Rafia Zakaria

Forced marriages only

There is more to consent than saying ‘yes’. Focusing only on the technical definition of consent leaves out so much of the story. Published 05 Jan, 2022 07:40am

No resolutions

The point is to highlight a truth that we absolutely must face as the year ends: the way we did things is gone forever. Updated 29 Dec, 2021 10:57am

Temples and tourists

Destroying the testaments to an ancient past only serves to underscore the intellectual absurdities of the present. Updated 22 Dec, 2021 07:45am

Unequal and immoral

The colonial rulers of yesteryear have simply created new organisational mechanisms to ensure that they have the upper hand in the Published 15 Dec, 2021 07:06am

Cruise control

In simple terms, the ocean is rendered filthy even by a single cruise ship plying up and down the waterways. Published 08 Dec, 2021 07:14am

The variant this winter

With the detection of the Omicron variant that may soon reach its shores, Pakistan needs to urgently step up vaccination... Published 01 Dec, 2021 07:03am

Power and corruption

Accountability is easy to prescribe and far harder to enforce particularly in places such as Pakistan where it is more or less Published 24 Nov, 2021 06:46am

Rushing towards a calamity

One of the stumbling blocks in reaching global consensus on climate is the issue of money. Updated 17 Nov, 2021 07:45am

Why not the freedom to choose?

French politicians have made the veil almost the centrepiece of their politics. Updated 10 Nov, 2021 07:30am

Cricket and the country

The wins have done more than just delight Pakistanis who are physically present in Pakistan. Updated 03 Nov, 2021 07:47am

Art and friendship

Who has the rights to stories which are increasingly on display on social media? Published 13 Oct, 2021 07:02am

Poems of those who escaped

Uighur poetry written by those who have been robbed of their audiences at home is available to read in English on the internet. Published 06 Oct, 2021 07:00am

Poems of those who escaped

Uighur poetry written by those who have been robbed of their audiences at home is available to read in English on the internet. Published 06 Oct, 2021 07:00am

Weddings with a difference

South Asian weddings, with their rituals and multi-day celebrations, are particularly amenable to image-making. Updated 29 Sep, 2021 09:13am

The rich boys

Such is the toxic masculinity of these rich boys that no one is safe from it. Updated 22 Sep, 2021 08:58am

Covid forever

One glimmer of hope lies in the possibility of a pandemic morphing eventually into an endemic. Updated 15 Sep, 2021 08:14am

Coronavirus and conflict

In a world where climate change, pandemics and cyberwarfare are the most pressing threats, why fight a two-decade-long war? Updated 08 Sep, 2021 08:34am

Empowering themselves

The US-Nato experiment to transform Afghan women into rough imitations of middle-class women in the Western world failed. Updated 01 Sep, 2021 08:25am

Very angry men

The government needs to take special notice of the current avalanche of violence against women. Updated 25 Aug, 2021 09:08am

Aid and debt

The fact that aid is for the giver and not the taker is proven in the methods that have been used for its disbursal. Updated 18 Aug, 2021 07:42am