Trail

Culture

Urdu at home: a realistic plan for diaspora families

A shame-free family language plan built around relationships, repetition and useful Urdu.

Bilal Ahmed · 26 Aug 2026 · 2 min

Culture

Pakistani wedding photography shot list that protects real moments

A photography plan that protects ceremony, privacy and family relationships while giving the photographer names, timings and decisions they can use.

Bilal Ahmed · 27 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Recovery

Recovery after training: a week you can repeat

A practical recovery system built around sleep, food, fluids, lighter days, and knowing when pain needs qualified care.

Sara Malik · 5 May 2026 · 4 min

Heritage

A respectful day in Lahore’s Walled City

Plan one walk through living streets: check access, dress for worship spaces, ask before photographing, and leave time for the city between monuments.

Mehreen Ali · 4 May 2026 · 4 min

North

Fairy Meadows without the costume

Nanga Parbat’s Raikot face, a jeep that is not a ride, a walk that is the point, guest houses on a meadow, and a list of what to leave behind — including the lehenga.

Mehreen Ali · 20 Apr 2026 · 6 min

Cities

An Islamabad weekend that is not a mall

Trails at dawn, Saidpur as a village that still has to live, Faisal Mosque as architecture, and a meal that is not a food court. The capital without Centaurus as the plot.

Mehreen Ali · 18 Apr 2026 · 6 min

Hills

Murree is not Nathiagali

One is a hill station with a Mall Road and a traffic myth you personally book. The other is a Galyat ridge with walks. Year, weekend, and who still goes — without pretending they are the same pine.

Mehreen Ali · 17 Apr 2026 · 6 min

Outdoors

Margalla kit that is not a costume

Water, a start time, shoes that have met a rock. What tourists get wrong on Trail 3 is the same thing gyms get wrong: they dress for the photograph. The ridge is weather, not a set.

Sara Malik · 12 Apr 2026 · 6 min

Running

Before the sun argues

Dawn running in Pakistani heat: Margallas, DHA loops, sea road and canal routes, shoes you can buy locally, heat literacy, and when June vetoes pace.

Sara Malik · 11 Apr 2026 · 7 min

Hills

Murree and Nathiagali without the traffic myth

The hills are crowded on the weekends you choose badly. On a Tuesday in the right month, they are still towns with pine, guest houses, and a Mall Road that can be walked.

Mehreen Ali · 17 Mar 2026 · 4 min

Cities

Islamabad as a walking city

Sectors, trails, and the hours before the sun argues: how to move through the capital on foot without turning it into a hike brag.

Mehreen Ali · 16 Mar 2026 · 4 min

Cities

Lahore after the heat breaks

When September lets the city breathe: walking the old streets without a heritage script, and eating as if you live here.

Mehreen Ali · 15 Mar 2026 · 4 min

Coast

Karachi by the sea: Hawke's Bay to Sandspit

A city shoreline that is not a resort: wind, weekend traffic, fishermen, and the stretch of sand Karachi actually uses.

Mehreen Ali · 13 Mar 2026 · 4 min

Outdoors

Dawn in the Margallas

Islamabad's trails are a public gym with better air. At 5:45am you get walkers, serious runners, and the city before it starts arguing. Come down before the heat.

Sara Malik · 8 Mar 2026 · 4 min

Culture

How to write responsibly about Pakistani celebrities and public figures

Responsible celebrity coverage is not dull coverage. It replaces invented intimacy with better questions about work, power, collaboration and the public record.

Bilal Ahmed · 15 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

Cities

Best time to visit Pakistan by region and trip type

There is no single best month for Pakistan. The answer changes with altitude, heat tolerance, school calendars, road access and whether the trip is for mangoes, museums or mountains.

Mehreen Ali · 2 Jan 2026 · 3 min

Workwear

Pakistani modest workwear for US offices

Pakistani modest workwear in the United States must flex across climate, air conditioning, regional office codes and commutes built around cars or public transport.

Zainab Noor · 27 Dec 2025 · 3 min