Naziha Syed Ali
There’s an air of expectation in Gwadar, a feeling that good times are just around the corner.
Updated 27 Apr, 2014 08:11am
The insurgency in Balochistan claims a price in much more than blood alone. Women are particularly poignant victims.
Updated 18 Apr, 2014 09:27am
The recent abduction and subsequent grim outcome have exacerbated the fear that pervades the area.
Updated 17 Apr, 2014 02:59pm
For members of the Christian and Hindu communities, the process of getting a
divorce can be quite different
Published 30 Mar, 2014 06:50am
KARACHI: Early morning on Feb 23, armed personnel of the vigilance branch of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA)over...
Published 26 Mar, 2014 12:59pm
About 40 women and children are at work shelling each shrimp with nimble fingers and toss it onto piles in front of them
Updated 15 Mar, 2014 11:34am
What are the basics of ethical journalism?
Ethical journalism is what media people are supposed to do — to produce...
Updated 02 Mar, 2014 04:09pm
KARACHI: Zulekha Bibi has recently returned from a trip to her family in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. It was her...
Published 19 Feb, 2014 07:39am
According to a report, the incidence of domestic violence increased by 62 per cent between 2008 and 2012.
Updated 11 Feb, 2014 07:59am
Standing in the kutcha street outside their homes in Karachi, in the gentle sunshine of a January morning, Chanda...
Published 07 Feb, 2014 07:35am
After amendments to the blasphemy laws by General Zia-ul-Haq between 1980 and 84, the situation began to change rapidly.
Updated 28 Jan, 2014 08:11am
UNTIL it became something of an affront to its long-suffering passengers, Pakistan International Airlines’ slogan,...
Updated 20 Jan, 2014 10:24am
Mr Talpur’s ardour for the cause – which he refers to as “the struggle” – has not dissipated with age.
Updated 13 Jan, 2014 09:07am
According to a report by PIPS, out of 33 sectarian attacks in Balochistan last year, 22 took place in Quetta district.
Published 10 Jan, 2014 06:54am
JUST as it seemed that Karachi may be enjoying a rare interlude of comparative calm, the bodies of five young men...
Published 29 Dec, 2013 08:09am
KARACHI: Constable Muneem Shah, with 19 years of service with the Sindh police, was shot by a narcotics dealer near...
Published 22 Dec, 2013 07:47am
IT was a surreal setting. The ruins of a village in Awaran, Balochistan, bathed in the light of the nearly full ...
Published 26 Nov, 2013 07:19am
For Amar Jaleel, the world isn’t a stage; it’s more like a cricket field with everyone of us out to play the...
Published 24 Nov, 2013 07:51am
FOR a brief moment last month, it seemed as if there might be the stirrings of a progressive wind blowing through ...
Published 15 Oct, 2013 07:18am
KARACHI, Sept 26: When news broke of the recent D.I. Khan jailbreak in which a large number of militants were set...
Published 27 Sep, 2013 07:55am