Farhan Afsar

Jun 03, 2026

What happens when it’s your parents’ dream home being realised (and their life savings spent) and you’re the default project manager?

Aiman Tahir Khan

Feb 06, 2026

The most highly anticipated event of the year — Basant — has kicked off in Lahore. Rooftops are booked and set up, the kite trade is booming and you can feel the city pulsating with excitement. But are we chasing a nostalgic dream? Or will Basant be the same vibrant, communal activity most remember? Aiman Tahir Khan looks at the history of Basant, as the colourful kite-flying festival returns to Lahore after almost two decades.

Sidrah Haque

Jan 16, 2026

Millennial women, especially those wanting to be mothers, were once promised they could have it all: a solid career, a perfect family and enough time to spare to work on their own selves. So why is it that millennial women, especially mothers, are constantly exhausted and burnt out?

Neha Maqsood

Dec 27, 2025

In Pakistan, as in many parts of the globe, patriarchy has made the experience of being a woman a taxing and lonely one. In an age of cyber harassment and continued gender-based violence in the online and offline world, one writer finds solace in the uplifting work of other women.

Dur e Aziz Amna

Aug 12, 2025

Following the passing of her maternal grandmother, Dur e Aziz Amna reflects on grief, love and rituals of mourning in this heartfelt elegy.

Umair Javed

Mar 10, 2025

Cricket in Pakistan may be a deeply political project, but our attachment to the sport - the heady highs and the dismal lows - make it so much more

Mariya Karimjee

Feb 04, 2025

Pakistan is experiencing an exodus of our young. How does losing almost an entire generation of students with advanced degrees and ambitious dreams change us and them?

Arslan Athar

Jan 21, 2025

The institution of marriage is an ideal in Pakistani society, the only acceptable and moral way to live, and when you choose to not enrol in the great program, a lot is assumed about you and a lot is said about you

Mariam Tareen

Jan 21, 2025

Watching the Israeli genocide in Gaza unfold as a parent has been heart wrenching, an uncanny double life, watching children torn apart on our phones while holding our sleeping babies

Dur e Aziz Amna

Jan 20, 2025

A meditation on the duties and efficacy of artists in times of oppression and injustice

Sadia Khatri

Dec 04, 2024

Sadia Khatri reimagines the private and public in rural Sindh