Mr. Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar has been going around fashionable institutions in Lahore, cheerfully doling out knowledge to the country's elite kids. We thought we would help everyone out a little by fact-checking his claims.
A dip into some of the historic forces that shaped today's Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Three short films released in one cinematic package. Are any of them worth watching? #KhalilurRehmanQamar
Pakistanis are always besides themselves at the smallest hint of validation from a western source. But do we have the ability to judge the merit of a piece of creative work without considering the trappings of awards and gora attention? How can a white judge who has no initiation into indian classical music be qualified to confer a grammy in that genre? #AliSethi #AroojAftab
The economy is tanking, politics is a constant circus of palace intrigues and there is no shortage of bad news in Pakistan, but at least, thank you for the music.
This review talks about the past and future of the Pakistani film industry while contextualizeing The Legend of Maula Jatt within it.
80s PTV is a history of excellence, artistic triumph and resistance.
In the last ten years there have been a significant number of films that have tried to undo the damage of Bollywood's rapey past.
Today's weddings, gentrified affairs that they are, rest on polite fantasies of happily-ever-afters, but our singing foremothers were far more upfront about the reality of marriage, especially for women.
The eternal question...what does it mean to be Pakistani? Is being Muslim and being Pakistani the same thing?
Did Pakistan's first OTT show live up to the hype?
If I had a penny for the number of times a man has called a woman a gold digger...
Aurat March placards have faced all sorts of criticism, but they are doing an important job of feminist reclamation.
Should men who lie to extract sex from women be brought under the ambit of the Me Too Movement?
Sometimes a woman is a lollipop, and at other times she is a banana.
When a woman becomes the victim of a heinous crime, we look to her 'character' to decide whether she is worthy of our compassion
Somehow, feminism and heterosexual love has come to be seen as an oxymoron. How can one reconcile the two? How can you love a man when you are a self-described feminist?
A woman is another woman's worst enemy is an oft-repeated phrase in Pakistan, especially by men who feel threatened by the feminist movement. Let's dig deeper into this idea.
The world of Pakistani television plays is full of weeping women with no agency. How does that impact generations of women whose only entertainment option is Pakistani drama.
Why are women in Pakistan unable to break the chains of patriarchy? What is the key element to do so?
