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Pakistani food destinations beyond London

A starting map for Birmingham, Bradford, Manchester, and the Midlands, from Pakistani sweets to large family restaurants.

Hassan Raza · 16 May 2026 · 4 min

Home

Pakistani architects who changed how the country builds

Pakistan’s architectural history is not a parade of monumental men. It is a debate over climate, material, nation, conservation, housing and who receives good public space.

Rabia Kamal · 10 Feb 2026 · 3 min

Heritage

Zubeida Agha: colour and the beginnings of modern art in Pakistan

Zubeida Agha’s colour belongs at the beginning of Pakistan’s modern-art story, not in a polite paragraph added after the men have been named.

Mehreen Ali · 9 Feb 2026 · 4 min

Culture

Anila Quayyum Agha: light, shadow, geometry, and migration

Anila Quayyum Agha turns a carved geometric cube into a room of moving shadow, giving ornament architectural power and making every visitor part of the projection.

Bilal Ahmed · 7 Feb 2026 · 3 min

Culture

Huma Bhabha: sculpture between Karachi and New York

Huma Bhabha’s sculptures look archaeological and futuristic at once: cork, clay, foam, metal and found matter become bodies carrying damage, humour and monumentality.

Bilal Ahmed · 5 Feb 2026 · 3 min

Culture

Imran Qureshi: miniature painting, gardens, and architectural space

Imran Qureshi makes beauty and violence occupy the same surface: miniature precision can open into red spills, foliage and architectural interventions that refuse a safe viewing distance.

Bilal Ahmed · 31 Jan 2026 · 3 min

Culture

Pakistani-founded businesses in America worth knowing

Pakistani-founded businesses in America stretch from neighbourhood services to venture-backed technology. A useful guide follows the company, not a vague celebration of hustle.

Bilal Ahmed · 24 Jan 2026 · 3 min

Culture

NETSOL Technologies: Pakistan, California, and global software delivery

NETSOL connects Lahore engineering operations with a California-listed company and a specialised business: software for leasing, finance and asset-management workflows.

Bilal Ahmed · 17 Jan 2026 · 3 min

Culture

Systems Limited: a guide to one of Pakistan's oldest software companies

Systems Limited’s story begins in 1977, before Pakistan’s current software-export vocabulary, and becomes a study in how technical services survive several generations of computing.

Bilal Ahmed · 16 Jan 2026 · 3 min

Cities

Islamabad for families: parks, museums, trails, and meals

Islamabad works for families when the day alternates movement and recovery: a museum, a park, a short trail option and a meal before everyone becomes hungry at once.

Mehreen Ali · 5 Jan 2026 · 3 min

Cities

Karachi food itinerary: bun kebab, biryani, seafood, and chai

Karachi’s best food itinerary follows appetite and geography, not a heroic checklist that crosses the city six times in traffic.

Mehreen Ali · 4 Jan 2026 · 3 min

Recipes

Pakistani air-fryer snacks that still taste like the original idea

An air fryer can give a samosa a convincing shell, but it cannot fix wet filling or pastry brushed as though oil were an enemy.

Hassan Raza · 13 Dec 2025 · 4 min

Culture

Yumna Zaidi: a performance-led guide to her television work

Yumna Zaidi’s range is not proved by wigs or accents. It appears in how differently her characters understand danger, dignity, work and their right to occupy a room.

Bilal Ahmed · 4 Dec 2025 · 4 min