PUBLISHED September 06, 2025 PESHAWAR: shaam aae aur ghar ke liye dil machal uthe shaam aae aur dil ke liye koī ghar na ho [Evening falls, and the heart longs for home; Evening falls, and the heart has no home to return to] ~ Akhtar Usman Despite our love-hate relationship with those across the border,…
PUBLISHED July 13, 2025 ISLAMABAD: Some books document history. Others demand that we reckon with it. Danish Javeed’s ‘Incredible and Shining India!’ is one such book — a deeply disturbing and powerfully moving chronicle of a country that once prided itself on pluralism, now slipping into the grip of a majoritarian, ideological transformation. Javeed, a…
PUBLISHED July 06, 2025 UAE: Published by Pen & Sword Military, Caught in the Crossfire: The Inside Story of Pakistan’s Secret Services, begins with the author recounting a dramatic story from 1982, featuring former president General Zia Ul Haq. The incident perfectly encapsulates how Brigadier Naseem Akhtar Khan often found himself on the front lines…
