2009
"it had to be a sign", about moving back to pakistan after eight years in london, from: the guardian
"when updike saved me from morrison (and myself)", about learning to write in college, from: the daily princetonian
"art and the other pakistans", about growing up in lahore and asia society new york's pakistani art exhibition, from: hanging fire
"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
"slumberland", about the novel by paul beatty, from: the financial times
"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)
"my reluctant fundamentalist", about writing my second novel, from: powells.com
"pakistan's silent majority is not to be feared", about the need for greater democracy, from: the new york times
"the british inquisition", about my becoming a uk citizen, from: the independent
"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)
"down the tube", about a personal moment of paranoia on the london underground in the age of terrorism, from: the independent
"a home for water lilies" (published as "i love this dirty town"), about moving to london, from: the new statesman
"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)
"i answer the phone", about artist shahzia sikander, from: 51 ways of looking
2004
"an agenda for pakistan", about democracy and pakistan, from: time magazine (asian edition)
"waiting for the boom", about a visit to the pakistani port of gwadar, from: time magazine (asian edition)
"reinventing pakistan", about the art and media boom in lahore, from: smithsonian magazine
"in praise of the un-macho", about the anniversary of the friday times, from: the friday times
"nuclear reaction", about the khan proliferation scandal and pakistan, from: time magazine (asian edition)
2003
"the pathos of exile", about returning to lahore for my cousin's wedding, from: time magazine (asian edition)
"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 my family in pakistan and the coming war in afghanistan, from: the new york times magazine
"in concert, no touching", about a restrained but erotic encounter in lahore, from: nerve 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
"lives: international relations", about a love letter and applying for an italian visa, from: the new york times magazine
"where chaos foils ambition", about president clinton's upcoming trip to pakistan, from: the new york times
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