In this piece, Muhammad Shehryar reviews the latest book which has been compiled and edited by Pakistan’s former top ambassador; Maleeha Lodhi. If you take a closer look at the history of Pakistan and the current situation, you will see Pakistan falling into a never-ending pit. If we look at the history of Pakistan, our…
To live, get an education, earn a livelihood and then leave this world are not the only things humans are created for, humans are bestowed with additional and tremendous capabilities to understand and perceive the world around them. As we have been fortunate enough to have these sensibilities, it’s incumbent on us to do something…
Hamza Waqas, Balach Khan Puffball studio’s new short animated film, titled Swipe, is being screened in collaboration with universities and schools around the country. The film comes after the massive success of their previous work, Shehr e Tabassum (The city of smiles). Both films mark the rise of an important emerging genre in Pakistani…
For a long time, films were analysed in a one-dimensional way. Many critics conveniently brush this form of art under the umbrella of “storytelling” – and this notion itself was pretty exclusionary and naïve. Throughout the history of cinema, many filmmakers have challenged this notion by using different techniques such as symbolism, lighting, cinematography and…
