The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad.
The representational image shows a view of huts submerged in rainwater in Larkana in 2022. — APPThe Sindh Rural Support Organisation has quietly...
The representational image shows a view of huts submerged in rainwater in Larkana in 2022. — APPThe Sindh Rural Support Organisation has quietly...
Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif , shakes hands with his Afghan counterpart Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, following the signing of a...
Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif , shakes hands with his Afghan counterpart Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, following the signing of a...
A policeman signals to a truck, transporting flour bags, to stop at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Quetta, December 13, 2011. —...
Punjab’s curbs on wheat and seed flows show that Pakistan’s food balance rests on trust, not coercion
This undated photo shows a Pakistani passport. — APP/FileWhen a border officer examines your passport, they are not simply checking your...
This undated photo shows a Pakistani passport. — APP/FileWhen a border officer examines your passport, they are not simply checking your...
The entrance of the Alfred Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden is pictured on October 4, 2019. — AFPWhen I translated Stephen Hawking’s ‘A Brief...
The entrance of the Alfred Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden is pictured on October 4, 2019. — AFPWhen I translated Stephen Hawking’s ‘A Brief...
An aerial image of the Pentagon building. — AFP/FileDiplomacy has never been gentle, but it has always rested on a tacit agreement: leaders may...
An aerial image of the Pentagon building. — AFP/FileDiplomacy has never been gentle, but it has always rested on a tacit agreement: leaders may...
The image shows Reko Diq mine in Pakistan's Balochistan province. — Reuters/FilePakistan’s latest attempt to court Washington carries a new...
The image shows Reko Diq mine in Pakistan's Balochistan province. — Reuters/FilePakistan’s latest attempt to court Washington carries a new...
Late actor Robert Redford. — AFP/FileWhen Robert Redford passed away, the world lost more than an actor, director and Hollywood legend. It lost...
Late actor Robert Redford. — AFP/FileWhen Robert Redford passed away, the world lost more than an actor, director and Hollywood legend. It lost a...
Palestinians in Gaza city inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike, 9 October 2023. — AFPOn September 7, 2025, nearly two years into...
Palestinians in Gaza city inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike, 9 October 2023. — AFPOn September 7, 2025, nearly two years into...
Chinese President Xi Jinping poses with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during a photo session at the Meijiang Convention...
Chinese President Xi Jinping poses with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation during a photo session at the Meijiang Convention...
Young footballers of Lyari posing for photo. —TheNews/FileIn Lyari, one of Karachi’s oldest neighbourhoods – famous for footballers, boxers...
Young footballers of Lyari posing for photo. —TheNews/FileIn Lyari, one of Karachi’s oldest neighbourhoods – famous for footballers, boxers...
The representational image shows a landmark in Lyari area of Karachi. — APP/FileLyari in Karachi has produced many prominent intellectuals,...
The representational image shows a landmark in Lyari area of Karachi. — APP/FileLyari in Karachi has produced many prominent intellectuals,...
Buildings lie in ruin in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, January 5,...
Buildings lie in ruin in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, January 5,...
Ali Muhammad Rind, better known as Ali Baba. —Facebook/AliBaba/FileAhmed Shah and Ayub Sheikh of the Arts Council Karachi have taken a commendable...
Ali Muhammad Rind, better known as Ali Baba. —Facebook/AliBaba/FileAhmed Shah and Ayub Sheikh of the Arts Council Karachi have taken a commendable...
A graphical poster of ‘Bunyad’, an Urdu-language journal published by the LUMS. — Bunyad LUMHS website/FileA glance at Pakistan’s academic...
A graphical poster of ‘Bunyad’, an Urdu-language journal published by the LUMS. — Bunyad LUMHS website/FileA glance at Pakistan’s academic...
A representational image of children attending a street school. — Reuters/FileThat the so-called Single National Curriculum , introduced by the...
A representational image of children attending a street school. — Reuters/FileThat the so-called Single National Curriculum , introduced by the...
Protesters holding placards highlighting the need to uphold human rights and human rights workers. — AFP/FileCivil society organisations in...
Protesters holding placards highlighting the need to uphold human rights and human rights workers. — AFP/FileCivil society organisations in...
Bhurgri is essentially a Baloch tribe that settled in Sindh a couple of centuries ago. Today, the community reflects a Baloch-Sindhi identity, with...
Bhurgri is essentially a Baloch tribe that settled in Sindh a couple of centuries ago. Today, the community reflects a Baloch-Sindhi identity, with...
Promoting respectful, accurate terminology is crucial to fostering an informed and empathetic discourse
There is no word yet on whether these recommendations are being considered seriously or at what stage process is at
Naqi continues to stay informed about global and local developments
This year’s conference theme was ‘Sindhi language, Indus script, and socio-cultural perspectives of mother languages’
Budget for higher education saw manifold increases during Musharraf regime at cost of school and college education
Naeem is industrial engineer cum social activist engaged in promoting public interest causes for last couple of decades
They could have earned millions, but preferred to live in same two-room flat for nearly four decades
Books on Balochistan have also tended to focus on its history and politics rather than its orchards and rivers and mountains
Najiba Arif is also a poet and translator of considerable repute, with over dozen books with her name adorning shelves
Sindh has witnessed some of biggest and longest protests by political activists of all hues across province in past couple of months
We have not had wise leadership for ages; otherwise, issue of enforced disappearances would have been solved long ago
In crowd of rightest and centrist politicians, Babar stands out as left-leaning activist and public intellectual
‘Azazeel’ is perhaps the most controversial novel to come out in Egypt this century
As in Pakistan lawfare’s impact and prevalence are increasing, situation is turning murkier
