Mosharraf Zaidi wrote a column for The News until December 2011. This website archives his articles and essays.

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Mumbai Mirror: In Punjab’s weekend getaway, bewilderment rather than anger

Mumbai Mirror Tuesday , May 3, 2011 In Abbottabad: Abbottabad is a city long cherished as a holiday destination by the plainspeople of the Punjab as a summer getaway for its cool summers, its accessibility to a number of hill stations, and its picturesque scenery. The captivating topography and the warmth of its people are [...]

Recent Articles

Finding space for linear reason
October 11, 2011
By Mosharraf Zaidi
Dealing with ‘non-linear reason’
October 4, 2011
By Mosharraf Zaidi
Flying into Lyari for Eid
September 6, 2011
By Mosharraf Zaidi
The unthinking Pakistani society
August 27, 2011
By Mosharraf Zaidi
Progress in a messy democracy
August 16, 2011
By Mosharraf Zaidi
Punjab, Karachi and decentralisation
August 9, 2011
By Mosharraf Zaidi
The quintessential ‘un-city’
August 2, 2011
By Mosharraf Zaidi
Telling Pakistan’s story
June 28, 2011
By Mosharraf Zaidi
The Gilani and Sharif Show
June 22, 2011
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GHQ and dangerous binaries
June 14, 2011
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