2011
"Why they get Pakistan wrong", on Pakistan and America and books by Zahid Hussain and Anatol Lieven, from: The New York Review of Books
"The perils of tribalism", on perspectives 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, from: the Princeton Alumni Weekly
"Silencing Pakistan", on the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad and the importance of free speech in Pakistan, from: the Express Tribune
"Osama bin Laden's death", about implications for and reactions in Pakistan, from: the Guardian
"Uniting Pakistan’s minority and majority",
about responding to the killing of Pakistan's only Christian federal
minister, from: the Express Tribune
"The game preserve",
about the Raymond Davis affair and a Pakistan where extremists are
nurtured and the hunt monetized, from: Dawn (reprinted in the Guardian)
2010
"Discontent and its
civilizations", about violence and the illusion of civilizations,
from: the International Herald Tribune
"Confronting hypocrisy", about the
need for secularism in Pakistan, from: Dawn
"Pakistan's challenge", about
responding to the floods, from: Dawn
"It is feverish and flooded but Pakistan
can yet thrive", about hope despite the floods, from: the Financial
Times
"The real problem in the Afghan war is
India, Pakistan and Kashmir", about the regional aspect of peace,
from: the Washington Post
"Fear and
silence", about the persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan, from: Dawn
"Paying for
Pakistan", about the need for a tax revolution, from: Dawn
"Pakistani is
enough", about moving beyond a preoccupation with national
identity, from: Dawn
"Room for
optimism", about positive signs for Pakistan, from: Dawn
2009
"A beginning",
about President Obama's Cairo speech on Muslim-U.S. relations, from:
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Pakistan's
army needs to choose sides", about the importance of fighting the
Taliban, from: the Guardian
"Flailing, but
not yet failing", about Pakistan moving away from tyranny, from:
the International Herald Tribune
"Shaped by
popular will", about representativeness and Pakistan's Chief
Justice, from: the Guardian
"Bend toward
justice", about recommendations for president Obama, from: the
Princeton Alumni Weekly
2008
"Bound by
sorrows", about the Mumbai terrorist attacks and India-Pakistan
relations, from: the Guardian
"Pakistan is
finding its voice", about democracy's difficult implications for
America, from: the Guardian
"End of a
beginning", about Pakistan after Musharraf's resignation, from: Time
magazine (Asian edition)
"Everyone
wants to leave", about immigration, emigration, and property in
Britain, from: the Guardian
"Again become
my home", about Pakistan's election, taxes, and life in London,
from: the Guardian
"A moment of
hope", about the results of Pakistan's election, from: Time magazine
(Asian edition)
"It's
troubled, but it's home", about Benazir Bhutto's assassination and
Pakistan, from: the Washington Post
2007
"Pakistan's
crackdown", about unacceptable arrests of peaceful citizens, from:
NPR Morning Edition (link
to audio version)
"Why the
compromise collapsed", about the declaration of emergency in
Pakistan, from: Time magazine
"Having a British passport", about being a dual Pakistani-British citizen,
from: the Guardian
"After 60
years, will Pakistan be reborn?", about Pakistan on its 60th
anniversary, from: the New York Times
"Why do they
hate us?", about reasons for anti-Americanism and possible
responses, from: the Washington Post
"Britain and
America's overstated threat from within", about excessive fear of
Muslims, from: the Huffington Post
"Pakistan's
moment of truth", about the implications of deadly clashes over the
Chief Justice, from: Time magazine (Asian edition)
"Pakistan's
silent majority is not to be feared", about the need for greater
democracy, from: the New York Times
"General
Pervez Musharraf: Pakistan's big beast unleashed", about Pakistan
and its President's autobiography, from: the Independent
2006
"Mohammed Ali
Jinnah", about the founder of Pakistan for a series on 60 years of
Asian heroes, from: Time magazine (Asian
edition)
"Divided we
fall", about the killing of Nawab Bugti and the need to restore
democracy in Pakistan, from: Time magazine
(Asian edition)
2005
"Two steps
forward, one step back", about Pakistan and personal freedoms, from:
Time magazine (Asian edition)
2004
"An agenda for
Pakistan", about democracy and Pakistan, from: Time magazine (Asian edition)
"Nuclear
reaction", about the Khan proliferation scandal and Pakistan, from: Time magazine (Asian edition)
2003
"We're all on
the same side", about defining Muslims exclusively by their faith,
from: Time magazine (Asian edition)
"Gunning for
war", about the injustice of America's planned war in Iraq, from: Time magazine (Asian edition)
2001
"Fearing a
second abandonment", about Pakistan and the war in Afghanistan,
from: the Guardian
"The usual
ally", about Pakistan's alliance with America and the coming war in
Afghanistan, from: Time magazine
"Lives: the
countdown", about family in Islamabad awaiting the coming war in
Afghanistan, from: the New York Times magazine
2000
"Changing of
the guard", about peace and a new generation in Pakistan, from: Dawn
"Siamese twins
never embrace", about Kashmir and the India-Pakistan dispute, from:
Outlook India
"Where chaos
foils ambition", about President Clinton's upcoming trip to
Pakistan, from: the New York Times
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