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The Green Dot Never Clocks Out: How Permanent Availability Became A Social Obligation

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


Ballots For The People, Power For The Dynasties

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


Where Minority Persecution Begins: Inside Pakistan's Unregulated Madrassas

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


New Provinces: A Misplaced Governance Debate

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


Corruption: Pakistan's Unofficial Tax On Citizenship

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


The Taliban's 'Museum Of Death' And The Dilemma Of Terrorist Imagery

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


When The Uniform Becomes A Licence To Abuse Power

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


Denso Hall: A library That Witnessed Karachi's Transformation

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


A Map Is Not A Budget: Why Dividing Sindh Won't Fix Pakistan

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


Ode To Wisdom And Beauty: Indu Mitha's Life In Dance

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