Haseeb Asif

A round-up of the news from the past week from the favourite haunt of curmudgeonly coffee drinkers Published 18 Sep, 2022 07:45am

A round-up of recent events in Pakistani politics. Never a dull moment in the land of the pure absurdity Published 14 Aug, 2022 05:13am

Turns out that the CIA’s plan was really Imran Khan’s plan all along Published 22 May, 2022 08:36am

11,000 Pakistanis are languishing in prisons around the world Updated 19 Dec, 2021 10:49am

The prime minister goes on a letter-writing spree... Updated 16 May, 2021 12:43pm

As if things were not strange enough in the Land of the Pure, Pakistan became one big Zoom meeting of senility Published 28 Mar, 2021 06:28am

The most famous sound engineer in Pakistan finds himself caught, yet again, in the crossfire between the government and the... Published 24 Jan, 2021 06:44am

Stories from Pakistan’s most rapidly growing video sharing app... Updated 28 Dec, 2020 11:09am

What happens after memes go viral? And is there any going back for the people featured in them? Published 22 Dec, 2020 10:35am

What happens after memes go viral? And is there any going back for the people featured in them? Updated 20 Dec, 2020 04:02pm

He's a name that isn't dying anytime soon. Published 27 Nov, 2020 01:46pm

Why does the state give the impression of entertaining an incendiary extremist party such as the TLP at all?... Published 22 Nov, 2020 07:21am

The TikTok ban was only the latest in a line of such bans. What does a state obsessed with censorship and regulation... Published 25 Oct, 2020 07:07am

A poignant account of struggling with a life-changing health disorder Published 29 Oct, 2017 06:06am

With the former PM’s life under threat, politicos express grave concerns Published 15 Oct, 2017 07:04am

It took almost 10 years for an ambiguous verdict to come, in Benazir Bhutto’s murder case. Why? Published 10 Sep, 2017 08:15am

Hafiz Saeed has just launched his own political party. After having launched everything but nuclear missiles in... Updated 14 Aug, 2017 11:52am

The JIT report is out. It’s got something for everybody. Updated 17 Jul, 2017 03:22pm

There is crisis brewing in the Middle East, what for Pakistan ought to be called the Middle West or That Very Large... Published 18 Jun, 2017 07:23am

Jadhav’s confession — along with the more recent Ehsanullah Ehsan interview, where he says RAW was supporting militant Updated 28 May, 2017 08:39am