Nadeem Farooq Paracha gets into another tricky conversation. Recently I happened to meet a young man who was born and raised in Manchester, in the UK. He had returned to his parents’ country with his siblings in 2006, some seven months after the dreadful 7/7 episode. He approached me while I was...

I think what Younus Khan really meant to say was: ‘we hope to whitewash them one day.’ But what a performance by the Australians yesterday. Wow! A perfect demonstration of how to break down a team mentally. The Australian finger spinners, led by Nathan Hauritz and the supposed part-timers Michael...

Toronto-based Taimoor Farouk shares tales from the Pakistani diaspora. As soon as one starts to wonder how far the current Pakistani regime will go with its begging bowl and what allowances it will extend to the bearded militia – currently keeping the entire nation at a gunpoint –  the question...

Crafting a civic response to militancy won’t be easy, reports Huma Yusuf. In the 1980s, the Women’s Action Forum organised to defend women’s rights violations being perpetrated by the state. Despite their admirable efforts, they only got so far – the Hudood Ordinance, for example, has yet to...

Dawn.com’s Hafsa Adil reports on the mood at the Dubai stadium. ‘It’s Friday, of course Pakistan will win,’ say the fans. UPDATE 01:30 PST There goes the ‘lucky Friday’ myth! The mythbusters from Australia have managed to win the second ODI in Dubai, breathing fresh life into...

DAWN.COM’s Hafsa Adil covers the Pakistan-Australia series live from Dubai. Despite some last-minute technical glitches, I was able to get my computer up and running in time for the first ODI in the state-of-the-art media box that overlooks the Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium. While the organisers...

Nadeem Farooq Paracha imagines how a journalistic interview might go… Salaam, Jamat Bin Jihad Bhai Walaikumaslam! How are you today? Why do you want to know? Just asking, sir. You ask too many questions. But I’m here to interview you! No, I will speak and you will listen. But … Shut up,...

Dawn.com’s Huma Yusuf realises how scared everyone around her is. I woke up on Tuesday to the usual headlines: terrorists nabbed in Islamabad, Taliban brandishing arms in Buner, militants kidnapping security personnel in Swat, and PM Gilani assuring special envoy Holbrooke that he needn’t worry...

Located in the middle of (what will be) the Dubai Sports City, the stadium that will hold two one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match is quite impressive to say the least. The Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium may only have a capacity of over 25,000, but it is built much like the world’s best football...

Dhaka-based Misha Hussain reflects on his recent trip to Pakistan. Dainik Jugantor, Dhaka, and DawnNews, Karachi. . The ousting of the Jamaat-i-Islami in the recent Bangladesh national elections has shown how peaceful protest can successfully fight extremism. Texts were sent, flyers were distributed...