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. —...
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...
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...
Late actor Robert Redford. — AFP/FileWhen Robert Redford passed away, the world lost more than an actor, director and Hollywood legend. It lost...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
