Climate chaos
Our son was born just after midnight on New Year’s Day, in the middle of a blizzard and at the apex of a plague. We jokingly call him Kyber Chaosborn,…
Corporate impunity
The Covid-19 pandemic has once again exposed the fragility of global supply chains and business models built on non-standard forms of employment and informality. Following the global drop in demand…
Chechnya sends ex-IS women into schools, not jails
Mother of five Zalina Gabibulayeva says she was "tricked" into joining the jihadists in Syria five years ago. Now, repentant and repatriated to Russia's Chechnya, she goes into schools to…
Bravo Dr Riaz Ahmed
The callous idiocy of the state was on full display during the arrest of Karachi University Professor Dr Riaz Ahmed and the registration of a case against him for allegedly…
Nobel intentions?
As Malala receives her well-deserved award on Dec 11, opposing the global tribute may be some voices nearer home accusing her of being a stooge within Western conspiracies to malign…
Satire: I want to be a company
Investopedia defines a corporation, synonymous with a company in Pakistan, as: "A legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners. Corporations enjoy most of the rights and responsibilities…
Rays of light
In early March I had the privilege of meeting 90 young girls from the outskirts of Malir who had participated in the She Leads Campaign Against Child Marriage. They were…
As he stood there
What does the world want to hear from Pakistan? One wonders if this question was in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s mind before he addressed the General Assembly session of the…
Remembering Imtiaz Alam Hanfi
Mr Imtiaz Alam Hanfi, who served as governor State Bank of Pakistan from August, 1988 to June, 1993, with a one-year break necessitated by his resignation forced on him by…
Securing Islamabad
The recent news of the government’s decision to call up the Rangers for law and order duties in Islamabad is depressing. Rangers have in the past been called out in…
