Investigative Reports

Zia UR Rahman Bahawalpur: As the afternoon sun softens over the villages of Ahmedpur East, time appears to slow. Beneath shady trees and inside quiet deras, routine gives way to laughter and conversation. In these unhurried hours, a…

APP  Peshawar: As dawn breaks over Amankot town in Nowshera district, Ibrahim Shah turns the ignition of his pickup truck and sets off for Mansehra via the Peshawar Motorway. For the poultry trader, Saturdays have come to symbolise…

News Desk  Peshawar: Once celebrated as the City of Flowers, Peshawar was known for the fragrance of Gul-e-Dawoodi, Mughal-era gardens and shaded parks where families gathered and children played amid greenery and laughter. Today,…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: “Fear, pressure, and the pain of abortion were much more than giving birth to a child,” said Hareem, recalling her experience of an induced abortion at a healthcare facility in Rawalpindi. Although it was her…

Aftif Ismail  Multan: As winter vacations set in, the rural landscape of South Punjab undergoes a remarkable transformation.  Open fields, harvested farmlands and village playgrounds come alive as makeshift cricket stadiums, echoing…

Faisal Saleem Khanewal: Eleven-year-old Arooj once gave her name to a classroom at a brick kiln near Rahman Garh, a small town in Khanewal. For a year, she attended the non-formal education center there—an effort meant to pull her away…

Faisal Saleem  Khanewal: In the red dust of the brick kiln, childhood is burned away along with clay. Among the morning lines of laborers stand young girls called workers, though they are children trapped by poverty, gender, and silence.…

News Desk Peshawar: A leader of rare intellect and unwavering resolve, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who altered the course of history through constitutionalism and democratic struggle, was remembered across the country on his 149th…

Shah Khalid Shah Jee Bajaur: In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the silent surge of HIV/AIDS is intensifying at an alarming pace. According to the HIV, Hepatitis, and Thalassemia Control Program, 1,276 new patients were registered in the province…

APP Sialkot: On the bustling streets of Sialkot—where the thud of stitched leather has echoed for over a century—a quiet revolution began decades ago. It was here, in Pakistan’s sports manufacturing heartland, that a humble workshop…