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If we don’t save the Indus River dolphins, we also risk losing the river they...
“Bhulan toh humari saheliyan hain (dolphins are our friends),” said Mai Soomeri, hailing from Guddu town in Sindh. “When we are out here fishing or washing dishes, they are always there”. She insisted...
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100 days of solitude: Hunger, strife and despair in Parachinar
On November 28, just a few days after over 40 people including women and children were killed in Lower Kurram, Mahir Hussain’s house in the Zeran village was lit up. He had just become a father to...
View ArticleCan the courts save us from the war we’ve waged against our own planet?
Since the Industrial Revolution, man-made greenhouse gas emissions have driven global temperatures to unprecedented levels. By 2023, Earth recorded its hottest year since systematic weather tracking...
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‘What about the others?’: Legal eagles weigh in on Al-Qadir Trust case verdict
Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced on Friday to 14 and seven years in prison, respectively, in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case. The verdict, announced by...
View ArticleTrump 2.0: What the Donald’s second term means for US-Pakistan relations
Let me start by saying that US-Pakistan relations are normal. What isn’t normal, however, is Pakistan’s perception of this relationship. Having said that, how we view and understand this important but...
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Karachi: the city without a plan
If you speak to an urban planner, they will tell you that the Karachi you see today is far from what was envisioned. They will reminisce about a city with trams gliding through bustling streets,...
View ArticleTrade, tariffs and threats: Canada’s Trump problem
Donald Trump is back in the White House, and with him, a renewed sense of foreboding hangs over Canada’s most vital relationship. His recent salvos — reviving the spectre of tariffs, calling Prime...
View ArticleWhy the latest proposal to amend Peca is an attempt to further strangle free...
Ten years ago, in 2015, the first draft of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2016, surfaced. But not because the government — then too the PML-N — felt the need to be transparent, share...
View ArticleGreed over care: Decoding the unholy doctor-pharma alliance
At 55, Naseem* was in good health. Her joints ached occasionally, but everything else looked good, and she exercised regularly. Then, one day, she had a scare. During a brisk walk on a cool winter...
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Tharparkar’s Rann: A destination that should be on every traveller’s radar...
Piyaro Shavani, a 47-year-old local activist and tourism promoter, knows the Gadroo Rann like the back of his hand. He has spent seven nights in this vast, salt-encrusted wilderness — two in November...
View ArticleDying for a dream: Pakistan’s migrant crisis from GT Road to Europe
Last month, around 50 Pakistanis died on a migrant boat, while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean illegally to reach Europe in what has been called the Atlantic boat tragedy. The tragedy is not the...
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‘Wild and distasteful’: Journalists assemble against Pakistan’s new...
“I may not be able to continue hosting my show because the content I put up will most certainly land me in prison,” said senior correspondent Azaz Syed who works for a private TV channel, but who also...
View ArticleWhat we get wrong about the Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’
“This is a great opportunity,” US President George Bush declared days after the twin tower attacks on 9/11. An ambulance chaser at his core, Bush was a Caesar sitting atop the Roman Empire of our time,...
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International Childhood Cancer Day: Living well till the end
The Quetta Gladiators were playing the Lahore Qalandars in the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League in Karachi. The Gladiators sealed the playoff by six wickets — with the most crucial one taken...
View ArticleChampions Trophy 2025: High stakes, high hopes for Pakistan
The ICC Champions Trophy has been held eight times since its inaugural edition in 1998. But it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the tournament’s latest edition, set to kick off on February 19, will be the...
View ArticleAll that you may not want to know about Pakistan’s Champions Trophy defence
The intention is clear. This is not one of those hum hain Pakistani hum tou jeetenge type pieces, for we’ve done that plenty on these very pages. All it gets you in the end is trauma and ridicule at...
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Champions Trophy winners of 2017 — where are they now?
The 2017 Champions Trophy win was a monumental event in Pakistan’s cricket history. Lots of careers were made and reputations cemented on that famous triumph. After all, you don’t thrash India by 180...
View ArticleEven Dubai appears ‘too far’ for Pakistani fans with Champions Trophy tickets
Waqar Ahmed, a Pakistani national based in Qatar, was among the lucky ones. In the online crowd of desperate fans, he managed to secure three tickets for the eagerly awaited Pakistan-India Champions...
View ArticleReputation at stake as Pakistan begin Champions Trophy defence against New...
Since Pakistan began to regain the trust of the cricketing fraternity as a host capable enough of staging safe and secure cricketing events, there have been several milestones celebrated. Sri Lanka’s...
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Pak vs NZ: 5 takeaways from Pakistan’s masterclass on how not to begin...
Pakistan’s lifeless and lacklustre display against New Zealand in their 60-run defeat at Karachi’s National Stadium in the first match of the 2025 Champions Trophy left much to be desired. Naturally,...
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‘Agony of choice’: Your guide to Germany’s election for the 21st Bundestag
Since September 2024, Germany’s then federal finance minister Christian Lindner had been warning of an ‘autumn of decisions’ or Herbst der Entscheidungen in a reference to what he believed were some...
View ArticleWhen cricket defies logic: Pakistan vs India, or the stories we tell ourselves
My first memory of a cricket match was the 2007 World T20 final between India and Pakistan. I’m sure I’d watched cricket matches before — after all, there must have been the ones that led up to the...
View ArticlePakistan vs India: A rivalry etched in sixes and heartbreaks
The latest Netflix series, The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan, just dropped — and like a last-over thriller, fans devoured it within hours. No cricketing feud burns hotter than this, and the...
View ArticleChampions Trophy: It’s advantage India from every angle, barring Pakistan...
Over the last decades, whenever these two have met in an ODI, it’s India that is pretty much unanimously seen as the favourites. Pakistan’s supporters may tip them to come out on top but that’s largely...
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5 takeaways as India exposes Pakistan’s 50-over frailties yet again
Defending champions Pakistan crashed out of Champions Trophy 2025 with their second-straight defeat of the tournament on Sunday, this time at the hands of arch-rivals India at the Dubai International...
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The missing children of Karachi — how the state is failing its most vulnerable
Chaos reigned at the Pervez household on the morning of January 7. It was the first day of school after the winter holidays and his three sons, Aariz, Sarim and Azfar, sure were a handful. The...
View ArticleThe Peca tweaks are aimed at combating disinformation free speech. Here’s why...
When the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) was originally promulgated in 2016, it was done under the pretext of tackling disinformation to preserve public peace. However, it didn’t take long...
View ArticleExodus from Pakistan: Why are thousands risking everything to escape?
The sea, vast and unforgiving, became a graveyard on January 2, 2025, as a small boat carrying migrants capsized near Spain’s Canary Islands. Among the 50 who perished, 44 were Pakistanis — dreamers...
View ArticleWhy the Trumpian chainsaw to the global order may be an opportunity for Pakistan
In recent weeks, the Trump administration has mounted an aggressive effort to reshape the post-Cold War world order. The foundational belief driving this shift is that access to the American market —...
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The killer highways of Balochistan
“Is the road safe?” Muhammad Ahmed, who was travelling from Quetta to Dera Ismail Khan after 15 long years, asked the bus driver. News over the last few months had not been good; he was concerned....
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