Faris Islam writes about how reporting on the current situation in Tehran has been fraught with difficulties. As events in Iran have dominated headlines throughout the world, a glaring problem has arisen both in the reporting and analysis of the situation by the international media. Problems getting...

Expatriate families face different kinds of challenges when they return to their native country, writes Nosheen Abbas. Shifting from one country to another usually entails the upheaval of an individual’s existence. But for expatriates, returning home to their native country evokes distinct emotions....

Desis made the King of Pop one of their own a long time ago, writes Huma Yusuf. One of my best friends and I first started talking because of Michael Jackson. It was 1991, and satellite dishes were creeping into Pakistan. Weeks after my family splurged on a dish, the iconic music video of ‘Black or...

Is Pakistan winning this year’s Twenty20 a symptom of the receding influence of the Tableeghi Jammat in the team, asks Nadeem F. Paracha. In 1996 when the underdog Sri Lankan cricket team created one upset after another to finally win that year’s prestigious Cricket World Cup, the then decade long...

Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Younus Khan, Umar Gul? Nope. Mohammed Aamir was Imran Yusuf’s favourite World Cup story. The next Twenty20 World Cup takes place in May 2010 and I’m already looking forward to seeing which new left-arm quick we discover for the tournament. In 2007, Sohail Tanvir...

Madeeha Syed gets through high security for a backstage peek at the most elusive recording studio in town. I  drive several miles out of the main centre of the city, cross a bridge into an area dominated by warehouses and industrial mills and arrive at a venue marked only by a tiny sign. The only thing...

Underdogs? Outsiders? Naah…WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!! People are out and about on the streets. Cars with national songs blaring out, flags all around. Bhangras are in full swing… Hafsa: Thanks Champika. Your team was great too but I guess Pakistan were very confident and composed today. Champika...

Fans reactions and pre-game atmosphere from around the world ahead of the World Twenty20 final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka today at Lords   Hasan Mandviwala (Student) -Karachi, Pakistan Since 1992 Pakistani Cricket has been awaiting the return of its champions to a victory in a world cup final. Today...

Defeating Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup could be the icing on Sri Lanka’s cake, writes Colombo-based Champika Fernando. If defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and killing its leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran was the cake, a possible victory against Pakistan in the Twenty20...

Tazeen Javed encourages everyone to take out a minute to appreciate their fathers. Father’s day may be a creation of Hallmark cards to sell their merchandise in times of lull, but it is a beautiful reminder that we need to appreciate our fathers and tell them that we love them, something we often tend...