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The Outsiders?
That the outrage and dismay generated by the removal of world-renowned economist Atif Rehman Mian from the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) set up by the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) barely…
The Beauty of Baku
We went to Baku and came back dazzled. [caption id="attachment_27815" align="alignnone" width="600"] An open-air museum in Icari Sehir.[/caption] Some years ago, I read a book called Ali and Nino…
Book Review: Imagining Pakistan
At a time when a new government has been tasked with addressing a myriad old problems facing the country, Imagining Pakistan: Modernism, State, and the Politics of Islamic Revival underlines…
Interview: Nayyar Ali Dada
The morning after the Governor’s House in Lahore was opened up to the public, pictures surfaced of how the colonial estate had been trashed by throngs of visitors. A week…
Book Review: Wavell
Lord Archibald Percival Wavell (1883 - 1950), Archie to his friends, Field Marshal, and the penultimate Viceroy to India, played a significant role in World War II, and in the…
Art Review: Rabeya Jalil
Ambivalence intrigues Rabeya Jalil. It is a conceptual looking glass through which she casts her gaze on ordinary, everyday sights and teases out the extraordinary dimensions inherent in the…