When will our news channels learn to cover tragedy?
It has been nine days since the horror unfolded in Peshawar. We are still subject to wave after wave of equal parts fury and fear …
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The idea that created Pakistan
Theres a war on in Pakistan and its largely existentialist in nature. Its a war for the mind, body and soul of the idea that drove…
Santa comes to Joseph Colony
In March 2013, an angry mob of more than three thousand people stormed Joseph Colony a Lahore locality with an overwhelmingly Chr…
Food Stories: Dhansak
My editor handed me Ardeshir Cowasjees phone number asking me to coordinate with him on the article. I smiled inside. I liked Arde…
Tech in 2014 — Pakistan's performance tepid at best
It is difficult to gauge Pakistans performance in the technology sector over the past 12 months. The definitions and yardsticks va…
Resilience alone won't save Pakistan
In the aftermath ofthe most deadly terrorist attackin Pakistans history, its worth asking a difficult yet essential question. A qu…
20 questions we should be asking after the Peshawar massacre
For the first 48 hours, I just didn't know how to express what I felt. But I've been thinking, thinking nonstop: How do we reconci…
After Peshawar: Reassessing the terror threat
The Peshawar school carnage has once again exposed the persisting gaps and vulnerabilities in Pakistans security infrastructure, w…
16/12/14: Never forget
As condemnations from political leaders began to roll out (like paper does from a photocopying machine), one immediately felt that…
Pakistan's schools of sorrow
They began the day in their school uniforms, they ended it in burial shrouds. On the morning of December 16, 2014, it was exam tim…
