Ghazi Salahuddin
Ghazi Salahuddin

The writer is a staff member.

  • November 16, 2025

    Lost and found in the USA

    General view of the downtown of Los Angeles, California, US, July 12, 2023. — ReutersThere are days when you become more acutely alive, when you...

  • November 16, 2025

    Lost and found in the USA

    General view of the downtown of Los Angeles, California, US, July 12, 2023. — ReutersThere are days when you become more acutely alive, when you...

  • November 02, 2025

    Healing a wounded society

    The Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi. — Arts Council/FileWhen you contemplate the present state of affairs in Pakistan from various...

  • November 02, 2025

    Healing a wounded society

    The Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi. — Arts Council/FileWhen you contemplate the present state of affairs in Pakistan from various...

  • October 26, 2025

    Our bulletproof insecurities

    Police stand guard in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, February 9, 2024. — AFPWhat is the state of security – or insecurity, if you like – of the...

  • October 26, 2025

    Our bulletproof insecurities

    Bulletproof vehicles are integral part of campaign against armed criminals and militants

  • October 19, 2025

    Books for survival

    PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a ceremony at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi on October 14, 2025. —...

  • October 19, 2025

    Books for survival

    PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a ceremony at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi on October 14, 2025. —...

  • October 12, 2025

    Caring for Karachi

    Mazar-E-Quaid can be seen in Karachi. — AFP/FileA long time ago, I fancied myself as a chronicler of Karachi, pretending to be able to interpret...

  • October 12, 2025

    Caring for Karachi

    Mazar-E-Quaid can be seen in Karachi. — AFP/FileA long time ago, I fancied myself as a chronicler of Karachi, pretending to be able to interpret...

  • October 05, 2025

    A library made of garbage

    The representational image of a library. — Unsplash/FileOccasionally, I have attended events that lift my spirits, if only for a brief period....

  • October 05, 2025

    A library made of garbage

    The representational image of a library. — Unsplash/FileOccasionally, I have attended events that lift my spirits, if only for a brief period....

  • September 28, 2025

    Stories we live in Pakistan

    A pick-up truck locally known as "Dala" parked at a street in Karachi on November 12, 2024. — AFPA simple and rather cliched way to put it is to...

  • September 28, 2025

    Stories we live in Pakistan

    A pick-up truck locally known as "Dala" parked at a street in Karachi on November 12, 2024. — AFPA simple and rather cliched way to put it is to...

  • September 21, 2025

    What about the spirit of the game?

    India's Suryakumar Yadav talks to Shivam Dube during Asia Cup 2025 clash at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, September 14, 2025. —...

  • September 21, 2025

    What about the spirit of the game?

    India's Suryakumar Yadav talks to Shivam Dube during Asia Cup 2025 clash at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, September 14, 2025. —...

  • September 14, 2025

    Watching the world go by

    A damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, according to an Israeli official, in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025. —...

  • September 14, 2025

    Watching the world go by

    A damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, according to an Israeli official, in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025. —...

  • August 24, 2025

    A flood in our lives, again

    Rescue officials shift tourists to a safe place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Siran, on August 15, 2025. — X@GovernmentKPPakistan was still struggling...

  • August 24, 2025

    A flood in our lives, again

    Rescue officials shift tourists to a safe place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Siran, on August 15, 2025. — X@GovernmentKPPakistan was still struggling...

  • August 17, 2025

    Karachi’s traffic nightmare

    A view of traffic on roads during peak hours in Karachi on August 29, 2024. — APPIf “the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of...

  • August 17, 2025

    Karachi’s traffic nightmare

    A view of traffic on roads during peak hours in Karachi on August 29, 2024. — APPIf “the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of...

  • August 10, 2025

    The elite and their billions

    A labourer bends over as he carries packs of textile fabric on his back to deliver to a nearby shop in a market in Karachi on June 24, 2022. —...

  • August 10, 2025

    The elite and their billions

    A labourer bends over as he carries packs of textile fabric on his back to deliver to a nearby shop in a market in Karachi on June 24, 2022. —...

  • August 03, 2025

    Not a country for women

    A representational image of a woman being subjected to physical abuse. — Pixabay/FileLast week, I wrote about the ‘tyranny of medieval...

  • August 03, 2025

    Not a country for women

    A representational image of a woman being subjected to physical abuse. — Pixabay/FileLast week, I wrote about the ‘tyranny of medieval...

  • July 27, 2025

    Powerless to be born

    Screengrab of viral video shows tribal members carrying out “honour killing” at unknown location in Balochistan. — XWhat happens when a...

  • July 27, 2025

    Powerless to be born

    Screengrab of viral video shows tribal members carrying out “honour killing” at unknown location in Balochistan. — XWhat happens when a...

  • July 20, 2025

    Wandering between languages

    The picture shows a girl reading Urdu from a blackboard. — AFP/FileOnce again, I have an excuse to revisit an issue that has bothered me for a...

  • July 20, 2025

    Wandering between languages

    The picture shows a girl reading Urdu from a blackboard. — AFP/FileOnce again, I have an excuse to revisit an issue that has bothered me for a...

  • July 13, 2025

    A woman of substance

    Veteran Pakistani journalist Zubeida Mustafa. — Facebook/@zubeidamustafadotcom/FileWe had packed our bags and were all set to leave for the...

  • July 13, 2025

    A woman of substance

    Veteran Pakistani journalist Zubeida Mustafa. — Facebook/@zubeidamustafadotcom/FileWe had packed our bags and were all set to leave for the...

  • July 06, 2025

    River of no return

    People can be seen stranded in the middle of the Swat River on June 27, 2025, in this still taken from a video. —...

  • July 06, 2025

    River of no return

    People can be seen stranded in the middle of the Swat River on June 27, 2025, in this still taken from a video. —...

  • July 06, 2025

    River of no return

    People can be seen stranded in the middle of the Swat River on June 27, 2025, in this still taken from a video. —...

  • June 29, 2025

    Can the US afford a Zohran?

    While President Donald Trump was making headlines this week on the global stage, particularly playing ‘daddy’ in the Israel-Iran...

  • June 29, 2025

    Can the US afford a Zohran?

    While President Donald Trump was making headlines this week on the global stage, particularly playing ‘daddy’ in the Israel-Iran conflict, a...

  • June 22, 2025

    A time to hold your breath

    Whatever happens to Tehran will have some consequences for Pakistan

  • June 15, 2025

    A new war begins

    Irony is that while old wars continue, Trump's efforts to strike nuclear deal with Iran prompted Israel to start new war

  • June 01, 2025

    A struggle to not forget

    Kundera also profoundly observed that rulers' real power is to change the past

  • May 25, 2025

    Noor and Banu

    In a general sense, focus is on challenges that women face in traditional, deeply patriarchal societies in South Asia

  • May 18, 2025

    Uses of a victory

    However, world has recognised astounding gains Pakistani military has made

  • May 04, 2025

    On tenterhooks

    Issue simply is freedom, and restrictions that have recently been imposed on media have added to our shortcomings as a nation

  • April 27, 2025

    A farewell to sanity

    One might say that statesman or, more appropriately, populist leader has in any case no use for voice of a poet

  • April 20, 2025

    Red lines, red lights

    There are those who cross red lines and others who cross red traffic lights. Together, they subvert rule of law and social harmony

  • April 13, 2025

    A Taj in our lives

    Tributes have flowed from highest in land to ordinary if you were to encounter them on street

  • April 06, 2025

    Death of a humanist

    Dr Haroon Ahmed was an exceptional person, a precious human being who strived, throughout his long life

  • March 30, 2025

    What’s on our mind?

    Number of traditions are associated with Eid, such as new clothes and giving and receiving of cash gifts as Eidi

  • March 23, 2025

    Thriving on adversity

    Yes, good news is that Pakistan is judged as country that is ‘happier’ than some of its neighbours in South Asia