In her second collection of short fiction, Shahbano Alvi extends her range to examine the lives of migrants, expatriates and transients in Edinburgh, Oxford, London and elsewhere. Her descriptive talent is matched by her unflinching gaze at the mishaps, misunderstandings and small triumphs of...

In modern, beautiful Green City, gender selection, war and a virus outbreak have brought the ratio of men to women to alarmingly low levels. The government uses terror and technological surveillance to control its people, and women must take multiple husbands to have children...

In the summer of 1947, when the creation of the state of Pakistan was formally announced, ten million people Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs were in flight. By the time the monsoon broke, almost a million of them were dead, and all of northern...

In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories—the jobs. desires. Prayers. love affairs and rivalries—of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom. they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy. independence and fun. Embracing Hindi...

and Islam does not deny the market forces and market economy. Even the profit motive is acceptable to a reasonable extent. Private ownership is not totally negated. Yet, the basic difference between capitalistic and Islamic economy is that in secular capitalism, the profit motive...

It is 1948. A newly-independent India is trying to persuade Hyderabad to join the Indian union. Negations are difficult for both sides. State Congress, now operating from Indian territory, has launched a campaign of violent raids, designed to cripple civil administration in the border...

It is 2007, and Karachi is thrumming with possibility for childhood friends Jogi and Billoo. They spend their days and nights in a euphoric haze of work, conversation, and laughter, unmoved by the trouble that seems to be brewing in parts of the city....

Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that...

Lahore - a city of secretive glamour, whispering elites, and sordid affairs. A city brought to its knees by terrorism.Forty one-year old Mona has almost everything: money, friends, social status… everything except for freedom in the repressed Pakistani society. Languishing in her golden cage,...

Like Many Things That Children Must Learn, Writing Is Something That Comes With Time And Practice. LEARN To read and write the english alphabet A to Z the Fun And Easy Way.

Like Many Things That Children Must Learn, Writing Is Something That Comes With Time And Practice. LEARN To read and write the numbers from one to twenty the Fun And Easy Way, along with practice activities.

 Like most young girls, Aaira grew up with dreams of a happily ever after with her one and only!   Saafel was meant to be her soul-mate. However, life didn’t pan out as she had expected, throwing its most dark and stark realities in...

Madman, tyrant, animal — history has given Adolf Hitler many names. After facing rejection from art schools in Vienna, Hitler worked as a laborer and later served in the First World War, where he was awarded for bravery. Following the war, he quickly rose to power and...

MANY BOOKS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE STUDY OF SUFISM, BUT VERY FEW HAVE BEEN WRITTEN DESCRIBING ITS EXPERIENCE. THE QUEST AND THE QALANDAR GIVES READERS AN IDEA OF WHAT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SUFI PATH IS LIKE FROM THE WORDS OF A LIVING...

Meet Tanya Shaukat.Tanya's got a pretty good life, working for Karachi's Daily Image newspaper and smoking-drinking-flirting her way through minor romantic escapades.Sure, there are a few tiny problems. But, so far, she's been handling them well enough - in fact, she's even managed to...

Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie. In How to Win Friends and Influence People, he offers practical advice and techniques, in his exuberant and conversational style, for how to get out of a mental...

Mindful Coloring for Kids Fun Stickers activity Copy colour book to recognize line, perspective, color, shape and form; helps to focus Stimulates Creativity Important facts about amazing personalities Pakistan is proud of

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Newly married Seema Hyderi is tired of being thrown out of her husband's house. Now, sitting on her suitcase after a third eviction, she has a choice to make: obey her husband and submit, or listen to her instinct and leave forever. The consequences...

On an October morning in 1970, phones began ringing all over Karachi. The charismatic young poet and former civil servant Mustafa Zaidi had been found dead in his bedroom. He wasn’t alone: Shahnaz Gul, a stunningly beautiful, married socialite, with whom Zaidi had been...

On My Way is a poignant exploration of the writer's life experiences as a daughter, wife, and mother. While Mahvish is busy settling down in a new country far from her hometown of Lahore, Pakistan, she does everything to make sure not to lose...

One of the most anticipated title of the year.... If there's something Pakistanis love more than December shaadis and desi food, it’s jinn stories. Jinnistan is a gripping collection of South Asian short horrors featuring paranormal entities in all shapes and forms- including the...

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become...

Pakistan is more than the sum of its news-making parts. In these marvellous essays on history, politics and society, cultural critic Nadeem Farooq Paracha upturns various reductive readings of the country by revealing its multi-layered reality. With wit and insight, he investigates past events...

Rujuta Diwekar is amongst the most followed nutritionists globally, and a leading health advocate. Over the past decade, her writings have decisively shifted food conversations across the country away from fads and towards eating local, seasonal and traditional. Her mantra, ‘eat local, think global’,...

Rumours of Spring by Farah Bashir is the unforgettable account of an adolescence spent in Srinagar in the 1990s. As Indian troops and militants battle across the cityscape, and violence becomes the new normal, a young schoolgirl finds that regular tasks - studying for...

Selected and translated by writer, editor and translator par excellence Muhammad Umar Memon, the twenty-five stories in this book represent the finest short fiction in Urdu literature.   In his Introduction, Memon traces the evolution of the Urdu short story from its origins in...

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Sharmeen’s life is disrupted when, after an unexpected tragedy, she moves into her Nani’s rambling ancestral bungalow with her family. She hates this new life: her mother, Aliya, and Nani fight constantly; her new schoolmates bully her; and the family retainer, her loving Aziz...

Short, raw, and powerful, Dare to Be You is more than just another self-help book. With a unique no-holds-barred approach to authenticity, it takes you on a journey of self-exploration, to unlock your true potential, and do away with the demons that hold you...

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THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES THE SECRET TO LOVE THAT LASTS Falling in love is easy. Staying in love - that's the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? In the...

The acclaimed author of Before She Sleeps returns to a feminist dystopia in this novel of women rising up to break the bonds of polygamy and repression. In a country bent on controlling women's bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom, a resistance has formed. An...

The Battle for Pakistan showcases a marriage of convenience between unequal partners. The relationship between Pakistan and the United States since the early 1950s has been nothing less than a whiplash-inducing rollercoaster ride. Today, surrounded by hostile neighbours, with Afghanistan increasingly under Indian influence,...

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The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21 reshaped the world in many ways. In fact, it will not be surprising if the world, for many years to come, refers to the time period before the pandemic as BC (“Before COVID19”). COVID19 challenged leaders like never before....

The kitchen is often the heart of South Asian homes. Muslim South Asian kitchens, in particular, are the engines of an entire culture. The alchemy that takes place within them affects nations and economies, politics and history, and of course human relationships. There is...

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The official autobiography of Wasim Akram, the 'Sultan of Swing', one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. For twenty years, Wasim Akram let his cricket do the talking - with his electrifying left-arm pace, his explosive striking as a batsman,...

The second edition of Ralph Russell’s critically acclaimed The Famous Ghalib introduce Ghalib to readers who want to find out why his poetry has  inspired generations of Urdu speakers and many others besides. It explains the form of poetry in which Ghalib wrote, and...

The Social Butterfly is back with her signature wingbeat. The world may have moved with a rattling pace since her last outing but the lifestyles of Lahore's literati, Dubai's glitterati and London's desi flutterati have more than kept pace. Earth-shattering events like wars, climate...

The whole world does its works and commits its errors: but few are the lovers who know the beloved' "He who has seen Him and touched Him, he is freed from all fear and trouble" "Kabir says: "I have attained the unattainable, and my...

The world is not what it seems... Maryam senses an absence of self-recognition on noticing a lone daffodil bloom in Noor-e-Jehan's (grandmother) decaying garden. Suddenly feeling unloved and forgotten, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, flitting between two houses. The first is a...

The world of Pakistani sports is bursting with talent! From the national obsession of Cricket and national sport Hockey to the upcoming Boxing and Karate, Pakistan has a great range of sports but we often don’t hear about them. Turn the pages to read...

There is a vast cultural movement emerging from the Global South and sweeping all before it. India's Shah Rukh Khan, after all, is the most popular actor in the world. Bollywood, Turkish soap operas called dizi, K-pop and other aspects of Eastern pop culture...

This book is to acknowledge the talent of our cricket captain Babar Azam who, by all accounts, is one of the most accomplished batsman of this era; and also to introduce Pakistan cricket’s immense contributions to the game over the years, giving to the...

This book tells the story of the tragic and often tormented relationship between the United States and Pakistan. Pakistan's internal troubles have already threatened U.S. security and international peace, and Pakistan's rapidly growing population, nuclear arsenal, and relationships with China and India will continue...

This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good.Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting...

This is a work of love, skill and scholarship that reflects the vast, complex riches of the Urdu ghazal tradition. A must-buy for any lover of poetry!' - Tabish Khair The ghazal is a literary curiosity, a quintessential form of poetic expression, known for...

SHAH RUKH NADEEM THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK YOU WILL READ IN YOUR LIFETIME. Readistan comes from the core of my heart. The book has been designed to ensure that readers enjoy the breathtaking wisdom that is embedded in its words. I...