Falling in Love with Urdu Poetry

In school, my Urdu was a widespread joke among my friends. My pronunciations aside, I was hopeless…

The Invisible War in Balochistan

Despite grave human rights violations the plight of the Baloch people…

Separated by Bridges

In order to get to Defence, Karachi, you have to cross one of three bridges…

Tea at the Frontier

At the northwest edge of Peshawar is the Khyber gate and Jamrud Fort that marks the beginning of what we in Pakistan know as…

The Peshawar Cliché

Cities, along with religions, races and peoples, are burdened with stereotypes…

Civis Romanus sum

The responsibility and rewards of citizenship

So great is the power of Rome that any citizen harmed, or judged by anyone other than Caesar, would face the full strength of the Roman Empire. Granted, those who witnessed this power are no…

The Machines Stop

Are we becoming increasingly isolated because of technology?

The Karachi I Know

It’s Not All Terrorists and Gangs

Where is the Will to Reform?

Our education system desperately needs reform, so why aren’t our…