Fighting climate change through the courtroom
Climate change is a ‘hot’ button issue in Pakistan. Both literally and figuratively. Summer 2022’s disastrous floods submerged almost a third of the country under water, affecting 33 million people,...
View ArticleIs Pakistan’s N-CPEC+ vision finally beginning to take shape?
Pakistan’s unique geostrategic location at the crossroads of East, South, West, and Central Asia enables it to function as the “Zipper of Eurasia”, as I wrote over half a decade ago in September 2015...
View ArticleSea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini: A father’s lament of the barbarity we call...
“My dear Marwan, I look at your profile, In the glow of this three-quarter moon, my boy, Your eyelashes like calligraphy, Closed in guileless sleep. I said to you, ‘Hold my hand. Nothing bad will...
View ArticleRaw and poignant, A Place for Us beautifully sheds light on familial love
It had been some time since I cried while reading a book. And A Place for Us changed that. Fatima Farheen Mirza’s dazzling debut novel tells the story of a South Asian Muslim family living in America....
View ArticleRawalpindi: A chaotic labyrinth, caught between heritage and heresy
In the post-modern world, the topography of the city has undergone a drastic shift. Rapid urbanisation and growing job opportunities have resulted in many cities in the developing world being swamped...
View ArticleIran and Iraq may not be tourist hot spots, but they offer a spiritual...
I was recently invited to a trip to Iran and Iraq by a group of close friends from Lahore, and as I had never been to these states before, I decided to take the opportunity to visit the shrines...
View ArticleWhen khudkushi became her only freedom
The sky was a pool of black ink, dusted with stars at midnight. Arsh looked out from the window — she saw many little streets sprawled out below. She had only known these streets from inside the walls...
View ArticleIndia’s ‘Operation Isolation’ and the soft power of sports
“Our message is stronger than ever. Please stop the fighting. Please stop the killing. Please drop your guns.” Juan Antonio Samaranch, President International Olympic Committee speaking at the Winter...
View ArticleKnock knock! Annabelle is coming home and things are about to get real scary
Following the Marvel path, The Conjuring universe has grown steadily over the last six years through both, the increasing returns that most films in the franchise have delivered and in stature through...
View ArticleWhy is the US making a mountain out of the Masood Azhar molehill?
The United States has introduced a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution to blacklist Masood Azhar as an international terrorist. Azhar is the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed (banned in Pakistan...
View ArticleLyari residents protest prolonged, unannounced power outages
Residents of Lyari took to the streets on Sunday in protest against prolonged and unannounced power outages. The protest rally, organised at the call of the Lyari Bachao Tehreek (Save Lyari Movement),...
View Article‘Previous rulers have given Lyari nothing except hollow promises’
The splendor of Lyari has been restored once again with the opening of the election office of Lyari Alliance at PS-107 Cheel Chowk. Lyari once again echoed with the slogans of Lyari Alliance. People of...
View ArticleExtortion case registered against Lyari gangsters
A case has been registered against the alleged gang war linchpin, Rusi Lakho, and two unidentified armed men in connection with the attempted extortion by firing at a mart in Musa Lane, Liyari. The...
View ArticleTeen injured in cops-robbers crossfire dies in hospital
A 10th grade student, who was injured in crossfire between police and robbers in Lyari, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. Sixteen-year-old Mohammad Umair had gone to fetch milk when he got...
View ArticleMessi World Cup magic: Lyari goes mad for Argentina
Thousands of people in Lyari will mass together to roar on Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday. People poured through the labyrinth streets of Lyari in the early hours of Wednesday to watch...
View ArticlePakistani neighbourhood goes mad for Argentina
Thousands of Pakistanis in a Karachi neighbourhood once synonymous with gang violence and poverty will mass together to roar on Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2022 final on Sunday. People poured...
View ArticleWorld Cup delirium ignites alleys of Pakistan's 'mini Brazil'
Flags of some nations competing in football's World Cup fluttered overhead as boys in a dusty alley in Karachi's Lyari kicked a ball around in a fever of excitement. The football-crazed neighbourhood...
View ArticleWoman dies in Karachi power protests
The exasperated people of Karachi on Tuesday took to the streets in protest against prolonged power outages in stiffening hot and humid weather Protesters in various areas of the country’s commercial...
View ArticleVCs of two Sindh varsities sent on forced leave over harassment incidents
The controlling authority of government universities in Sindh, in light of orders from Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, has sent vice-chancellor of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari...
View ArticleOwen gets warm welcome in Lyari
British footballer Michael James Owen visited Lyari area known as the city's hub for football and boxing. The former international footballer was warmly welcomed at Mini Football Stadium. Owen, who...
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