The world after Covid-19
In the midst of darkness, it is difficult to imagine light or a future.
Rafia Zakaria
Recalling the 1918 pandemic
Like the Spanish flu, the novel coronavirus may also trigger a collapse of the world order.
The princess who got away
Pakistan does not have royals but many millionaires here operate under the same archaic belief that women are property.
A note to men
The collective organisation of the powerless is not a repetition of the sins of the powerful; it is an attempt ...
Where the money goes
Researchers have suggested that the entire architecture of aid needs to be reconsidered.
Hamas’s hackers
It was only many weeks later that Israel realised that the apps were targeting its soldiers.
A floating prison
The quarantined ship has the highest number of coronavirus cases for a single location outside China.
A world cordoned off
Whether it is due to disease or outright discrimination, a picture emerges of a world wrapped in knotted barbed wires.
Fanning the foreigners
The British took most of India’s wealth with them, but they left their sense of entitlement to germinate and grow.
Voting for the children
There are thousands of children like Zainab who are abducted, abused, sold, sexually exploited and tortured every day.
'#MeToo' on trial
The outcome of the Weinstein trial is likely to have a tremendous bearing on the #MeToo movement.
With love from Pakistan
The situation of emigrant workers and the families they leave behind continues to be a difficult one.
World of prison camps
The world used to be a place where indiscriminate detention would have attracted the attention of human rights groups.
A tale of three elections
Two that have taken place this year, and one more, will together redefine the world.
Saudis and segregation
Whatever dissenting Saudis may think of the changes, there is no doubt that a transformation is taking place.
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.