E-Paper | April 26, 2026

Stories by Zahra Naeem

The author works with the Policy Research Institute for Equitable Development, a think tank based in Islamabad. She has an academic background in gender studies and anthropology.

SOCIETY: BETWEEN VISIBILITY AND VIOLENCE

As the world observes the International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, Pakistan’s historically marginalised Updated 29 Mar, 2026 11:06am

Pakistan’s solar shift has a gender problem

Rapid household solarisation across the country is often celebrated as a quiet revolution. But beneath this hopeful imagery lies a harder, less comfortable question: who is this transition really empowering? Published 24 Dec, 2025 11:04am

SAHIWAL’S MEGAWATTS OF BETRAYAL

Promised as a beacon of progress and development, the decade-old Sahiwal coal-fired power plant has led to displacement, disease, disaster and despair. Updated 26 Oct, 2025 11:13am