In Pakistan, the very migrants who support the economy with their remittances are called traitors

Remittances received from migrant workers living abroad make up almost 8.5% of Pakistan’s gross domestic product.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Nov 05, 2022 · 01:30 pm

The hijab protests have resonated beyond Iran – to all countries that want to control women

No state, whether it is Iran, India or any other, has the right to tell women what to wear.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Oct 01, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Opinion: With the Queen’s death, the system of looting and genocide she represented should end too

Within hours of her death, the internet erupted in anger that the queen, who presided over an empire built on loot, was being mourned as if she were a saint.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Sep 15, 2022 · 07:30 pm

The killing of four Shia Muslims in the US shows how sectarian schisms get exported

Just like the efforts to create dialogue and a spirit of tolerance are ignored at home, so too are they ignored abroad.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Aug 18, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Despite contributing a fifth of Pakistan’s GDP, Karachi still gets short shrift from the government

It is sad to see that Karachi continues to grow and cope, despite rather than because of the federal government’s attitude towards it.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Aug 07, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Sania Khan’s murder by her ex-husband is a distinctly South Asian (and American) tragedy

The Pakistani-American photographer and TikToker was killed after she posted a video about her divorce.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Jul 28, 2022 · 01:30 pm

The Global Gender Gap Report highlights the horror and discomfort of being female in Pakistan

When it comes to economic participation and opportunity, Pakistan is placed second last, marginally better than Afghanistan.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Jul 21, 2022 · 09:30 pm

This Muharram, an opportunity to confront the capacity for cruelty in all of us

Those who believe in the human capacity to eschew brutality are believed to be stupid and naïve.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Aug 09, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Why early feminists in India were accused of being puppets of the British

The contribution of women in the history of undivided India has been largely ignored.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Oct 31, 2020 · 01:30 pm

New York Times’ ‘Caliphate’ podcast was problematic even when its credibility was not in doubt

Rukmini Callimachi’s project on ISIS has been questioned after its main source was arrested for perpetrating a ‘terrorism hoax’.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Oct 20, 2020 · 09:30 pm

On disease and discrimination: We’re building a shrunken world wrapped in barbed wire

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the US has imposed a travel ban on six additional countries.

Rafia Zakaria, Dawn.com

· Feb 09, 2020 · 08:30 pm