The deal about Mediagate.

Published in Tehelka.     One would think the 6 fresh killings in Karachi would be top news in Pakistan, Continue reading →

Privilege and Purpose

Reblogged from Sonya Rehman's Archive: By Sonya Rehman There is an abnormal fleetingness to time, reality, and circumstance. Blink twice, Continue reading →

Lessons of self-liberation from Pakistan.

Published in Tehelka, on 11 February 2012.     Maya Khan recently represented an immense institutional crisis in the media industry Continue reading →

Your “Sannu Ki” hypocrisy!

  Published on January 12th, 2012 on Pak Tea House. “Christian girl, 12, kidnapped, beaten and raped for eight months until Continue reading →

The snake charmer and her foes: Sherry makes good news, out of bad.

Published in Tehelka.   The courageous, gallant and fiery female feminist Sherry Rehman is now the US Ambassador of Pakistan; Continue reading →

Miller’s insight into the human side of a godhead

Published in Tehelka.   Kiran Nazish on the unexpected success of cricketer-turned-politician imran khan’s newest political show, and the responsibility it Continue reading →

Pigeons without wings

Published in Tehelka. In 2002, Pervez Musharaf opened up the airwaves of Pakistani Media, and a proliferation of news channels Continue reading →

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

This report was published as Top Story in the Indian monthly, Hard News, September 2011 Issue.   If the world Continue reading →

India’s Good News from Pakistan

This article was earlier published in Hard News – India Current Affairs Monthly   Concerns on both sides of LoC have Continue reading →

Libya: Remembering life amidst war

Published in The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine, September 4th,  2011. Hamed Karim has been standing in front of a wall Continue reading →

When Karachi bleeds

Published in Tehelka. RECENTLY, A joke in Karachi has been mass-floating through text messages ‘Dost, ghar pe hai, ya bori main?’ Continue reading →

What’s stopping you from screaming?

This blog was earlier published in Dawn.com Edhi Centre: One of the ‘many’ bodies at the ‘Sard khana’ was screaming Continue reading →

Pakistan and Iran, swinging back in partnership

A version of this report was earlier published in The Friday Times.   ‘Iran hopes gas pipeline to Pakistan becomes Continue reading →

Speech Enslavement – Manipulating words to instigate ignorance

  This piece was exclusive done for PTH. The war on human mind; Conspiracy or not – who should decide?   Continue reading →

Why would you ‘Hangout’ at Google+

This article was earlier published at Dawn.com With 4.4 million Pakistanis logged into Facebook, how many of them will be Continue reading →

Mourning journalism won’t help, save it!

Earlier appeared in Salon Blog.   Many journalists in Pakistan think a hundred times before filing a story, fearing revealing Continue reading →