Ramadan
What Pakistani homes actually cook in Ramadan
Hassan Raza · 12 Sep 2026
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Featured stories
How Pakistan dresses, eats, trains, and travels — for readers at home and abroad.
29 October 2026
Heritage
Zahoor ul Akhlaq: the artist who reshaped Pakistan's miniature debate
Mehreen Ali · 8 Sep 2026
Fashion
What Pakistan wears next
Menswear
Sherwani, achkan and prince coat: three formal menswear silhouettes, not synonyms
Zainab Noor · 25 Oct 2026
Food
Tables, stalls, and the home kitchen
Regional
Lahori chargha at home: steam for tenderness, then crisp the outside
Chargha gets its contrast from a whole chicken marinated deeply, cooked gently until tender and only then fried or roasted hard enough to crisp the exterior.
Hassan Raza · 28 Oct 2026
Food
Qurbani meat safety: chilling, freezing and the journey home from the butcher
Hassan Raza · 21 Oct 2026
Fitness
How the country trains
Wellness
A ten-minute walk after dinner: the habit that does not need gym clothes
A short post-dinner walk can be a practical way to add movement to an ordinary evening. Evidence suggests activity soon after eating can reduce the immediate glucose rise, but the real win is a habit gentle enough to repeat.
Sara Malik · 28 Oct 2026
Workouts
Exercising in Ramadan: move the hard session instead of fighting the fast
Ramadan training does not need to disappear, but intensity, timing and hydration deserve adjustment. Keep easy movement easy and place demanding sessions closer to when you can drink and recover.
Sara Malik · 28 Oct 2026
Wellness
Why South Asian heart-disease risk is higher in the UK—and why ethnicity is not destiny
South Asian ethnicity is associated with higher coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes risk in the UK, but the causes are multifactorial and many major risk factors are modifiable.
Sara Malik · 21 Oct 2026
Wellness
Vitamin D and South Asian skin in the UK: why NHS advice is different year-round
Melanin reduces the skin's efficiency at making vitamin D from sunlight. In the UK, NHS guidance therefore advises people with dark skin to consider a daily 10 microgram supplement all year.
Sara Malik · 20 Oct 2026
Travel
How to be a guest in Pakistan
Heritage
Makli Necropolis: how to visit one of the world's largest funerary landscapes
Bilal Ahmed · 27 Oct 2026
Road trips
Driving from Lahore to Islamabad on the M-2: plan the stops before the motorway
Mehreen Ali · 27 Oct 2026
Heritage
Taxila is four cities and a Buddhist landscape: how to read the UNESCO site
Bilal Ahmed · 25 Oct 2026
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Culture
Ajrak is a process, not just a red-and-blue print
Ajrak is not simply a geometric pattern. Traditional cloth is built through repeated block-printing, resist, dye and washing stages that connect craft technique with Sindhi identity.
Bilal Ahmed · 28 Oct 2026
Culture
A nikah in England is not automatically a civil marriage: check the legal registration
A religious nikah can be spiritually valid without creating a legally recognised marriage in England and Wales. The venue, notice, authorised person and registration process matter.
Bilal Ahmed · 28 Oct 2026
Culture
Urdu and Panjabi in England and Wales: what Census 2021 language data shows
Panjabi and Urdu were among the most common main languages other than English or Welsh in Census 2021, but 'main language' measures daily language use, not ethnicity.
Bilal Ahmed · 28 Oct 2026
Culture
Walima explained: what the reception is for and why every family does it differently
Walima is the post-marriage reception traditionally associated with the groom's side, but venue, timing, scale and dress vary enormously across Pakistani families.
Bilal Ahmed · 27 Oct 2026
Skin
Sunscreen on brown skin without the grey cast: shop for protection and finish
White cast is a real cosmetic problem, not a reason to abandon sun protection. Brown skin can shop for broad-spectrum SPF first, then find a tint, texture and finish that is comfortable enough to use properly.
Nadia Shah · 25 Oct 2026
Culture
Dholki, mayun and mehndi: why Pakistani pre-wedding events are not the same thing
Dholki, mayun and mehndi overlap in modern weddings but come from different ideas: music gatherings, bridal preparation and the henna celebration itself.
Bilal Ahmed · 25 Oct 2026