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Muzhira Amin

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The anmol ‘crack’ down on Queen Pinky

Business September 28, 2026

On the morning of April 7, Karachi’s Baghdadi police were alerted to a body on a footpath near a school in Lyari. Brown shirt, checked trousers, about 25 years old, no ID. Of note was a small tin se...

The agent that infiltrated Pakistan’s red hot chilli peppers

News July 10, 2026

Name: Kunri, UmerkotPop.: 26,600Area: 585 km² The farmers say the origin story goes something like this. In the sixties, a handful of chilli seeds travelled south from Radha Ram in Punjab to Kunri in...

After the Raj, the most powerful weapon in Pakistan's arsenal is a name

News May 12, 2026

At 5:13am on May 10 last year, Pakistan launched the retaliatory ‘Operation Bunyan um Marsoos’ against India. Footage aired by state broadcaster PTV showed fireballs lighting up the sky moments be...

When Washington came to Pakistan: a brief history

News April 10, 2026

THE WEEKEND is just around the corner, and all eyes are on Islamabad. By the time the sun dips behind the lush green Margalla Hills, the federal capital’s skies will be buzzing with the landing of j...

The interminable wait between life and death at Gul Plaza in Karachi

News January 23, 2026

It wasn’t so much about the announcement or the declaration of death, muttered Qaiser, but the hours, minutes and seconds between the knowing and the not knowing — the brief yet interminable time ...

The open manhole that laid bare Karachi’s systemic rot

News December 9, 2025

“The echo of the mother’s screams still rings in my ears,” said a cop who was on duty near Karachi’s Nipa Chowrangi on the fateful night of November 30. The constable was at the site when the ...