Newsletters
Gift Membership
Become a member
Subscribe
Get app
Sign in
Take Scroll With You
Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app
ANDROID
iOS
Gift Membership
Home
Common Ground
The India Fix
Eco India
The Latest
The Reel
Magazine
Video
Trending
How the Sassoons of Bombay became one of China’s wealthiest families
‘No Pausa’ walks with women on long road through menopause
A book of real-life accounts from the Indian Air Force honours those who took part in the 1962 war
Proposed Waqf Act amendments strike a discriminatory note for Muslim charitable organisations
Family history: A writer investigates why her great-grandfather chose to sail to South Africa
How the 1958 Mundhra scam exposed the nexus between LIC, the bureaucracy and rogue businessmen
November global nonfiction: Start a new month with these recent books, including Orhan Pamuk’s
Trying a ‘digital detox’? Four ways to make it a success
Hounded around the world, the first ‘man-made man’ took refuge in India
Booker Prize review: Desire, suspicion, and obsession comprise the emotional core of ‘The Safekeep’
On the Great Nicobar island, why the future is fearful
How the Sri Lankan civil war made its way into a French film about an undercover cop
Sections
Politics
Culture
India
World
Film and TV
Music
Books and Ideas
Business and Economy
Science and Technology
In Pictures
Announcements
Bookshop
The Field
Pulse
Elections 2024
Pakistan history
Bangladesh: In the burning of the Bangabandhu Museum, embers of a multilayered history
Naeem Mohaiemen
· Aug 09, 2024 · 09:00 am
‘The History Teacher of Lahore’: Literature as witness and vehicle of change during difficult times
Saloni Sharma
· Dec 23, 2023 · 08:30 am
By demonising Hindus, Pakistan’s nationalist history overlooks colonial atrocities
Haroon Khalid
· Jul 04, 2020 · 07:30 am
Pakistan is obsessed with a Turkish drama that glorifies the sword and distorts Islamic history
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dawn.com
· Jun 08, 2020 · 01:30 pm
How an Englishman who loved late-night parties died a Muslim saint in Pakistan
Furqan Hyder Shaikh
· Dec 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm
Filtering history: Why Aurangzeb and Mahmud Ghazni are heroes in Pakistan but villains in India
Haroon Khalid
· Nov 02, 2018 · 12:30 pm
In Pakistan, appreciation of Indus Valley Civilisation ties in with attempts to erase its Hindu past
Haroon Khalid
· Aug 24, 2018 · 12:30 pm
Remembering a shared past: Two universities in India and Pakistan offered a joint history course
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
· May 27, 2018 · 07:30 am
How the shadow of the battle of Karbala has shaped Urdu literature
Asif Farrukhi
· Oct 23, 2017 · 10:30 pm
Identity politics: Why Pakistan has erased Kautilya from its consciousness
Saif Tahir
· Aug 04, 2017 · 08:30 pm
How a Hindu temple was renovated by a Muslim and a Sufi shrine revamped by a Sikh in Pakistan
Haroon Khalid
· Jun 30, 2017 · 06:30 pm
Contrary to popular belief, Karachi's Wazir Mansion was probably not Jinnah's birthplace
Akhtar Balouch
· Apr 16, 2017 · 08:30 pm
How Lahore, the city that once propelled Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to greatness, also led to his undoing
Haroon Khalid
· Apr 07, 2017 · 06:30 pm
The untold story of Sindh's Umerkot, a town torn apart by Indo-Pak wars
Vaqar Ahmed
· Mar 13, 2017 · 08:30 pm
The first man on the moon was a Muslim warrior and other facts that India, Pakistan have been hiding
Nadeem F Paracha
· Oct 22, 2016 · 07:30 pm
The colourful history of the Pakistani passport
Nadeem F Paracha
· Sep 21, 2016 · 08:30 pm
How a Raj-era factory garden became Karachi’s most famous zoo
Dr. Sohail Ansari
· Sep 13, 2016 · 09:30 pm
Beyond Harappa: Pakistanis struggle with the paradox of their Indian heritage
Haroon Khalid
· Aug 24, 2016 · 05:30 pm
Of highs and lows: How Pakistani cricket changed forever
Nadeem F Paracha
· Jun 30, 2016 · 07:30 pm
Three decades since his secretive hanging, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's legend continues to grow
Haroon Khalid
· Apr 22, 2016 · 06:30 pm
