Editorial – Magazine
Our special feature, this month, is “December 16: wounds that never heal”. We are taken back in time to that bone-chilling day in December...
Benazir Bhutto: An Intangible Legacy
Eleven years is a long time. But it is still very difficult to accept that Benazir Bhutto is no more. She is missed, she...
Christmas: Faith and festivity Kaleidoscope of history
Jester Hairston’s rapturous 1956 Christmas lyrics, “Mary’s Boy Child Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day”, was initially sung to calypso by Henry Belafonte....
Five Takeaways from Ideas 2018 Defense Exhibition
JF-17 Fighter Block-III One of the most exciting news from the IDEAS 2018 convention is that Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder fighter, developed in cooperation with China...
Set on a Journey of Undefeated Dreams – Interview with APS Survivor
Waleed Khan was on the auditorium stage when the terrorists started the indiscriminate shooting. Waleed Khan was only 13 years old when he was...
Remembering APS: A tribute to those ‘who never came back’
I was trying to open the knots of time, recollecting the shadows of life which had waved a long goodbye to my propensities.“Baba, Baba...
An interesting plan to ‘sell Pakistan to the world’ – Chairman Board of Investment
Najma Minhas Managing Editor Global Village Space sat down with Haroon Sharif Minister of State and currently holding the charge as Chairman Board of...
Unlocking Dead Capital to unleash the Asian Tiger in Pakistan
I discovered the engine of growth—people organized in cities. Jane Jacobs“Our Greatest Invention (cities) Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier” Edward GlaeserEconomics...
President NBP explains ways to uplift Pakistan’s economy
GVS: According to a World Bank study only 13 percent of Pakistanis have formal bank accounts – over 100m people are unbanked that need...
JS Bank eyeing to empower small investors – CEO JS Global Capital
GVS: Throughout the world companies do the majority of their funding from stock markets – in Pakistan companies find it difficult to raise funds...
Fall of Dhaka 1971: Questioning the Iconic 3 million
Is the Bangladesh government’s official figure of three million a fair estimate of the number of people killed by the Pakistan military and its...
Biharis: Their crime was their belief in Pakistan – Sultan M Hali
Bihari is a generic term, which implies the migrants from the Indian province of Bihar, who headed for East Pakistan, after the partition of...
From East Pakistan to Bangladesh: What went wrong?
Ikram Sehgal was born to a Punjabi father and an Urdu-speaking Bengali mother. He joined the army in October 1965 and then qualified as...
How Pakistan was ‘Created & Lost’: A journey of ‘Blood & Tears’
The Pakistan that was achieved with so much of blood and tears; was split in two on the fateful day of December 16, 1971....
The Final Showdown Nearing? U.S. Talks with Afghan Taliban
Editor's Note: Earlier this year, an article in the Daily Beast revealed that Col. Chris Kolenda, Pugwash Secretary-General, Professor Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, and retired Ambassador Robin...
Beyond the Glitzy Skyscrapers? Nationality, Citizenship, and Class in Dubai
Living for more than 3 years in the heart of Dubai, I experienced the city as it presents itself on TV and newspaper advertisements...
Travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape you – Maliha...
GVS: What’s the one thing Pakistan has in terms of tourism that other countries lack? Maliha: Every country has something great to offer and is...
Shiva’s Katas Raj: Lost to Disarray
Mahabharat happened around 5000 years ago and Lord Shiva and Sati’s love story dates back to almost 100,000 years scientifically and around 7 million...
Aamir Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ likely to break Dangal’s record
Thugs of Hindostan, a money magnet, is likely to make huge box office earning as it is the big Diwali release of the year...
‘Donkey King’: A movie worth watching
Finally, the age of animation movies has dawned upon the Pakistani cinema. Pakistan-based Talisman Studios has released a teaser trailer for its family-friendly CG...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
With Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, J.K Rowling answers the long-awaited question of whether or not it’s possible to have a dud in...
Digital Magazine
Kashmir: the death nail of ‘Incredible India’?
Saad Rasool explains how through a constitutional travesty in removing Article 370. Modi’s Hindutva government extinguished the democratic hopes of 13 million Kashmiris, making...