Pakistan

They say a butterfly flapping its wings can cause hurricanes on the other side of the world. The butterfly effect.…

Translated from English to Urdu by Anwar Shahid Khan and Taimoor Shahid  

My mother married my father because her husband died, and my father married my mother because his wife passed away.…

Translated from English to Urdu by Anwar Shahid Khan and Taimoor Shahid  

The basant party is the first event Khalida attends as a wife. As a mistress, daytime invitations were seldom extended…

‘Hot Mango Chutney Sauce’ was shortlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   It was only yesterday that the…

Baji Shahnaz Really, sometimes I think fathers are remarkable beings. Under the harsh sun of their lives, they wither away…

  جے میں کدی سوچن بیٹھاں تے پیو واقعی بڑے عظیم ہوندے نیں۔ ساری حیاتی اپنے جسم دا بالن بال…

Translated from Urdu to English by Umair Kazi Translator's note It seems a fair assumption that preparation and prior study, or at…

An Excerpt from a War Diary from the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

مارچ ۲۸ لاﺅڈ اسپیکر کی چیخ وپکار نے چونکا کر نیند سے اٹھا دیا ۔ ایک آواز کہہ رہی تھی کہ…

  نیشنل کالج آف آرٹس کی ایک تجریدی لڑکی کے نام توکن رنگوں کی دہشت سے اپنے فحش سوالوں کے…

Translated from Seraiki to English by Muhammad Abdul Sami  Translator's note Rifat Abbas’s poetry conflates urban imagery, oral traditions and contemporary social issues.…

شہر دیاں گھڑیاں ایں شہر دیاں گھڑیاں  چالھی پنجاہ سال توں کھنیاں ہویاں انہاں دی مرمت کیتے سݙیا، اساں دوروں…

‘How to Find Your Vagina- An Instruction Manual’ was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

The rain pelts down like shattered glass on the sidewalk. Newspapers and oiled brown sheets swirl across the cooling bricks,…