SOCIETY: COSPLAYING IN PAKISTAN In a society often defined by tradition, a new generation is finding freedom in the fantastical. This is the story of how Japanese Updated 20 Sep, 2025 03:20pm
Breathing poison We’re emitting enough pollutants to bring us to death’s door. Published 23 Dec, 2023 06:53am
CAFÉ NOIR: RAZE AND RAISE A round-up of all the things that are raising Pakistanis’ blood pressures and the dollar rate… Published 05 Feb, 2023 08:15am
CAFÉ NOIR: CELEBRATING 75 YEARS! Let’s forget the past year and a looming worse year. Instead, let’s recount our achievements on our Diamond Jubilee… Published 08 Jan, 2023 07:42am
CAFÉ NOIR: FINALLY, SOME SPORT Now that the issue of the new army chief is settled, the cafe’s collective attention can turn to sports, without feeling guilty Published 11 Dec, 2022 10:37am
CAFÉ NOIR: ACCIDENTAL MARCHING ORDERS There’s nothing so absurd about Pakistani politics that cannot be made worse by public statements… Published 13 Nov, 2022 07:33am
CAFÉ NOIR: LEAKY AUDIOS There have been so many leaks from so many old politicians, maybe they should look for a doctor instead of security agencies. Published 16 Oct, 2022 06:35am
CAFÉ NOIR: LIVING IN A BUBBLE A round-up of the news from the past week from the favourite haunt of curmudgeonly coffee drinkers Published 18 Sep, 2022 07:45am
CAFÉ NOIR: ‘IT’S JUST POLITICS’ A round-up of recent events in Pakistani politics. Never a dull moment in the land of the pure absurdity Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am
CAFÉ NOIR: KHAN KNOWS IT ALL Turns out that the CIA’s plan was really Imran Khan’s plan all along Published 22 May, 2022 08:36am
REMITTING LIVES AND DEATHS 11,000 Pakistanis are languishing in prisons around the world Updated 19 Dec, 2021 10:49am
CAFÉ NOIR: A MAN OF LETTERS The prime minister goes on a letter-writing spree... Updated 16 May, 2021 12:43pm
CAFÉ NOIR: FURTHER INTO THE SURREAL As if things were not strange enough in the Land of the Pure, Pakistan became one big Zoom meeting of senility Published 28 Mar, 2021 06:28am
SOCIETY: THE SOUND AND THE FURY The most famous sound engineer in Pakistan finds himself caught, yet again, in the crossfire between the government and the... Published 24 Jan, 2021 06:44am
CYBERLIFE: THE YEAR ON TIKTOK Stories from Pakistan’s most rapidly growing video sharing app... Updated 28 Dec, 2020 11:09am
When real people become memes What happens after memes go viral? And is there any going back for the people featured in them? Published 22 Dec, 2020 10:35am
PEOPLE OF THE MEMES What happens after memes go viral? And is there any going back for the people featured in them? Updated 20 Dec, 2020 04:02pm
Maradona — the man who lived life on his own terms He's a name that isn't dying anytime soon. Published 27 Nov, 2020 01:46pm
POLITICS: PLAYING WITH FIRE Why does the state give the impression of entertaining an incendiary extremist party such as the TLP at all?... Published 22 Nov, 2020 07:21am
SOCIETY: PAKISTAN’S DRIVE AGAINST CREATIVITY The TikTok ban was only the latest in a line of such bans. What does a state obsessed with censorship and regulation... Published 25 Oct, 2020 07:07am
