Cafe Pyala

I know, I know. We've been terribly bad. No need to rub it in. But the simple fact of the matter is, things have changed since we began...

I had half made up my mind to tweet about my impressions of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf 's (PTI's) Karachi rally today (yes, I did go d...

Credit for digging up this Video of the Day, and even inspiring the title should go to @shahidsaeed on Twitter... This is from the anti- ...

For the last five or six days I had been contemplating how best to present the information contained on a website that someone had stumbled ...

The recent spate of violence, mayhem and bloodletting in Karachi has drawn a number of responses, ranging from the outraged to the resigne...

I guess I should offer some explanation about why the blog has been dormant for so long. Frankly, I can only speak for myself and you can pu...

I realize that everyone is now in a position to lecture our defenders on how to defend themselves . Shut down PAF Museum, close down the sha...

The 6th Karachi International Book Fair was held in Karachi this week. More than 300 publishers/ booksellers, more than a quarter million v...

The gang-rape case in Karachi's upmarket Defence area - where two women were driven off the road by men in another car and one of them w...

Oh wow. We've all become so used to the hyperbole of the Western and local language English press around Pakistan Fashion Weeks , that i...

ASS wiped out? (Click on image to read.)

In the face of massive public demand (well, two flattering comments on Cafe Pyala and some faint, barely audible praise overheard at a part...

The approaching cyclone in Karachi has got its residents in a state of dreaded anticipation and nervous excitement. To be sure, if the '...

Okay so I was browsing around, and quite by accident came across this weirdly named Pakistani blog titled Alaiwah! which seems to specialize...

If the protesting workers at a posh hotel occupy part of the establishment, you would think that this is a good enough City Pages news story...

Some people have asked us why he have not "covered" the bomb attacks in Karachi yesterday. This is meant simply to be a brief e...

Whatever the truth of what exactly happened and why after the blast at the Karachi Ashura procession, you are unlikely to see a more honest ...

A quick non-expletive-ridden word about the absolute disaster known as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation. Two days on from the torrent...

A headline in today's Daily Times Karachi pages tells us of the shocking loss of centenarian Yousuf from Nazimabad, who shuffled off th...