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Huma Yusuf

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The larger tragedy

Trafficking is a wider issue than illegal emigration.

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Issue-based politics

TODAY is day 15 of the UN’s 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign. Before you stop reading, bored by the prospect of a feminist...

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The greatest asset

IT’S not easy being a child in Pakistan. Just this past week, children across the country have endured the following: some caught polio; some were...

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Climate summit

OVER 140,000 people displaced by flooding in Sindh this August are living in unbearable conditions. They sleep in tents, scrape by on one meal a day,...

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The Muslim vote

AS the US election approaches, a question dominates the news cycle: how will Muslim Americans vote? Muslims comprise one per cent of the US...

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Back in the news

“YOU can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” Those famous lyrics are going to haunt American officials after next month’s US...

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Taking back space

AN anti-MAGA America First family. That’s how an American friend recently described his family’s politics: vehemently anti-Trump and opposed to...

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State and citizens

TRUST is the new buzzword in global politics. Western democracies in particular are preoccupied with rebuilding trust between the state and citizens...

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SCO’s ambitions

INTERIOR Minister Mohsin Naqvi last week told the Senate that the coordinated attacks across Balochistan were aimed at subverting the upcoming...

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Predatory instincts

THE government installs a ‘web management system’. Unidentified men whisk away a YouTuber who posts satirical content. A fashion designer...

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Digital gender gap

PAKISTAN’S human rights battles are now playing out across its digital landscape. The X ban drags on, fantasies of data localisation persist, and...

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Restricting women

A WOMAN following the news these days can be forgiven for wondering what century she is in. Sexist policies are proliferating globally, and the...

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A trusted space

AT a recent anti-corruption conference, I briefly chatted with a Bolivian gentleman who is both an activist fighting corruption and convener of a...

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State’s failure

A THRONG of men encircle leaping flames. They are energised, holding mobile phones aloft to capture the moment. By now, we all know what they are...

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In protest mode

IN a year of elections, some signs of democratic revival were inevitable. These have come in the electoral outcomes in India, Mexico and South Africa,...

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Boiling point

ANOTHER heatwave, another slew of alarming headlines. We are better prepared than we were in 2015, when over 2,500 people lost their lives to soaring...

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Shadow of the moon

Pakistan’s space policy must go further in articulating priorities.

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Campus protests

THE world has been watching as police storm US university campuses to arrest pro-Palestine supporters. This is an uncomfortable escalation of mounting...

29.04.2024 100

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Childcare challenge

DURING a spell of what feels like endless school holidays, a working mother’s mind inevitably turns to childcare. When faced with the great juggling...

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Silencing the press

THANK goodness journalist Asad Toor was finally released on bail on Saturday. But his ordeal is not over as he battles numerous charges under the...

18.03.2024 100

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Climate stresses

LAST week offered a juxtaposition that captures Pakistan’s predicament. In Lahore, PTI supporters took to the streets to protest rigging and the...

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Young voters

A GENERAL election is like a democratic health check. In its wake, comes the prognosis: will Pakistani democracy live or die? The widely discredited...

19.02.2024 100

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Anti-colonial ally?

MANY will recognise the name of the great Russian poet, Alexander Pushkin. Fewer people will know that he is partially of African origin, and that his...

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‘Managing’ polls

THE year 2024 is the year of elections. That means it’s also the year of corruption. Around the world, corruption and elections go hand in hand,...

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Misplaced nostalgia

US President Joe Biden is not cool enough, not young enough, not pro-Palestinian enough. Young Democrats are disappointed by his approach to Gaza,...

08.01.2024 200

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Bits of hope

THE focus on Pakistan’s upcoming elections is of an existential nature: will they take place? Will the PTI endure in any form? Can Pakistani...

25.12.2023 100

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Conflict and climate

PROMISES are meant to be broken. That’s why we should respond to the outcome of COP28 with a healthy dose of scepticism. The headlines will focus on...

11.12.2023 200

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