Pakistan, Sept. 15 -- At 10:47 p.m., a WhatsApp message arrives from work. It does not say "urgent." It does not say "tomorrow." It simply exists, glowing on the screen. The sender can see that it was... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 15 -- A republic may possess elections, assemblies, manifestos and nightly talk shows, yet still remain distant from democracy as an everyday experience. Pakistan suffers from precisel... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 15 -- Pakistan's religious minorities live within a system with several moving, reinforcing parts: a constitution that formally excludes some citizens from its highest offices, a mob-v... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 15 -- The discussion on how to improve governance in Pakistan is indeed a welcome initiative, but is it heading in the right direction and being pursued with the seriousness it deserve... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 13 -- Imagine a family whose world has been shattered by the murder of a loved one. The victim is gone, the family is grieving, and all they expect from the state is what should be rou... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 13 -- Sky News published a video this month that opens with a rigged explosive device and a pickaxe under a stark title card, "Inside the Taliban's Museum of Death." Three seconds pass... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 13 -- In 2016, an engineer named Waqar Bhutto was killed in what Sukkur police described as an encounter. The police version presented him as a suspect; his family rejected that accoun... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 13 -- In the crowded heart of old Karachi, where traffic, shops and the noise of daily commerce often overshadow the city's historical identity, an old landmark quietly tells the story... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 13 -- On 3 September, 105 Pakistan Peoples Party legislators stood on their benches in the Sindh Assembly holding banners that read "Sindh Dharti Maa". With the opposition walking out,... Read More
Pakistan, Sept. 12 -- How do you begin to write about a beloved Guru, a ruhani ma/mother in spirit, as a true teacher is called in our lands, who taught over two thousand students in her life, single-... Read More