Rafia Zakaria
Whether it is due to disease or outright discrimination, a picture emerges of a world wrapped in knotted barbed wires.
Published 05 Feb, 2020 07:31am
The British took most of India’s wealth with them, but they left their sense of entitlement to germinate and grow.
Updated 22 Jan, 2020 08:46am
There are thousands of children like Zainab who are abducted, abused, sold, sexually exploited and tortured every day.
Published 15 Jan, 2020 07:10am
The outcome of the Weinstein trial is likely to have a tremendous bearing on the #MeToo movement.
Updated 08 Jan, 2020 10:48am
The situation of emigrant workers and the families they leave behind continues to be a difficult one.
Published 01 Jan, 2020 07:42am
The world used to be a place where indiscriminate detention would have attracted the attention of human rights groups.
Published 25 Dec, 2019 07:19am
Two that have taken place this year, and one more, will together redefine the world.
Published 18 Dec, 2019 07:16am
Whatever dissenting Saudis may think of the changes, there is no doubt that a transformation is taking place.
Updated 11 Dec, 2019 07:26am
The scars of Karachi’s crimes are visible everywhere, on the bodies and faces of its people.
Updated 04 Dec, 2019 07:35am
Washington’s exercise of power over the past two decades has been brash and brutish.
Updated 27 Nov, 2019 10:00am
The creation of the ‘matriarchal caliphate’ seems to have little to do with matters of actual religious dogma.
Published 20 Nov, 2019 06:56am
Republican bravado being what it is, the case against impeachment is looking strong.
Published 13 Nov, 2019 07:15am
The government and PTA believe they have broad powers to assault the rights of political organisations.
Published 06 Nov, 2019 07:24am
No Trump press conference could conclude without a reiteration of his superiority over all other presidents.
Updated 30 Oct, 2019 07:43am
Our instinctual tendency however seems to be servility.
Updated 23 Oct, 2019 07:53am
It is not for the first time that an American ally has suffered such a fate.
Updated 16 Oct, 2019 09:39am
Why must they turn to these ‘guardians’ who may be capable of forcing them into illicit relationships?
Published 09 Oct, 2019 07:13am
The dark recesses of the internet have become home to the most evil and depraved actions.
Updated 02 Oct, 2019 07:32am
At the root lies toxic masculinity, or the cultural maintenance of norms that entrench male dominance.
Published 25 Sep, 2019 07:14am
So despicable is the situation in Karachi that it would not be difficult to construct a compelling dystopian novel using
Updated 18 Sep, 2019 10:50am
