Mehr F. Husain and Saad Sarfraz Sheikh published their coffee table book, Pakistan: A Fashionable History, in 2020. A first-of-its-kind coffee table book that documents the country’s fashion. Despite our rich and diverse fashion heritage, there has been no formal documentation about the various phases of Pakistan’s fashion and its impact on society and vice versa. 

In this episode (originally hosted for Mashable Pakistan), the authors talk about their book from the stage of an idea to a publication.

Jahan Ara Chughtai is a trauma-informed therapist trained from the University of Rochester, NY on the Fulbright scholarship. In Lahore, she works with clients in private practice.

In this episode of the MIXTAPE Podcast, she talks about the impact on the mental health of people working in disaster-hit areas.

Wajiha Haider, is a journalist working as the Editor of the Literati section of The News on Sunday.

In this episode of the MIXTAPE Podcast, Wajiha talks about all that an editor does, the role publications play in supporting authors, and much more.

“No Honour” plunges the readers into an atmosphere so choked with misogyny it is a wonder the characters are able to breathe.

In this episode of MIXTAPE Book Club, Awais Khan talks about his journey as an author and his latest novel, No Honour.

In this episode, Rakhshanda Jabeen shares her journey of joining off-roading while maintaining a full-time career in the banking sector.

In this episode, Musharraf Ali Farooqi shares all that went into the making of the qissa series collection in collaboration with GETZ Pharma.

Musharraf Ali Farooqi Ali is a Pakistani-Canadian author, translator, and storyteller. In addition to his fiction and translation projects, he is working on establishing an Urdu language publishing program specializing in children's literature and classics. Musharraf also founded the publishing house KITAB, launched the online Urdu Thesaurus, and designed the interactive storytelling and reading initiative STORYKIT Program. You can buy them at this link. 

Muhammad Ali Samejo is an author, qualified English Language Instructor, and Corporate Skills Trainer, through which he shares his love for all things sacred to the English-speaking world. He is a self-proclaimed pop culture aficionado, pun-meister extraordinaire, and sort-of grammar nazi. In this episode, he talks about his latest book Legends of Karachi, and about his journey to becoming a writer. You can find him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/masamejo

Omar Farooq Mirza, is a Pakistani-American doctor turned comic book creator. He believes that the fields of science and art need to be given equal importance and respect. Omar uses the medium to tell diverse stories from the rich lesser-known aspects of the South Asian culture through his series called Zindaan, a politically motivated series titled Incapable Trump, and his latest series that is focused on mental health, Consult Liaison Psychiatry.

Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan taps into various forms of speculative fiction. While each of the stories is unique, the common denominator for all of them is the desi context around which they are developed. In this episode of MIXTAPE Book Club, Usman T. Malik talks about speculative fiction and how this anthology came to being.

In this episode of Mind Talks, Dr. Tahir Munir shares what made his professional community predict that the next pandemic is going to be that of mental health, how it continues to impact and how can we manage it.