TNS – The News on Sunday

Is Facebook a realm of political propaganda for the various societal actors or is it a space which will lead to the renewal of an utterly needed social contract?

Bruce Riedel’s Avoiding Armageddon: America, India and Pakistan to the Brink and Back reviews the US diplomacy in South Asia critically, dissecting different crises in the region

The city’s crispy winter is incomplete without its roadside snacks

With the coming of the football world cup in Brazil this year, will Rio De Janeiro move beyond its popular image of violence and gang wars, turn shame into pride?

— Arif Waqar, linguist and broadcaster

“Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies” — Edna Millay

After a series of highs and lows, Pakistan’s cricket team ended 2013 almost at par

An amalgamation of cultures, people and language

In a year when the national cricket team came agonisingly close to becoming the world’s top T20 side, Hafeez and Shehzad emerged as Pakistan’s biggest stars

Khaled Ahmed, senior journalist and Consulting Editor Newsweek Pakistan