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The humour in Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif’s latest novel, Rebel English Academy, is disarming. Within a few pages of the beginning, you find yourself smiling and the smile stays on your face almost throughout the book. After all, the characters are quirky in their abnormal self-aw​areness, some of the situations make you snort with laughter (an intelligence office...

What makes a nation is indeed its people. One of the various interpretations of that statement is that a nation is shaped by a feeling of belonging. That belongingness binds humans with diverse histories and backgrounds to come together and make of their country what they want, to go beyond what its founders once imagined for it. But if we as citizens are to do so, what anch...

Legal challenges encountered by a 15-year-old rape survivor to medically terminate an unwanted pregnancy that emerged without her consent — drawing attention of the country’s Supreme Court thrice — highlights the archaic nature of some laws. The issue revolves around bodily autonomy, trauma and medical considerations.

While the victim and her parents pleaded...

The sigh of relief on the conclusion of the most contentious round of polling ever in recent times may have...