holds true to the extent that derogatory words like ‘dam’ and ‘shahkhel’ are still used for musicians and singers in Pashtun society. THE NEW WORLD DISORDER When former US president George H. Bush proclaimed the inauguration of a new world order a dozen or so years ago, the rhetoric rang hollow. There was indeed a profound international transformation under way at the time, with the largely peaceful demise of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet U SAVING PAKISTAN’S ANIMALS AFTER THE FLOODS The rain may have stopped, but the pain and devastation continues. And they are likely to continue for a long time. This article is one of seven in Newsline‘s special coverage of the ongoing humanitarian crisis and how it is affecting the lives of Pakistan’s most vulnerable citizens, the country’s f “PEOPLE HAVE CEASED TO THINK” The woman behind some of Tal Matol and Such Gup immortal characters, Navid Shahzad is a woman of many parts. Educationist, mediaperson and accomplished actor, she takes a trip down memory lane with Ally Adnan in this exclusive interview for Newsline. THE BIG QUESTION: IS PRINT MEDIA ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING Raza Rumi. Raza Rumi is Editor, Daily Times. He also teaches at Cornell Institute for Public Affairs and Ithaca College, USA. These are interesting times for journalism as technological advancements are driving the process of how people receive news. INTERVIEW: DANIYAL MUEENUDDIN “I write best in Pakistan as I am constantly surrounded by stories and introduced to new types of situations” — Daniyal Mueenuddin Daniyal Mueenuddin straddles many divides. He lives on a farm in southern Punjab, but has also lived in the US. He writes about feudalism but has a law degree from Yale UNDERSTANDING THE HUMSAFAR HYPE Just a few weeks ago in January, Fawad Afzal Khan, the dashing hero of Humsafar, was at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture to shoot an upcoming television serial. Students were welcome to stay back after classes if they wanted to participate as extras. But nobody anticipated that some oSYED TALAT HUSSAIN
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THE ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MEDIA Unable to play its assigned role, has the media been made redundant? Facebook Twitter ShareRead Full Story
INTERVIEW: DR SEEMIN JAMALI Dr Seemin Jamali talks to Newsline in an exclusive interview. OF CUTS AND BALANCING Axing the health and education budgets could end up undermining the quality of defence manpower. WILL IRAN CAPITULATE OR COUNTER? Whether Iran will counter or capitulate to US pressure depends on the stance taken by the European Union, Russia and China on the nucleardeal issue.
DIPLOMATIC KHAN-ISMS Major diplomatic faux pas by Prime Minister Imran Khan, invite criticism from domestic detractors. THE NEW WAVE OF PASHTUN NATIONALISM The PTM’s ability is able to sow the seeds of reform will determine its impact on Pashtun society.Previous Next
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The story of Rozina, a child in Karachi’s Machar colony, who has dreams of a better life and finds the way to a good education with the support of The Citizens Foundation. The first film made… Facebook Twitter ShareView Details
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Lahore’s Hira Mandi, once a place where music, dance and poetry were taught and practiced has deteriorated over the years. Women once known as artistes now eke out a living as sex workers while the worldpasses…
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