Fahad Faruqui

The spiritual stock

The spiritual stock

Drive on the roads of Karachi anytime between dawn or dusk and you'd think we’re doing the world a favour by fasting. Published 21 Jul, 2012 04:07pm
The road back home

The road back home

While Pakistan has embraced the largest number of refugees in the world, it should be no surprise that it is taking a toll on the country. Published 12 May, 2012 08:56am

Clothe your women with kindness

Hurrah! For Pakistan has finally criminalised domestic violence against women and children. Offenders will face a... Published 08 Mar, 2012 09:27am
The sins of the fathers

The sins of the fathers

Shakila was only eight-years-old when she and her cousin were abducted from their home. One night, men armed with... Published 18 Feb, 2012 11:39am
Rage against the machine

Rage against the machine

Deja Vu! Saudi Arabia’s top cleric, Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh, says that Twitter is a platform for “promoting lies.” Two... Published 11 Feb, 2012 01:20pm
Hate free

Hate free

A friend recently reposted a line, “Haters = Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success!” on Facebook that got ... Published 28 Jan, 2012 06:02am
Log off and live life

Log off and live life

“I think all this Facebook stuff should just stop!” said Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College, at a recent... Published 21 Jan, 2012 01:27pm
The gulag of our age

The gulag of our age

I met Philippe Sands, QC, the author of the book “Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values”... Published 12 Jan, 2012 06:46pm

Un-teaching extremism

The US has taken an initiative to spread the counter-extremist message across Pakistan to prevent the breeding of... Published 07 Jan, 2012 08:42am
The hypocrisy of misdirected faith

The hypocrisy of misdirected faith

After reading the news that Saudi morality police — acting as “God’s agents” on earth to prevent sin — beat up a woman and a man accompanying her on suspicion of dating. I asked myself this question: what right do these “keepers-of-faith” have to rigorous Published 22 Oct, 2011 07:26am
Let’s gossip

Let’s gossip

—Photo Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan/Dawn.com “Ayesha is divorced!” a woman told the cousin sitting beside her,... Published 15 Sep, 2011 09:10am