Fahmida Jan

Another Eidul Azha was celebrated with religious zeal across the globe. Like every year, millions and billions of rupees were spent by people on buying sacrificial animals for this religious ritual. However, what bothers me is whether we are doing sacrifice the correct way? Are all Muslims living up to the actual spirit of Eidul Azha?



Everyone is aware of the fact that when you slaughter an animal in the name of sacrifice, neither the blood of the animal nor the meat reaches God. The idea b

Smoking kills but still a large part of the population around the world lights up. Every year millions of smokers become the victim of their own deadly habit. Giving up an addiction, especially of tobacco, is without doubt difficult for people. However, it is their refusal and not their inability that doesn’t let them quit.



World No Tobacco Day, observed globally every year on May 31, is the day for all tobacco addicts to try giving up the habit. The World Health Organisation (WHO) initiate

Pakistani-born children living abroad face identity crises and it is important for such children to know where they are from, said speakers at a session, titled ‘Our Land and People Through the Ages’, on the second day of the fourth Children’s Literature Festival at Dawood Public School on Saturday.




Historian and writer Hamida Khuhro talked about why she began writing books for children, while addressing the children and parents at the session. Khuhro said that it was because of her grands

With the increasing number of Pakistani movies being released every year, people have gradually started getting their faith back in the local cinema.Speakers at the session, titled ‘Pakistani Cinema Strikes Back’, on the second day of the 7th Karachi Literature Festival’s were of the opinion that the revival of cinema is on the right track.Talking about the rise of the industry in the past few years, Mandviwalla Entertainment chief executive Nadeem Mandviwalla, who is also a producer, distribute

South Asian countries must think in terms of soft borders, because there are similar identities on both sides, said Kanak Mani Dixit on the second day of the Third International Karachi Conference on Saturday.




Dixit has been working in the field of journalism since 1971 and is the editor of Himal Southasian, a magazine in Nepal. He is also the pioneer of the idea of pan-South Asian journalism. In his keynote address, titled ‘Building the constituency for South Asianism’, Dixit gave the exa

Imagine walking in a meadow surrounded by white mountain peaks, listening to the blissful sound of the gushing river and looking at the specks of cattle grazing the pastures far away. This isn’t some movie scene or a fairyland from a dream. The scene depicted is very much present in the north of our very own country. Our motherland offers the kind of beauty that can take away one’s breath.



The magnificent beauty that nature has blessed Pakistan with is not valued the way it deserves to be.