FICTION: TALES OF THE CITY A gripping collection of Urdu short stories feature Karachi as a vibrant metropolis in which individuals from diverse communities Published 12 Apr, 2026 06:08am
FICTION: NEWSY FICTION A collection of 17 insightful Urdu short stories combines a matter-of-fact, almost journalistic clarity with underlying warmth Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:52am
FICTION: THE TRANSLATED CLASSIC A masterful translation of French novelist Honore de Balzac’s 1831 novel A Woman of Thirty opens up a new world of literature for Published 09 Nov, 2025 08:29am
NON-FICTION: JOURNEY THROUGH THE HUMAN PSYCHE Mustansar Hussain Tarar’s new book delves into the intricacies of human nature as he shares his personal experiences with some of Published 16 Mar, 2025 11:42am
FICTION: YEARNING TO BREATHE An English translation of Hasan Manzar’s Urdu novel Habs successfully retains the style and meaning of the original work Published 26 Jan, 2025 09:40am
FICTION: By the waters of the Hulan The Urdu translation of a novel considered a classic of modern Chinese literature is immensely atmospheric and evocative Published 08 Dec, 2024 08:12am
FICTION: THE DARKNESS OF EMOTIONS Winner of the Asif Farrukhi Ilm-o-Agahi Award 2024, an Urdu novel about complex family dynamics explores the edgier psychology of Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:13am
FICTION: OTHERED LOVE A fresh translation of an Urdu novel by the late Altaf Fatima is lucid enough to be read on its own merits Published 02 Jun, 2024 08:09am
FICTION: THE GIFTED DAUGHTER An Urdu translation of an English novel about a tempestuous love affair between Shams Tabraiz and Rumi’s adopted daughter Published 07 Jan, 2024 07:14am
NON-FICTION: WITNESS TO A TIME GONE BY A diary of the experiences of a Pakistani doctor who worked in Nigeria for four years in the 1960s is both amusing and dramat Published 15 Oct, 2023 06:41am
NON-FICTION: DELHI, AS THEY KNEW IT An intimate chronicle of a crucial era in the Subcontinent — often painted as effete and decadent — reveals the intellectual... Published 03 Jul, 2022 12:35pm
FICTION: PAKISTAN’S PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY A new novel paints Pakistan as a portrait that acts as a kind of mirror, which reveals the dissipation of our resources, and our Published 26 Sep, 2021 11:51am
FICTION: BIRD IN SEARCH OF LOVE A debut novel traces a journey of self-discovery through global politics Published 03 Nov, 2019 07:02am
NON-FICTION: THE ALIENATED CHILDREN OF THE SOIL A look at why young Christians, despite being descendants of the soil, feel themselves alienated from Pakistani society Published 23 Dec, 2018 07:22am
FICTION: SUBTLE REALISM Hasan Manzar’s novel Habs is a lesson in history and human nature Published 18 Mar, 2018 07:09am
