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Book launch: ‘Making waves’ in the world of art
Hashmi underlines the need to enlighten and train artists and critics.
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Book review: Frontier of faith - land of the ‘free’
Focusing on the period from 1890 to 1950, the book highlights the intrinsic independence of the tribal areas.
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Unorganised bookstores: Book hunting hurdles
Unorganised bookstores make searching for the right book a difficult task in the capital.
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Ever met the stern librarian?
Sour, grim and perpetually suspicious; these are some of the most glaring trademarks of a typical librarian.
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Book review: Books by Dr Suess - for young readers
His stories in rhyme, driven by amusing turns of phrase and filled with imaginative characters, make reading fun.
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Book review: A Stolen Life, a memoir - Kidnapped!
18 years in captivity, a lost childhood and intense torture...
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Forget books, read Facebook updates?
Poll finds one in six youngsters fails to read one book per month. Exposure to English limited to Facebook, Twitter.
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Book review: Please look after mom - have you seen my Mom?
Her pain is visceral as she treads through the time periods, conversations, and memories of her mother.
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Shehryar Fazli’s distant, vanished world
The author of Invitation discusses his inspiration, writing style and second novel.
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‘Meri Siasi Bible - Bhutto kay Afkar’: Immortalising the views of a fallen leader
The book provides detailed information about Bhutto’s concept of democracy.
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Beyond books and bookshelves
Though the Dr Mahmud Husain Library has books aplenty ... it is more than just a library.
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Mohammed Hanif: Back with (another) bang
The man who brought you exploding mangoes is back!
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Book launch: Four books penned by Hekmatyar
Hekmatyar is writing against a superpower at a time when superpower is hunting him down, said Hilal at the ceremony.
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A morning spent reading poetry of the world
Over two dozen people of all age groups attend PANA’s poetry and literature breakfast.
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Collector’s item: Sadequain’s mystic expression in print
Mystic Expressions interpretations of poetry of famous sub-continent poets famous poets by Sadequain.
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Magazine launch: Echoing voices of Pakistani literati
The bi-monthly ‘Solidarity International’ celebrates its first edition.
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Earliest Austen manuscript fetches $1.6 m
It was Austen's only literary work between finishing "Northanger Abbey" and starting "Mansfield Park".
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Book review: The Land of Green Plums - life behind an ‘Iron Curtain’
A profound illustration of a totalitarian state.
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Book review: The Great Stagnation - a crisis of innovation
This book is going to change the way we approach and analyse our economic problems.
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Treasure trove: Awesome collection in awful condition
Rare books at Lahore Museum in jeopardy due to lack of funds, poor conservation.
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Book review: The real Gandhi?
Lelyveld's book about Gandhi daringly de-mythologises the deified figure of the Mahatma.
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Book review: Saints and sinners
Delve into The Forty Rules of Love and a natural flow of real emotion will take over.
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Children’s literature: What’s in a magazine for children?
Experts discuss raising rights’ awareness through magazine.
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100 books, 100 guests: NLA organises exhibition to promote Urdu language
Eminent literary figures at the book sale encouraged reading habits.
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Special issue of ‘Adbiyat’ launched
The issue features work of prominent writers.
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Behind the veil all are women
Stories that provide a voice to those who are not always heard.
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Washington from a different perspective
An action thriller involving secrets in art, architecture and history.
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It’s a mad, mad world
A journey into the minds of the mad, from death squad leaders to battling CEOs.
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The F Word: When you’re a woman
The F Word is an interesting collection of work but there's only so much a single edition of a magazine can achieve.
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The Wandering Falcon: Tribal tales
The economical prose and devotion to facts make it easy to forget that you're reading fiction.
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Samandar Ki Chori: Water, water, nowhere
Its a bizarre story where ‘the city by the sea awakes to a starting realisation — the sea has been stolen!’
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Book review: How Real is your cat?
A hilarious insight into the world of the feline.
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Book review: Of love, compassion and sacrifice
A heartfelt biography describing the life of a loving lady who was a saint in the true sense of the word.
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Book review: Words from Pakistan
In this collection of modern poems, the literary splendour of Pakistani poetry can be shared with a global audience.
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Book review: Funny face Tina Fey's Bossypants
Tina Fey's comedy memoir Bossypants at times feels like an elongated punch line.
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‘The Wandering Falcon’: 30 years in the making
Remarkable book finally arrives in Islamabad.
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother: A mother’s manifesto
However, a ‘break’ is exactly the thing that this Chinese mother would not allow for her children to have.
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If You Ask Me: The other side of Betty White
A hilarious, slyly profound take on love, life, celebrity, aging and everything in between.
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Book review: Dishing the dirt
Matters of Discretion is a window into the world of Indian politics.
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With love from Bieber
First Step 2 Forever: My Story is an an account of Bieber's almost overnight rise to fame.
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Of gender wars and warriors
The book brings out a fresh perspective and compels women to reconsider men's side of the story.
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One step forward, ten steps back
There are a lot of different things that are great about being a writer, but it isn’t all glory!
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Spreading the word : Listen to Urdu translations of Bhittai’s poetry online
Radio Pakistan veterans hope to launch the website by the end of May.
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Open for business : After nine years, the dust comes off Frere Hall books
Booksellers promise to hold such fairs every Sunday.
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Of love, passion and obsession
In his latest novel Juliet, Naked, Hornby returns to the world of music obsession and mundane relationships.
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Let’s conquer worry!
Dale Carnegie decided to take his life-inspiring teaching techniques to another level.
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Books calling 15: ‘SOS’!
Reading for pleasure continues to decline, not because of a lack of books, but a lack of readers.
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The Hidden reality: Behind the science
Celebrated theoretical physicist Brian Greene explains the mind-boggling idea of a ‘Multiverse’.
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Invitation to Karachi
Budding author Shehryar Fazli’s novel promises a riveting experience.
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A life in review: Me and mrs jones
If you think JK Rowling is the best in young adult fantasy fiction, you’ve been misled far too long.