Aurangzaib Khan

Situationer: Kurram’s road to suffering

Situationer: Kurram’s road to suffering

Sadda and Central Kurram get by somehow, with supplies coming in through a rough mountainous road. Not Parachinar, though, which remains cut off. Updated 13 Dec, 2024 10:57am
GUNS, PILLS AND HAUNTED PRESS CLUBS

GUNS, PILLS AND HAUNTED PRESS CLUBS

The toll on journalists reporting from these frontlines of conflict, caught between pressures from all sides, is the most severe. Updated 12 Aug, 2024 08:16am

Merger and a manacled media

Displaced, threatened or made immobile by insecurity, accessing information has become tough for journalists in former Fata. Updated 20 Jul, 2024 09:09am
GUTTERS AND GHETTOS

GUTTERS AND GHETTOS

In Pakistan, the job of sweeping the streets and cleaning the gutters is usually reserved for the poor Christian community. Updated 23 Jul, 2023 10:35am
PAKISTAN’S PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY

PAKISTAN’S PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY

Aurangzaib Khan ruminates upon the unrelenting quagmire Pakistan, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in particular, finds itself in. Published 08 Jan, 2023 08:53am
POETRY: SPOKEN ABOVE A MORTAL MOUTH

POETRY: SPOKEN ABOVE A MORTAL MOUTH

A British-Pakistani poet’s satirical epic is fine poetry delivered through playful lyrical flourishes woven with astute... Published 21 Nov, 2021 07:32am
SOCIETY: TAKING A SIP FROM ART

SOCIETY: TAKING A SIP FROM ART

A truck artist in Peshawar survived the dearth of work during the pandemic by moving from painting heavy vehicles to dainty... Published 26 Sep, 2021 09:14am
Falling through the cracks

Falling through the cracks

With our hollow eyes and our hunger pangs, we sit thinking whether the car turning the street or coming up the road will stop. Updated 29 Nov, 2020 07:59pm
SOCIETY: PAMUK IN PESHAWAR

SOCIETY: PAMUK IN PESHAWAR

A writer from Peshawar imagines a visit by the Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, who... Published 19 Apr, 2020 06:18am

FOOTPRINTS: A DEAD MINER A DAY

THERE are cracks in Karshat. In your host’s hujra, the roof above your head is held up by walls with fissures in... Published 02 Sep, 2018 06:55am
Situationer: Living with violence

Situationer: Living with violence

"What, Nazo, is it like to be a transwoman in heaven? Because to be one here in Pakistan is certainly hell." Updated 23 Aug, 2018 09:55am
FOOTPRINTS: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

FOOTPRINTS: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

REHMAT Jahan, Dir’s first-ever woman police moharrir at work in her office at the Balambat police station in... Updated 19 Aug, 2018 08:17am
Situationer: ANP in the cross hairs

Situationer: ANP in the cross hairs

According to Zia-ur-Rehman, a researcher based in Karachi, 70 ANP activists have been targeted in Karachi alone. Published 11 Jul, 2018 02:00pm