Lost childhood: Many Pakistani girls still have children in their teens, and suffer for it

One in two young girls is married before she turns 18.

Murtaza Haider

· Oct 22, 2017 · 09:30 pm

The full truth of General Ayub Khan's regime in Pakistan

The economic realities of the Ayub era are less glamorous than the popular discourse portrays.

Murtaza Haider

· Nov 05, 2016 · 09:30 pm

For Pakistan, defending its society should be more important than defence against India

Murtaza Haider

· Sep 09, 2016 · 09:30 pm

By rewarding vigilantism, Pakistan is giving it legitimacy

The Sindh police chief recently gave a cash prize to a man who shot and killed two suspected robbers.

Murtaza Haider

· Aug 11, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Did floods bring the end of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's regime?

Days after the worst deluge in Pakistan in nearly five decades, Bhutto's government was overthrown in a military coup.

Murtaza Haider

· Jul 28, 2016 · 10:30 pm

In Pakistan too, a university is facing the media’s ire over doctored images

Progressive voices are being stifled across the border as well.

Murtaza Haider

· Apr 27, 2016 · 07:30 pm

A Pakistani woman's insistence on niqab might change the course of Canadian elections

Zunera Ishaq's insistence on taking her oath of citizenship while wearing the garment has inadvertently changed the course of the parliamentary elections.

Murtaza Haider

· Oct 17, 2015 · 08:30 pm

Waiting in queue is definitely not a game Pakistanis like to play

Does Pakistan's problem with civility in parliament begin with the inability to stand patiently in line?

Murtaza Haider

· Oct 11, 2015 · 09:30 pm

17 years and no census: Pakistan is running on guesswork

Without reliable data, Pakistan's planning process will be driven by ignorance.

Murtaza Haider

· Sep 10, 2015 · 07:30 pm

What Pakistan can learn from India about housing its poor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to launch an ambitious plan to build 20 million homes over the next seven years.

Murtaza Haider

· Feb 27, 2015 · 05:30 pm