Columns & essays

Writing

Commentary on UK–Pakistan politics, diaspora affairs and the meeting points of British law and Pakistani public life — for Pakistan's Dawn, the BBC College of Journalism and Naya Daur.

Dawn (Pakistan)

selected bylines

Cover story

By Any Means Necessary?

Dawn

Saeed incited UK Muslims to militancy, says BBC report

Dawn

BBC report shines fresh light on fake degrees business

Dawn

Setback for Tablighi Jamaat's plan to build 'mega mosque' in London

Dawn

UK property law spells trouble for Pakistani politicians

Dawn

A House Divided

Dawn

Two British Pakistanis in UK's billionaires club

Dawn

UK Imams may face penalties on unregistered Nikah

Dawn

When Benazir launched her poll campaign in London

Dawn

Footprints

Murder Most Foul

Dawn

MQM founder held in 2016 hate speech case

Dawn

Full list of Dawn bylines available on request.

BBC College of Journalism

No ordinary girl: the story behind the BBC's publication of Malala Yousafzai's diary

Essay

How BBC Urdu got the inside story on emergency rule in Pakistan

Essay

How the BBC helped identify a Mumbai bomber four years ago

Essay

BBC report helps Pakistan media talk openly about MQM

Essay

Launch of Urdu TV from the BBC was sure to get them talking

Essay

Why social media in Pakistan is unlikely to spark an 'Arab Spring'

Essay

Naya Daur

literary & historical

Khushwant Singh's Letters to Hadali

2019

Manto, Kashmir and Mehjoor

2019