8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1514+ words) KARACHI: 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 of another Karachi. Standing at the intersection of M.A. Jinnah…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (208+ words) Pakistan has moved from the question of access to the question of price and tenor. That is progress. It is still early, still fragile, and still reversible. Second, keep the primary surplus on a credible path and protect the tax-base…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1721+ words) Last week, a friend from London asked me a simple question that lingered in my mind: “What is so remarkable about the Sindhis’ struggle?” After a pause, she suggested that the Babarloi Dharna might help me answer. Thus, the banners…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1715+ words) There is a particular kind of grief reserved for self-inflicted wounds, and Pakistan's power sector deserves that grief more than almost any other sector of its economy. This is not the story of a country brought low by war, sanctions,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (170+ words) Whose era gets to be the standard The idea that culture comes in pure forms The version of a place that existed during a chronocentrist’s youth becomes the authentic one, while everything layered on afterward is treated as damage rather…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (680+ words) The conversation also raised another question for me: Could a political leader who devoted all his time to a party be called a full-timer? More than three decades later, I find myself returning to that conversation while exploring the history…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1690+ words) In mid-July 2026, I went to Johi, a town in Dadu District, to write about an old temple. Before I reached it, however, I encountered a question of names: what should I call a building known by different names in official…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1462+ words) A recurring pattern in Pakistani politics is the periodic recycling of failed propositions disguised under fresh bureaucratic terminology. The demand to partition Sindh has resurfaced once again, carefully wrapped in the technocratic vocabulary of administrative efficiency, demographic parity, and governance…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1857+ words) Around Drigh Road, my taxi driver asked if he could play some music. I nodded, but he did not start it. When we reached the Sassui Toll Plaza on the N-5 National Highway, near Gharo, I asked why he had not…...