Fanning the foreigners
The British took most of India’s wealth with them, but they left their sense of entitlement to germinate and grow.
Rafia Zakaria
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.
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.