Ticket to paradise
Under the auspices of the prime minister’s task force on Gandhara tourism, it was indeed an honour for me to chair a round table conference on Wednesday (July 5), which…
Promoting mother languages
The Indus Cultural Forum (ICF) has been organizing the Pakistan Mother Languages Literature (PMLL) Festival in Islamabad for the last eight years. It coincides with the International Mother Language Day…
International Mother Language Day
February 21 is celebrated worldwide as Mother Languages Day. In Pakistan too, even a cursory glance at the activities and events held in the country on the day this year…
Celebrating languages
It is not all doom and gloom in this country as some pundits would like you to believe. Yes, there are challenges, and there are warmongers, but there are also…
Art is the answer
It was a memorable evening on September 20 at the PNCA Auditorium, Islamabad. The PNCA and the Embassy of Japan had organised an event titled ‘NIHON Unplugged: Music from Japan…
Good book, fitful journey
The first test of a book – prose, poetry or philosophical treatise – is whether it reads well. This test Abida Hussain’s account of her life and politics – Power…
