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Graveyards of Mobility

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Beneath open skies and indifferent trees, they lie in rows — motorcycles upon motorcycles, rust settling where livelihoods once stood upright. This is not a scrapyard by design. It is a holding space, a…

Fatima Bhutto Breaks Silence on Abuse

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,…

Leaks Flow While Homes Run Dry

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…

When a Car Has No Name

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…

A Life Lost, Love Remains

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…

Walnut Vendor’s Quiet Vigil

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…