Cofounder @TheCitizenrypk | Reporter @thenews_intl | Past @etribune @samaatv | Bringing policy & legal issues to the forefront through journalism
Karachi, Pakistan
Joined April 2012
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Is there any research paper, policy doc, or other resource that details the different forms of land tenure within Karachi & on its periphery? think late Parween Rehman was working on the regularisation of goths in Karachi. Is there any doc that classifies of tenure of such goths
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Firmly believe that Reporting remains the foundation of journalism; once reporting collapses, journalism collapses with it.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, parts of television journalism stopped questioning power and started performing alongside it — turning reporting into content designed for outrage, virality and instant verdicts.
Contributed to @TFT_ on media ethics, televised raids, and the dangerous shift from reporting to spectacle.
thefridaytimes.com/26-May-20…
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Last Thursday, I witnessed FIA officials storming an IT company in Karachi and their conduct was even worse than the viral jewellery shop raid people are condemning today.
But my bigger complaint is against a section of Karachi’s FIA beat journalists who completely failed at journalism. Instead of investigating what actually happened, questioning procedure, or verifying allegations, they happily aired visuals of innocent employees — including women — like propaganda arms of the state. They preferred creating back to back content on it with no investigation at all and twisting the facts shamelessly.
This is exactly why institutions in Pakistan continue to abuse power without accountability. Because too many reporters have stopped being journalists and turned into unofficial spokespersons for authorities.
Journalism is supposed to question power, not escort it.
I thought director news Masoom Rizvi of Aaj Tv, Ammad Yousuf of Ary news and Nisar Abidi of GTV would take action on it but everyone seems complicit.
Ths piece yesterday had analysed why Iran would take its time in negotiations. something now widely being discussed by journalists on Twitter today.
Not just the behaviour, but the structure behind it. Iran is negotiating not just with the US but within its own system.
The US–Iran negotiations on Saturday moved from Islamabad to Tehran, where the real talks are now between Iran’s negotiators & power centers in Tehran & Qom: The IRGC & the Clergy.
Because the deal still has to pass through Iran’s own power centers & Its people.
My Latest for .@TFT_
thefridaytimes.com/17-Apr-20…
Another one
Western queer theory doesn’t fully explain queer realities in cities like Karachi. While Western frameworks often assume a linear path from repression to visibility to rights, Karachi presents a different story
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#Queer #Urban #WesternQueerTheories #Karachi
Data Centres and Iran-US war
Data centres power the global cloud industry, but they also consume vast amounts of energy, land, and water. As cities like Dubai expand their digital infrastructure, these facilities are becoming critical & vulnerable urban assets due to war and energy prices.
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Devolution that stops at the provinces is incomplete. My letter to the Pakistan Peoples Party on finishing what the 18th Amendment started.
I dissect why a mayor can’t deliver without real authority, why empowering local leadership matters.
For @TFT_
thefridaytimes.com/23-Jan-20…
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A part of my conversation with .@Razarumi on @NayaDaurMedia about the Gul Plaza fire - exposing Karachi’s governance failures under JI, MQM, and PPP, including the irony of a PPP-led Sindh government keeping its own mayor powerless.
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Standing with people who resisted mega projects like Shahrah-e-Bhutto (Malir Expressway) was truly an honour. They convinced ADB not to invest in the project, mobilised masses to save their land, and campaigned to save Malir's biodiversity and climate that
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Joined @iamshafaatali on @OceanNewsUK to discuss the CTD breakthrough: a RAW-linked network in Karachi, the murder of Abdul Rehman in Badin, and the financial trail exposing foreign handlers - RAW.
Ive a Euro account at UBL Jauhar Branch. A payment was transferred to this account from the UK in Euro. I repeatedly checked with my branch and the UBL Remittance Helpline, and was assured that any amount sent in Eu from abroad could be credited to my Euro account
@UBLDigital
This was clearly confirmed to me by the branch and operational manager as well as the remittance section at the helpline.
However, when the amount actually arrived, I was informed that it cannot be credited to my Euro account due to State Bank policy, @UBLDigital
It’s been three years since we started #TheCitizenry. We’ve grown a little and we’re more confident than ever. We’re open to all kinds of collaborations and partnerships, so please feel free to reach out.
Three years ago today, June 4, 2022, we won our first media grant and laid the foundation for #TheCitizenry.
A platform designed to mainstream policy and legislative issues, taking journalism in Pakistan beyond political noise and towards meaningful change.
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ملک کے دور دراز علاقوں میں صحافیوں کے قتل پر نہ کوئی خاطر خواہ آواز اٹھتی ہے، نہ ہی کوئی سنجیدہ احتجاج ہوتا ہے—کیونکہ اگر واقعی بھرپور احتجاج کیا جائے، تو پھر صحافت میں صفر کارکردگی کے باوجود صحافی قائدین کے یورپ کے مسلسل دورے کیسے ممکن ہوں؟
#لطیف_بلوچ #صحافت #پاکستان #بلوچستان
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Story by journalist Oonib Azam: Conservation for cash: Pakistan’s untapped biodiversity credit opportunity thecitizenry.pk/2025/05/21/c…
#WorldBiodiversityDay @TheCitizenryPk @OonibAzam_
Pakistan’s military victory over India offers a rare moment for unity, but lasting stability demands political maturity, justice, and dismantling religious extremism threatening the nation’s core
writes @sheharyaralii
The jets fell, the nation rose - but unity won’t last unless Pakistan tackles its two fault lines: political narcissism and violent religious extremism.
My Latest for .@TFT_
thefridaytimes.com/21-May-20…
