Fahad Faruqui
Drive on the roads of Karachi anytime between dawn or dusk and you'd think we’re doing the world a favour by fasting.
Published 21 Jul, 2012 04:07pm
While Pakistan has embraced the largest number of refugees in the world, it should be no surprise that it is taking a toll on the country.
Published 12 May, 2012 08:56am
Hurrah! For Pakistan has finally criminalised domestic violence against women and children. Offenders will face a...
Published 08 Mar, 2012 09:27am
Shakila was only eight-years-old when she and her cousin were abducted from their home. One night, men armed with...
Published 18 Feb, 2012 11:39am
Deja Vu! Saudi Arabia’s top cleric, Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh, says that Twitter is a platform for “promoting lies.” Two...
Published 11 Feb, 2012 01:20pm
A friend recently reposted a line, “Haters = Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success!” on Facebook that got ...
Published 28 Jan, 2012 06:02am
“I think all this Facebook stuff should just stop!” said Hamza Yusuf, co-founder of Zaytuna College, at a recent...
Published 21 Jan, 2012 01:27pm
I met Philippe Sands, QC, the author of the book “Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values”...
Published 12 Jan, 2012 06:46pm
The US has taken an initiative to spread the counter-extremist message across Pakistan to prevent the breeding of...
Published 07 Jan, 2012 08:42am
On Friday, a gigantic throng of demonstrators at Tahrir Square chanted slogans against the military rule. At the...
Published 27 Dec, 2011 10:06am
Jalaluddin Rumi is famed as much in the west as in the east for the tradition of whirling and an assortment of...
Published 17 Dec, 2011 04:48pm
Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan I woke up late that morning, I had to rush out without my morning coffee fix and ...
Published 01 Dec, 2011 10:17am
-Photo Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan/Dawn.com Author’s note: As is often the case in real life, things don’t pan...
Published 05 Nov, 2011 08:05am
-Photo Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan/Dawn.com He has no qualms about an arranged marriage. But, since he wants to...
Published 29 Oct, 2011 04:10pm
After reading the news that Saudi morality police — acting as “God’s agents” on earth to prevent sin — beat up a woman and a man accompanying her on suspicion of dating. I asked myself this question: what right do these “keepers-of-faith” have to rigorous
Published 22 Oct, 2011 07:26am
—Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan/Dawn.com “What do you see in your dreams, chacha?” my four-year-old niece asked,...
Published 18 Oct, 2011 06:35am
—Photo Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan/Dawn.com We have all found ourselves to some degree comparing and judging ...
Published 24 Sep, 2011 02:18pm
—Photo Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan/Dawn.com “Ayesha is divorced!” a woman told the cousin sitting beside her,...
Published 15 Sep, 2011 09:10am
