Tag: Rafia Zakaria
IDs and vaccines – Rafia Zakaria
PAKISTAN is once again on the brink. The past several days have seen rising death tolls — increasing to the point that they are...
Numbers paint a cruel reality – Rafia Zakaria
The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law and political philosophy.
PAKISTAN is a country in which the accident of birth determines everything. The household...
The perils of being a journalist – Rafia Zakaria
BEING a journalist in Pakistan is a dangerous proposition. A noose is put around your neck when you begin and it is tightened gradually...
Women during the pandemic – Rafia Zakaria
ONE year ago, the world ran on different rules. The rhythm of day was different, the management of time was different, people behaved differently...
Workers and FIFA in Qatar – Rafia Zakaria
IF you happen to be one of the many Pakistanis who work and live in the Gulf, say in Dubai or Doha or Sharjah,...
The forever struggle – Rafia Zakaria
ANYWHERE one casts a glance, women are in turmoil. Even in the year 2021, where DNA is revealing the secrets of human illness, where...
The dream of ending poverty – Rafia Zakaria
ONE short decade ago, I happened to read an article about Westerners arriving in China to adopt abandoned baby girls. Written by a...
Reviving a moral universe – Rafia Zakaria
IN or around the year 1210 a poet was born in the Persian city of Shiraz. Not unlike now, those years were a...
Ordinary killings… – Rafia Zakaria
A COUPLE of weeks ago a man named Shakil — a resident of Sheikhupura had an argument with his family members. When his mother...
The price of ‘youth’ – Rafia Zakaria
IT is not exactly a new trend, but it is newly widespread. Over the past decade the world had seen women’s faces chiselled...