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Investigation
Pakistan tests China-like digital firewall to tighten online surveillance
A ground-breaking investigation into Islamabad's expanding censorship infrastructure — and the architecture it is quietly building for state control of the internet. Cited by Freedom House and the United Nations.
Human Rights · Award-winning
The Adriana: the Pakistanis aboard a trawler that never arrived
A longform account of the Pakistani migrants who perished when the Adriana sank in the Mediterranean in June 2023 — one of the deadliest shipwrecks in recent European waters.
Longform
Mountain of War: The India-Pakistan conflict's deadliest battle zone
After their war last May, India and Pakistan reached a truce. But deaths continued on the world's highest battlefield — a reported account from Siachen.
Sports · Essay
Tape-ball tales: cricket's most anarchic, most Pakistani form
An essay on the tape-ball game — the version of cricket that belongs to the streets, the alleys, and the people who never needed a ground to play.
Investigation · Culture
Winner takes all: who benefits from game shows, and by how much?
A reported investigation into Pakistan's television game show industry — the money, the spectacle, and the economics behind the country's most-watched format.
Profile
Moon gazing: a portrait of Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman
A portrait of Pakistan's most watched moon-gazer — the cleric who decides when Ramadan begins and ends, and why millions still defer to him in an age of satellites.
