Celebrating life in a graveyard: For Hazaras in Quetta, a cemetery doubles up as a community centre

For the persecuted community, a burial ground serves as everything from a playground to a marketplace for the Hazaras in this Pakistani city.

Saadat Ali

· Sep 15, 2017 · 09:30 pm

A Partition narrative overrides Pakistan’s colonial past, but traces of the British era remain

In Lahore, roads are still named after colonial officers such as Robert Montgomery, John Nicholson and Donald McLeod.

Haroon Khalid

· Sep 15, 2017 · 03:30 pm

In Pakistan’s cotton fields, lack of protective gear and lax laws are making women pickers sick

Amina Batool suffers from headaches, skin and eye ailments, and spends a third of her pay on medical bills.

Saleem Shaikh, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Sughra Tunio, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Sep 14, 2017 · 10:30 pm

In Pakistan’s Punjab, the illegal kidney trade is cashing in on the debt of the poor

Fuelled by a cycle of poverty and debt, this black market has flourished for years with traffickers preying on the poorest.

Zeeshan Haider, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Sep 13, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Heer-Ranjha and Sohni-Mahiwal, the love legends from Punjab that turned gender roles on their head

In both stories, it was the woman who risked all to be with her beloved.

Haroon Khalid

· Sep 08, 2017 · 05:30 pm

‘I’m happy we aren’t dead’: Rohingyas fleeing to Bangladesh describe their long walk for survival

Thousands of Rohingyas are pouring into Chittagong Hill Tracts to escape persecution by the Myanmarese forces.

Adil Sakhawat

· Sep 03, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Despite Mughal-Sikh conflicts, inclusion of Muslim poets in Guru Granth Saheb is proof of close tie

The views propounded during and after Partition notwithstanding, the communities seemed to have many historical bonds.

Haroon Khalid

· Sep 01, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Lahore saw the birth of Nawaz Sharif’s career. Does his homecoming rally there mark its end?

Lahore has earned the unique reputation of being at the forefront of all political movements that eventually engulf Pakistan.

Haroon Khalid

· Aug 25, 2017 · 06:30 pm

In Lahore, a walk through key landmarks of India’s Independence struggle

While the city’s contribution to the formation of Pakistan is commemorated, its many starring roles in India’s freedom struggle have been forgotten.

Haroon Khalid

· Aug 18, 2017 · 05:30 pm

How Lahore came to claim the rebellious and gifted Mughal princess Zeb-un-Nisa as its own

On Multan Road lies the purported tomb of Aurangzeb’s poetess-daughter, even though evidence suggests she died in Delhi and was buried in Agra.

Haroon Khalid

· Aug 11, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Identity politics: Why Pakistan has erased Kautilya from its consciousness

Philosopher and scholar Chanakya studied in Takshashila University, now in present-day Pakistan.

Saif Tahir

· Aug 04, 2017 · 08:30 pm

What’s in a name? In Pakistan, it could be an attempt to deface (and reclaim) history

A proposed law seeks to punish anyone who calls a place by a different name than that notified by the government, even if unintentionally.

Haroon Khalid

· Aug 04, 2017 · 12:30 pm