Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth Salander is strong and brave enough to lift The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from a stylish and dark piece of entertainment to a meaningful story that fuels introspection.

Ayesha Salman describes her debut novel, Blue Dust, an emotional story that follows three generations of a family in Pakistan and the Middle East.

During a seminar at SZABIST, Dr Fouzia Saeed questioned the norms of Pakistani society and asked the attendees to stand up for gender equality once and for all, saying, “I’m counting on your generation.”

The book launch for a mammoth bio-epic on artist and social crusader Jimmy Engineer took place in Karachi recently, where fans and luminaries paid tribute to the innovative Pakistani.

Fouzia Saeed explores the world of Pakistani folk theatre through the eyes of extraordinary women who devoted their lives to this indigenous art form.

National Foods launches Rivayaton Ke Rang which not only promotes local cuisine but also Pakistani culture.

Will Imran Khan make it to the Prime Minister’s house in 2012?

This book from India is relevant to contemporary Pakistan because it documents the experiences of rural women who entered politics to solve their issues.

Sarmila Bose’s research dispels myths and counters exaggerations about the 1971 East Pakistan separation. It taps into a compendium of reliable sources and provides new facts and figures of that fateful year in history.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is both engaging and entertaining in equal measures.