Stories by Zarrar Khuhro

A word’s worth

The quest to discover humanity’s ‘natural’ language has led to abuses.

Published 05 Oct, 2026 05:16am

Final frontiers

Unfortunate Sith parallels aside, the US has not revealed the exact nature of the weaponry.

Updated 21 Sep, 2026 09:41am

Dystopia now?

Why search page after page when summaries are available?

Published 07 Sep, 2026 04:44am

Tick, tick ... boom

A single spark can set off an explosion.

Updated 10 Aug, 2026 08:16am

The bottom line

Saudi Arabia is Pakistan’s red line but oil is Pakistan’s lifeline.

Updated 27 Jul, 2026 11:28am

‘Appsolutely’ not

The job of spies has become much easier.

Published 13 Jul, 2026 06:35am

The scorpion’s tale

Israel’s rage against US ‘betrayal’ continues.

Published 29 Jun, 2026 07:37am

Enemy mine

America has always been a prime target for Israeli espionage.

Updated 15 Jun, 2026 09:09am

Her master’s voice

So, what happened to CBS?

Published 18 May, 2026 06:34am

Out with the old

Once useful organisations will be replaced by other systems.

Published 04 May, 2026 06:32am

The ugly Israeli

Why did one photo bother Israel so much?

Updated 20 Apr, 2026 09:34am

Crassus and Carrhae

Nothing is ever enough for the Crassuses of the world.

Published 23 Mar, 2026 07:26am

Blood money

Who stands to gain in the war against Iran?

Updated 09 Mar, 2026 10:02am

The coming war

The US has deployed a quarter of its airpower to the Mideast.

Updated 21 Feb, 2026 09:40am

Horns of a dilemma

Whoever has a foothold in Somalia can effectively choke trade.

Updated 09 Feb, 2026 09:47am

Phoenix in reverse

There is a vacuum that the government cannot or will not fill.

Updated 26 Jan, 2026 09:33am

Melos to Maduros

‘Cease quoting the law to men with swords’.

Published 12 Jan, 2026 05:50am

InsAInity

Victims of such delusions have usually been those suffering from mental illness.

Published 29 Dec, 2025 05:57am

Dumbing down

Basic cognitive functions are being outsourced to chatbots.

Published 15 Dec, 2025 05:53am

Almighty algorithms

If an algorithm is fed flawed data the output will be flawed too.

Published 17 Nov, 2025 06:33am