The interminable wait between life and death (at Gul Plaza) in Karachi
In Karachi, waiting has become part of the disaster itself: waiting for water, for help, for answers, for reforms. And in that waiting, lives are lost not all at once, but with…
Muzhira Amin
The open manhole that laid bare Karachi’s systemic rot
This year alone, 23 people have died in Karachi by falling into manholes and open sewers, of whom eight were children.
She never got her period, and no one told her why
Behind closed doors and clinic walls, doctors in Pakistan are treating a rare condition reported in 1 in 5,000 girls: the Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, where a…
What could compare to the joy of watching Shah Rukh Khan on the big screen after almost half a decade?
In a loveless world, he reignites your belief in love, he teaches you to hope despite hopeless circumstances, he teaches you to love, and he knows his smile just makes everything…
How a ‘Gen-Z protest’ forced this Karachi varsity to roll back its decision on a student’s rustication
Days after a protest, the Institute of Business Management, a private varsity in Karachi, reinstated a female student, who had been expelled after she attempted to file a…
Flooded, forgotten, forsaken — Pakistan’s endless monsoon crisis
Underneath the fatal climate events that have hit the country's mountainous north are factors that are controllable yet ignored every year, every time.
Seeds of the cosmos: How a Pakistani engineer sent wheat into space
The test tube carrying the Pakistan-origin wheat seeds was aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which was launched from Nasa's Kennedy Space Centre on August 1.
‘Short of structural, bold reforms’: Finance experts unpack Pakistan’s 2025-26 budget
The budget has a total outlay of Rs17.573 trillion (US$62 billion) and an ambitious 4.2 percent growth target.
The missing children of Karachi — how the state is failing its most vulnerable
In the last two months, 56 children, between the ages of zero and 18, were kidnapped across Karachi; 22 of them are still missing.
Greed over care: Decoding the unholy doctor-pharma alliance
Research has shown it is common for patients to get treatments they don’t necessarily require. While there may be instances of innocent errors, at other times doctors are well…