This drag comedian confronts power with a laugh in Karachi
“Miss Phudina Chuttni is urbanised – a regular, every day urban Pakistani," says Muhammad Moiz of his onstage persona.
How did film Laal Kabootar manage to represent Karachi so authentically?
The team behind Laal Kabootar explains what it takes to recreate Karachi in way that feels real.
Review: Gully Boy is a spellbinding film, but its magic comes at a cost
Was the ‘Gully aesthetic’ just an aestheticisation of poverty? Was this story Zoya Akhtar’s to tell?
The Lahooti Melo promised female liberation, but what it highlighted was our constraints
Even a well-intentioned festival can struggle to break free of the structures that have come to define us
This talk in Karachi pit artists against intellectuals but is that really useful?
The speakers grappled with the 'intellectual' and 'artist' label rather than talk about Karachi's pressing concerns
A thinkfest in Karachi forces us to consider why hierarchies still thrive in progressive politics
IBA's 'Thinkfest' was generally dynamic and inclusive, but still, something was amiss