Stories by Arifa Noor
Foreign policy miracles and numerous trips abroad still haven’t yielded the awaited manna.
Updated 25 Nov, 2025 09:05am
There is little hope that any of the three pillars of the state are intact.
Updated 18 Nov, 2025 08:45am
Nearly two decades later, television’s fire and innovation are a thing of the past.
Updated 11 Nov, 2025 08:57am
Why should one assume that legislators would pass a law with the same intent as a military despot?
Updated 04 Nov, 2025 09:09am
It is no longer necessary that once the borders of Pakistan are crossed, threatened journalists will be able to breathe freely.
Updated 28 Oct, 2025 08:22am
Picking so many battles leaves the state in a mode of crisis management all the time.
Updated 21 Oct, 2025 08:49am
If the new CM chooses the path of resistance it will further complicate KP’s security situation.
Updated 14 Oct, 2025 05:37pm
Mixed messaging from the government or just confusion? It was hard to tell.
Updated 07 Oct, 2025 09:29am
It’s not just the lot on television but also those in politics who seem to have run out of choices.
Updated 30 Sep, 2025 09:25am
Domestically, the Pak-Saudi pact is being viewed exactly the same way as some past moments.
Published 23 Sep, 2025 08:15am
Whether the empowerment of the people is really the objective is the question.
Updated 02 Sep, 2025 08:42am
The mistakes have not been addressed even three years after the super floods of 2022.
Updated 26 Aug, 2025 09:33am
Ask the government about anything untoward and they simply shrug it off.
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 09:04am
The public gatherings in Bajaur recently, or Tirah valley or even Bannu last year all point to the anger of the people.
Updated 12 Aug, 2025 09:20am
It is hard to understand why the judgements have come now.
Updated 05 Aug, 2025 09:16am
Connected with this is the question about whether or not it is possible to view the political crisis in Balochistan as one which can only be handled through force.
Published 29 Jul, 2025 09:46am
The KP CM isn’t going to risk the ire of those who matter; Imran Khan can be handled.
Published 22 Jul, 2025 08:58am
Whatever the rhetoric, these fun events only work to the benefit of the organisers and the attendees.
Updated 15 Jul, 2025 11:49am
There are no dramatic scenes, no flourish — just a quiet, linear progression.
Published 08 Jul, 2025 05:04am
Just when we think there is nothing more to reveal, they shed another fig leaf.
Updated 19 Nov, 2025 01:56pm
