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2 months ago | 
humenglish.com | Zoya Anwer
Last Saturday, Hum TV’s Tan Man Neelo Neel (TMNN) came to a heartbreaking end, so close to reality that social media is currently filled to the brim about the much needed discourse on mob violence and the consequences of lies and allegations in the name of faith.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abbas Nasir |Zoya Anwer |Muhammad Amir Rana |Muna Khan
Imran Khan – Myth of the Pakistani Middle-ClassBy Nadeem Farooq ParachaVanguard BooksISBN: 978-969-402-659-6129pp. In Imran Khan — Myth of the Pakistani Middle-Class, Nadeem Farooq Paracha charts the course of Imran Khan’s career arc from his cricket-playing days (from 1971-1992) up to the present with his role in politics. The book benefits from Paracha’s role as a long-term observer of Pakistani society. The book begins with Khan’s cricketing days.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Rehana Alam |Abbas Nasir |Zoya Anwer |Khaled Fatmi
Namurad KarachiBy Khaled FatmiHaroon Publications399pp. The author of Namurad Karachi, Khaled Fatmi, has taken up writing in his retirement. But he is not a newcomer to the art, as he has had articles published in the daily Jang, albeit many decades ago. Fatmi is originally from what used to be East Pakistan. After completing his matriculation, he arrived in Karachi in the 1960s.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Mukhtar Husain |Abbas Nasir |Zoya Anwer |Muhammad Amir Rana
The Fold: The National Pavilion of Pakistan 16th International Architecture ExhibitionLa Biennale di Venezia 2018Edited by Durreshahwar AlviUshba Publishing InternationalISBN: 978-969-9154-57-7119pp. When Pakistan’s creative minds step on to the global stage and succeed, it instils a shared sense of pride among the nation’s people.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Claire Chambers |Abbas Nasir |Zoya Anwer |Muhammad Amir Rana
Last time I wrote about learning Urdu, with a special focus on Ismat Chughtai’s writing. For me, 2024 has been the year of translation. After nearly a half-decade of work, I can now read the originals of previously out-of-reach texts. I’ve been thinking about translation as political praxis. With the sociologist Ipek Demir, in May I brought out an edited collection, Translation and Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Approaches.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
images.dawn.com | Zoya Anwer
There is a road in Quetta famously called “London Road” because it takes travellers to London via Iran. As the trend of backpacking to Pakistan picks up once again, albeit more towards the northern side of the country, the sight of foreigners going about their business in the bazaars of Quetta is becoming more commonplace. This was not an anomaly before 9/11 — in fact, people like photojournalist Danial Shah grew up getting inspired by the backpackers traversing their city.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Zoya Anwer
A sea of humans gathered for what appears to be a religious event portrayed on a sheet of paper or a glass may hold the gaze of the onlooker for a while – till a nonhuman creature towering above or lurking in the periphery is spotted, catching one by surprise. This is perhaps how the work of Lahore-based artist Ghazi Sikander Mirza can be perceived especially if being viewed for the first time.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zoya Anwer
THE streets of Kashmore have been witnessing an unusual sight; an elderly woman, surrounded by people dancing around her, distributing pamphlets among shopkeepers and community members. This woman is Begum Khatoon, who is campaigning for the elections by ‘promoting her culture’. The cultural dance is an integral part of her drive. For her, ‘fear’ is certainly not an option, and she makes it clear by joining the dancers once she is done with the distribution of her manifesto.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Zoya Anwer
Faisal Mosque is one of the key monuments of Pakistan and more so, of the capital. But while passing by the white marble marvel, few would think about those who would have contributed to the green belt and the flowers around it. Muhammad Iqbal Jahan, who hails from Bannu, is one of the labourers who put his sweat into bringing that area to life.
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Dec 23, 2023 | 
dawn.com | Zoya Anwer
ISLAMABAD: Durnaz Bibi* arrived in Islamabad alongside hundreds of Baloch protesters on Wednesday night, for the recovery of their loved ones who had been forcibly disappeared, but instead of justice, she along with others, faced the wrath of the state. When Dawn approached her outside the press club, she was trying to balance a toddler in her arms. The child tightly held onto the picture of a loved one, who had been missing for more than three years.
