Huma Yusuf

A womans perspective

Nimra Bucha takes on the title role in The Dictators Wife. - Essa Malik/ Whitestar What should a writer do with ... Published 05 Jun, 2009 12:00am

IDPs: the health aspect

IT is said that bad news comes in threes. In recent months, Pakistan has had to deal with the Taliban consolidating... Published 01 Jun, 2009 12:00am

How to reform a terrorist

HOURS after the bloated body of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was found in Sri Lanka, the news reports began... Published 25 May, 2009 12:00am

A tall order but still doable

RIGHT now, the biggest internal displacement of people since partition is underway in Pakistan. The exodus of people... Published 18 May, 2009 12:00am

Talibanisation & identity crisis

SINCE the Nizam-i-Adl Regulation, the status of which has now been rendered uncertain, Pakistani citizens have been... Published 11 May, 2009 12:00am

Talibanisation and identity crisis

Anti-Taliban vigils have been held, but what do protestors really yearn for? - AFP photo. SINCE the Nizam-i-Adl... Published 11 May, 2009 12:00am

The medium is the message

THE demands of 24/7 television programming have transformed the figure of the maulvi from village simpleton to... Published 04 May, 2009 12:00am

The medium is the message

THE demands of 24/7 television programming have transformed the figure of the maulvi from village simpleton to... Published 04 May, 2009 12:00am

Life`s too short

A recent article in the London-based daily The Guardian pointed out that as Pakistan descends into violence,... Published 03 May, 2009 12:00am

Dance drama enthralls audience

In Tehrik-e-Niswan`s unique dance drama,`Song of Mohenjodaro`, the mound of the dead is beautifully brought back to... Published 30 Apr, 2009 12:00am

KARACHI: Dance drama enthrals audience

KARACHI In Tehrik-e-Niswan`s unique dance drama,`Song of Mohenjodaro`, the mound of the dead is beautifully brought... Published 30 Apr, 2009 12:00am

Women push back

Crafting a civic response to militancy won’t be easy, reports Huma Yusuf. In the 1980s, the Women’s Action Forum... Published 24 Apr, 2009 09:00pm
A Pathan runs into a building…

A Pathan runs into a building…

Dawn.com’s Huma Yusuf realises how scared everyone around her is. I woke up on Tuesday to the usual headlines:... Published 22 Apr, 2009 03:10pm

Power versus law?

SINCE the promulgation of the Nizam-i-Adl regulation last week, people around me have been asking, `what did we do ... Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am

Power versus law?

SINCE the promulgation of the Nizam-i-Adl regulation last week, people around me have been asking, `what did we do ... Published 20 Apr, 2009 12:00am

Divine Logic

Dawn.com’s Huma Yusuf argues that we shouldn’t forget the past just because Sufi Mohammad wants us to. Now that the... Published 15 Apr, 2009 07:45pm