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Rustic and audacious, The Legend of Maula Jatt is a risk that just might pay...
At the time of writing this article, the trailer for The Legend of Maula Jatt (LoMJ) has already garnered around three million views on multiple accounts on Facebook, around one million views on...
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If Pakistan has not run out of gas, why are we in the midst of a severe gas...
The country is in the grip of a gas crisis. A shortage of natural gas has meant that millions of people do not have gas to cook or hot water to bathe with. There are mile-long queues at compressed...
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When 2018 brought the death of Burnes Road and marred the spirit of Karachi
Karachi’s recent anti-encroachment drive has caused uproar all across the city over the past few weeks. While some argue that for the sake of ‘development’, it is perfectly justified to remove the...
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In the Karachi vs Lahore food debate, Boat Basin tips the scale in favour of...
The server quickly refilled my (styrofoam) ‘cup’ of tea, and asked in the most inconspicuous and unassuming of tones if my nashta (breakfast) was to my liking. With such displays of courtesy, how could...
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A peddler’s life in the city of Badin: Making peanuts selling peanuts
My first interaction with the peanut selling peddler was nearly 28 years ago. In those days, I had gone to Badin (a city in Sindh) with my father. My father bought peanuts from him and that’s how I...
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Urdu Bazaar: “We have lavish shops for shoes but for books, we can’t even...
Mild sunlight warms the streets tightly packed with books, stalls and rows of parked vehicles. Shops aligned adjacent to each other brim with colourful books meant to appeal to book lovers. The market...
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12 entries that were definitely worth the long queues at Karachi Eat Festival...
Karachi Eat this time around was bigger and better when compared to previous editions. But was the food worth the massive crowds, seemingly never-ending queues and overall chaos one faces at a food...
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Easy way out: Stop blaming drugs, porn for Kasur’s child abuse cases and...
Kasur, a city with a population of 3,454,996, has seen rising incidences of sexual violence, including child sexual abuse. This city has seen 700 cases of child sexual abuse in the last three years....
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Karachi will never be able to fill the void left behind by Ali Raza Abidi
I woke up to a text message from my mother on a lazy Wednesday afternoon on Boxing Day, December 26, 2018, advising me not to react after receiving the news of what had transpired in Karachi. I did not...
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“I was going home after 71 years”: The emotional ‘homecoming’ of an Indian in...
“I am going home… after 71 years.” I mumbled something along those lines to passengers sitting beside me, while taking a flight from Karachi to Islamabad on Christmas morning. Late in October, a friend...
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First Empress Market and Burnes Road, now wedding halls – Karachi is falling...
The courts have given their verdict. Encroachments will have to be removed and Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has already started issuing notices to property owners throughout the city. The...
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PSL4: 3 reasons why the best entertainment package of 2019 has arrived
If you love stories with happily ever afters, then Pakistan Super League (PSL)’s story might just be the right pick for you. I know I may sound biased, but I absolutely love PSL out of all the leagues...
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Alamgir Khan should #FixIt more like an MNA and less like a rebel
Karachi has been facing serious water and sanitation issues. The sitting government of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) seems to be completely unmoved and unconcerned about the plight of the common man of...
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Gladiators vs Zalmi: When the best of the best come face to face
Quetta Gladiators versus Peshawar Zalmi: the two finalists confirmed after a month of enthralling cricket. All the ebbs and flows of the tournament bow down to one game, the final, which is to be...
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The PSL4 final was just a formality – the trophy already had Gladiators...
The rest of us had to wait till March 17th to know who will ultimately be crowned the champions of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2019, but in the Quetta camp, it seems victory was already foreseen. Soon...
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Laal Kabootar is a strong, well-made film but fails at being a trendsetter
Films such as Laal Kabootar have a much bigger responsibility to cinema, particularly for Pakistani cinema, which is going through an interesting phase of its life cycle. Pakistani cinema’s revival is...
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If BRT Peshawar is still incomplete under PTI, what chance does BRT Karachi...
Peshawar’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) seems to be a never-ending project as once again Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’ s (PTI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has postponed its launch. The inauguration...
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Why is a mega metropolitan city like Karachi still struggling with public...
Spread over an area of 3,780 square kilometres, Karachi is one of the largest cities of Pakistan. Shockingly, commuting is a major issue in the city due to the absence of a government-owned public...
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How many Ahsans, Amals, Aqsas, Intezars, Nimras, Sajjads will we lose to...
Conducting encounters to catch criminals, only to end up killing innocent people, has become a favourite pastime for our law enforcement agencies (LEAs). Just a few months ago, we saw the brutal...
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Abbottabad: The city that once stood against intolerance now welcomes it
Abbottabad, the capital of the Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), is probably the second most important city of the province after Peshawar. It is a city of many...
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