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Reminiscent of Noor Jahan starring Saba Hamid, Sara Aapi (the new play on GEO) stars Savera Nadeem in the titular role. She has three younger brothers whom she has raised single-handedly after the death of their...

Fair is Beautiful

Growing up, the kind of literature we were exposed to was all centred around young women who were as fair as snow, had light eyes and silken tresses as black as ebony. They were the chosen...

Poor country of the filthy rich

The Sharif wedding has hit the headlines once again and for all the wrong reasons! Social media was ablaze with images of the bride...

Stalled tax effort

PAKISTAN’S tax effort appears to have plateaued. Or so the latest IMF projections stress. After a jump of 1.4 percentage points in the tax-to-GDP...

Historical footprints

PAKISTAN’s list of derelict heritage sites and monuments is exhaustive and depressing. The Municipal Public Library in Bannu is the latest victim of the...

Downwards Spiral

India-Bangladesh relations appear to be entering a dangerous downward spiral, with little indication that tempers will cool anytime soon. In the wake of the...

A way out

AFTER the weekend deliberations in the federal capital concluded with both the opposition and government camps calling for dialogue, some political ‘in-betweeners’ have also chimed in with helpful...

Psychology of povertyPsychology of poverty

“Poverty is an ethical concept, not a statistical one”. — John Wall, World Bank, 2006 IN nuclear-powered Pakistan nearly 40-50 per cent of the country’s...

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