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General view of the downtown of Los Angeles, California, US, July 12, 2023. — ReutersThere are days when you become more acutely alive, when you...
General view of the downtown of Los Angeles, California, US, July 12, 2023. — ReutersThere are days when you become more acutely alive, when you...
The Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi. — Arts Council/FileWhen you contemplate the present state of affairs in Pakistan from various...
Police stand guard in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, February 9, 2024. — AFPWhat is the state of security – or insecurity, if you like – of the...
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a ceremony at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi on October 14, 2025. —...
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...
The representational image of a library. — Unsplash/FileOccasionally, I have attended events that lift my spirits, if only for a brief period....
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...
India's Suryakumar Yadav talks to Shivam Dube during Asia Cup 2025 clash at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, September 14, 2025. —...
A damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, according to an Israeli official, in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025. —...
Rescue officials shift tourists to a safe place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Siran, on August 15, 2025. — X@GovernmentKPPakistan was still struggling...
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...
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. —...
A representational image of a woman being subjected to physical abuse. — Pixabay/FileLast week, I wrote about the ‘tyranny of medieval...
Screengrab of viral video shows tribal members carrying out “honour killing” at unknown location in Balochistan. — XWhat happens when a...
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...
Veteran Pakistani journalist Zubeida Mustafa. — Facebook/@zubeidamustafadotcom/FileWe had packed our bags and were all set to leave for the...
People can be seen stranded in the middle of the Swat River on June 27, 2025, in this still taken from a video. —...
People can be seen stranded in the middle of the Swat River on June 27, 2025, in this still taken from a video. —...
While President Donald Trump was making headlines this week on the global stage, particularly playing ‘daddy’ in the Israel-Iran...
