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Humidity is the brief
Hair

Humidity is the brief

Oils versus a supermarket L'Oréal, amla in the cabinet, and why a Karachi wash calendar is not an Islamabad wash calendar.

Nadia Shah · 23 Apr 2026 · 6 min

An Islamabad weekend that is not a mall
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

Murree is not Nathiagali
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

Margalla kit that is not a costume
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

Before the sun argues
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

Murree and Nathiagali without the traffic myth
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

Islamabad as a walking city
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

Wellness without the imported vocabulary
Wellness

Wellness without the imported vocabulary

Prayer, a walk, a boundary with your phone, and the difference between care and a shopping list. Your grandmother did not call it somatic. She called it sitting in the sun.

Sara Malik · 10 Mar 2026 · 4 min

Dawn in the Margallas
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

Workwear that survives a Pakistani office
Workwear

Workwear that survives a Pakistani office

Air-conditioning, motorbikes, and a 9pm call with Dubai: the office wardrobe has to do more than look smart casual on a board. We reported the commute from DHA, Gulberg, and Blue Area.

Zainab Noor · 20 Feb 2026 · 4 min