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Reviews

Book Reviews 

Better Confess

April 28, 2022April 29, 2022 admin 1 Comment

Written by award-winning Irish author Alan Gorevan, the novel ‘Better Confess’

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Karachi’s Public Transport – Origins, Evolution and Future Planning

April 28, 2022April 29, 2022 admin 0 Comments

The book, Karachi’s Public Transport – Origins, Evolution, and Future Planning

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The Muslim Vanishes

April 28, 2022April 29, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Saeed Naqvi is a senior journalist and television commentator. Naqvi has written three books and his latest literary venture..

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Reviews TV series 

Badshah Begum

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 admin 0 Comments

The realities of the influential families of Sindh are depicted in the play Badshah Begum. Saman Ansari plays the role of the manipulative Hakim Bi. S

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Reviews WEB series 

The Batman

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Fear is toll, when it lights up the sky, It’s not just a call, It’s a warning.

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Film Reviews 

State of Mind

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 admin 0 Comments

State of Mind or Three Christs is a dramatic film based on real life events from the 1960s field of psychology and psychiatry.

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The Pink Lady

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 admin 0 Comments

As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss. This quote by Cassandra Clare, an American writer best describes the intention behind the book ..

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Passion of Dhol

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Six hundred words worth of a review is simply not enough to do justice to this erudite and remarkably well-researched work.

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Notes on an Execution

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Notes on an Execution’ by Danya Kukafka burrowed deep under my skin from the opening pages.

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Film Reviews 

Scream 2022

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Scream 2022’ is an American horror and thriller. With an imdb rating of 7.3/10, the film evokes plenty of excitement and keeps suspense in the audience till the last minute.

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Prince Charming

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022 admin 1 Comment

Prince Charming, featuring Mahira Khan and Zahid Ahmed, is a recently-released short film directed by Shehryar Munawar.

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DRAMA Reviews 

Jo Bichar Gaye

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022 admin 0 Comments

The drama serial ‘Jo Bichar Gaye’ currently showing on Geo TV channel is adapted from a biographical novel and popularised as a historical series based on events in Dhaka, from late 1970 to December 1971.

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Book Reviews 

Empyrean Realms

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Taimur Awan’s poetic prowess and a serene sense of rhyme are reflected in his poems. He is the author of two books – a collection of poems – Spiritual Balms and Empyrean Realms.

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Making a Muslim: Reading Publics and Contesting Identities in Nineteenth Century North India

March 2, 2022March 3, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Akbar Zaidi follows up his edited volume New Perspectives on Pakistan’s Economy with this erudite and engaging scholarly monograph on the role played by print and orality in helping to shape Muslim subcontinental identity in nineteenth century India, especially during the Raj.

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A Taste of Pakistan in Fusion

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Primarily a mixing of different food cultures and cuisines together, fusion cooking can be referred to as a form of cooking which combines…

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The Islamic Law of Inheritance

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 admin 0 Comments

At a quarter of the length of Hamid Khan’s tome on constitutional law, this particular book on Islamic inheritance might be less lengthy…

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The Way You Live

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 admin 0 Comments

The Way You Live by Mehrin Ruaid brings out life’s important questions about choosing a life partner.

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DRAMA Reviews 

Sang-E-Mah

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 admin 0 Comments

The new drama serial ‘Sang-e-Mah’, which is currently on air on Hum TV, is the new sensation for all the TV buffs…

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Film Reviews 

Hotel Transylvania

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania is an American computer-animated film released

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Reviews WEB series 

Emily in Paris

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Americans have often been accused of viewing the world through a myopic, if not entirely distorted, lens.

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Tales from Karachi

January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 admin 0 Comments

‘Tales from Karachi’ is a collection of flash fiction and poetry about Karachi, once referred to as ‘The City of Lights.’

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Gut-wrenching Reminder

January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Memoirs that resemble hagiographical texts are grossly unreliable as they fail to present a nuanced portrait of reality. Syed Nizam Shah’s Paradise Lost…

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Change in South Asian Cities

January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Despite the fact that many of us live in cities, and even if we do not their growth, structures and changes impact us, many of us remain utterly unaware of how complex these spaces are.

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