The author is a journalist with a major in Social Development and Policy. She has over two years of experience as a Senior Subeditor at Prism, Dawn.com’s analytical and feature reporting vertical. Her work focuses on climate change, animal welfare, social justice, and human rights. When she’s not in the newsroom, she can be found in a sunlit corner with a book in hand and a cat (or several) nearby.
And so we arrive at the modern paradox of Hormuz: the more loudly someone claims to control it, the more obvious it becomes that nobody really does.
Updated14 Apr, 202605:46pm
The violence that unfolded at the US consulate in Karachi raises urgent legal questions about sovereignty, the use of force, and the narrow avenues for accountability under international law.
Updated05 Mar, 202604:48pm
This isn’t just one person’s story. It is the case for most Karachiites, across class and generation, for whom Gul Plaza simply existed in the background as they put together their homes and lives, one item at a time.
Updated23 Jan, 202608:25pm
The objects purchased from Gul Plaza will eventually break, or quietly disappear into storage, but what will remain is the memory
Published21 Jan, 202606:37am
While history has often only recognised generations after they have altered the course of things, 2025 hints at a time when recognition and impact arrived simultaneously.
Updated15 Apr, 202606:45am
Rano isn’t the first animal to be relocated from a zoo in Pakistan. Last year, the elephant Madhubala was relocated, following an outcry in the wake of viral videos of the distressed and disease-addled animal.
Updated05 Dec, 202504:14pm
The tragedy of Karachi Zoo is not just caged animals dying a slow death in the name of “education” but the haunting reflection of our own moral decay.
Updated28 Nov, 202512:10pm
Since the floods struck Sindh with an unforgiving force in 2022, the students continue to fight to stay afloat against a system that keeps pulling them under.
Updated09 Apr, 202511:29am
"On the one hand, fertile farmland is being swallowed up by luxury housing schemes. On the other, farmers are being driven further from their livelihoods. How can we justify this?" questions WWF-P's Hammad Naqi Khan.
Updated24 Mar, 202511:12am
The struggle to save the Indus dolphin is, at its core, a fight to save the river itself, and the millions whose lives run through it.
Updated28 Nov, 202511:59am
Being an ally is about more than simply turning up — it's about acknowledging your privilege and demanding a future where equality reigns supreme.
Published09 Mar, 202406:14pm
Karim wants girls to know that "they are not supporting characters in someone else’s story; they are complete individuals on their own".
Published04 Mar, 202402:16pm
Salma Dabbagh reminds us that in a world where we are casually witnessing a genocide unfold, every voice raised against injustice counts.
Updated24 Nov, 202512:54pm
Pakistan's 12th general elections recorded a low turnout with only 47.8pc of total eligible voters exercising their right to choose their representatives.
Updated19 Feb, 202411:01pm
