Saudis and segregation
Whatever dissenting Saudis may think of the changes, there is no doubt that a transformation is taking place.
Rafia Zakaria
No safe spaces for women
The scars of Karachi’s crimes are visible everywhere, on the bodies and faces of its people.
American killer
Washington’s exercise of power over the past two decades has been brash and brutish.
A women’s ‘caliphate’
The creation of the ‘matriarchal caliphate’ seems to have little to do with matters of actual religious dogma.
Will Trump survive?
Republican bravado being what it is, the case against impeachment is looking strong.
Salute to the virtually silenced
The government and PTA believe they have broad powers to assault the rights of political organisations.
Can Baghdadi save Trump?
No Trump press conference could conclude without a reiteration of his superiority over all other presidents.
Kate’s pretty outfits
Our instinctual tendency however seems to be servility.
A relentless war
It is not for the first time that an American ally has suffered such a fate.
Suffering in Swat
Why must they turn to these ‘guardians’ who may be capable of forcing them into illicit relationships?
The child predators
The dark recesses of the internet have become home to the most evil and depraved actions.
Too few good men
At the root lies toxic masculinity, or the cultural maintenance of norms that entrench male dominance.
The filth inside
So despicable is the situation in Karachi that it would not be difficult to construct a compelling dystopian novel using
The scholar and his crimes
The first cases surfaced in 2017; the latest accusation — terrifying and repugnant — came to the fore last week.
A world without rights
The outcome of two of the world’s major conflicts is regression, a move back to the past.
A moral victory
To ensure that the people of Kashmir get the attention they deserve, Pakistan must lead the way.
Past and future feminists
Change does not come in a day, but perhaps it does come in 72 years.
Hate and its shadow
Like the young men attracted to extremist ideology in Pakistan, America’s terrorists are young white men who seem ...
Dark and lovely
Inculcated in millions of women in the region is the belief that somehow they must transform their South Asian...
The American context
It must have been an odd thing for the PM to step into a country whose head was having such a visibly Islamophobic