News in Picture

News Desk Islamabad: Fifteen years after publishing a memoir that rattled Pakistan’s most powerful political dynasty, writer and activist Fatima Bhutto is returning with her most intimate work yet,  a deeply personal account of abuse,…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Under the dim glow of streetlights in Rawalpindi, treated water spreads across broken asphalt, carrying debris while homes nearby remain thirsty. Children play barefoot in the shallow streams, unaware of…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: It is not speeding, not jumping a red light, not even breaking the most visible traffic rules. The violation is more basic — the absence of identity. On roads across Sindh, a car without a number plate can…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The puppy does not know titles or qualifications. It only knows the body beneath its head is no longer warm. Inside a small veterinary clinic on Adyala Road, a nursing dog lies still. Poison ended her life…

Asem Mustafa Awan  Islamabad: An elderly man in a white cap and brown attire sits against a rugged rock face beside a gravel road, selling walnuts from plastic bags arranged on a wooden board. A clear water bottle and two metal cups rest…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: As Christmas approaches, homes across the country prepare for a season defined by family gatherings, shared meals, and the quiet hope that loved ones will be present at the table. For Shamon Masih, a sanitary…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Umarkot: A few days ago, a friend asked me to counsel his son about choosing a future career. I began with a simple question: What do you want to do with your life? What excites you, what drains you, what truly matters…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: American voters have given a clear thumb-down to Donald Trump’s leadership. The off-year elections, held in years without a presidential race, are often seen as an early litmus test of public sentiment toward the…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In a country where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line, as reported by the World Bank, the sight of an elderly man balancing heaps of snack packets on his motorbike through the narrow…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In a field baked under the October sun, an elderly farmer guides a pair of oxen across the soil — a sight unchanged for centuries. The cracked earth rises in thin clouds as the wooden plough carves through…