Gwadar

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

Dholki at home: music, food, neighbours, and a sensible schedule

A warm, workable home dholki plan that protects music, neighbours, guest flow and the people doing the hosting.

Bilal Ahmed · 31 Jul 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

Coast

Makran: Kund Malir, not a desktop wallpaper

The beach where the mountain meets the Arabian Sea is a working coast with hours, wind, and towns. Gwadar is a place people buy flour. Pay them. Do not caption a corridor.

Mehreen Ali · 16 Apr 2026 · 6 min

Coast

The Makran coastal highway

A road along the Arabian Sea that is not a talking point: Gwadar as a town, guest houses that are homes, and hours of wind you cannot caption.

Mehreen Ali · 14 Mar 2026 · 6 min

Culture

Pakistani photographers to study beyond social media

Studying Pakistani photography means moving beyond a beautiful feed into sustained bodies of work: documentary ethics, portrait relationships, archives, sequencing and the politics of who holds the camera.

Bilal Ahmed · 11 Feb 2026 · 3 min

Heritage

Zahoor ul Akhlaq: the artist who reshaped Pakistan's miniature debate

Zahoor ul Akhlaq changed the miniature debate by treating the manuscript frame as a modern problem—something to quote, empty, enlarge and interrupt.

Mehreen Ali · 4 Feb 2026 · 3 min

Culture

Lala Rukh: drawing, sound, activism, and disciplined looking

Lala Rukh’s art asks for disciplined looking: a horizon, dark field, rhythmic mark or trace of sound can hold politics without illustrating a slogan.

Bilal Ahmed · 3 Feb 2026 · 3 min

Recipes

Shan Foods: how packaged masala travelled with the diaspora

Shan Foods did not simply export spice. It packaged sequence, memory and confidence for cooks trying to reproduce familiar dishes in unfamiliar kitchens.

Hassan Raza · 14 Jan 2026 · 3 min

North

Neelum Valley travel guide: access, weather, and responsible stays

Neelum Valley rewards patience and punishes a rigid timetable. Roads, weather, mobile coverage and local access can change faster than an old itinerary page.

Mehreen Ali · 9 Jan 2026 · 3 min

North

Hunza with parents: altitude, roads, walking, and rest days

Hunza with parents is not a reduced version of a backpacker itinerary. It is a better-edited trip built around altitude, views available from the road and rest before fatigue becomes illness.

Mehreen Ali · 6 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

Culture

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: where to begin with the recordings

The way into Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is not a “greatest hits” shuffle. It is learning how a qawwali performance gathers force through poetry, repetition, handclaps, chorus and improvisation.

Bilal Ahmed · 10 Dec 2025 · 3 min

Bridal

Pakistani bridal designers: how to compare craft, price, and lead time

Comparing Pakistani bridal designers begins with craft and service, not follower count. Two equally expensive dresses may contain radically different labour, fit systems and delivery risk.

Ayesha Khan · 29 Nov 2025 · 3 min

Bridal

Pakistani mehndi designs: styles, placement, timing, and aftercare

A mehndi design changes as the hand moves, the stain develops and the wedding timetable tightens. Choosing by a flat photograph misses half the design.

Ayesha Khan · 28 Nov 2025 · 3 min

Recipes

Pakistani chicken sandwiches and chutney fillings for lunch

The Pakistani chicken sandwich is less a recipe than a lunch system: one cooked filling, one sharp chutney, one crunchy element and bread protected from becoming damp.

Hassan Raza · 20 Nov 2025 · 4 min

Culture

Fawad Khan: television, film, music, and crossover work

The useful Fawad Khan story is not “Pakistan to Bollywood”. It is how a singer, sitcom actor and romantic-drama lead learned to alter his scale for each medium.

Bilal Ahmed · 13 Nov 2025 · 4 min