Stories by Muna Khan

The writer is co-producer and host of Unpressedented, a podcast on the media landscape in Pakistan.

Muna Khan
Hope, not heroes

Hope, not heroes

Pakistan can feel like a place designed to exhaust hope.
Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:46am
No neutral ground

No neutral ground

There is no neutral position between the oppressor and the oppressed.
Published 20 Sep, 2026 07:43am
Promises on stage

Promises on stage

Commemoration in Pakistan is an occasion for announcements.
Published 13 Sep, 2026 08:13am
Nobody’s job

Nobody’s job

The airport crisis is a failure of decisions.
Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:07am
Something past fury

Something past fury

Name, hashtag, outrage, silence, name. The loop does not break.
Published 30 Aug, 2026 07:28am
Now what?

Now what?

Why would anyone recognise reporting as an independent act?
Published 23 Aug, 2026 08:02am
Tired, too tired

Tired, too tired

In Karachi, it has become exhausting even to complain.
Published 16 Aug, 2026 04:21am
Ban: to what end?

Ban: to what end?

What exactly did the Al Jazeera ban achieve?
Updated 09 Aug, 2026 09:54am
Nobody confesses

Nobody confesses

Homer’s world still had a backstage where the mask could come off.
Published 02 Aug, 2026 07:16am
Keeping score

Keeping score

Nobody is logging the stress of no water for the third day running.
Published 26 Jul, 2026 07:04am
Beyond numbers

Beyond numbers

Belief, memory and ritual are harder to measure.
Published 19 Jul, 2026 07:30am
Against the noise

Against the noise

The tax is gone but the shame at the counter remains.
Updated 12 Jul, 2026 10:16am
Who counts?

Who counts?

A journalist in the midst of war is not a fixed identity.
Published 05 Jul, 2026 07:37am
The same reflex

The same reflex

Anti-rape laws exist. But the crime doesn’t stop.
Published 28 Jun, 2026 06:57am
Students remember

Students remember

Students are keeping the name of Palestine alive
Published 21 Jun, 2026 07:27am
Hand to page

Hand to page

We are morphing into versions of each other, and we have barely noticed.
Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:37am
Love, not bots

Love, not bots

Italian law requires parental consent for children to access AI.
Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:54am
City in a pickle

City in a pickle

If a jam jar can bring us to Saddar, imagine what a restored city could do.
Published 31 May, 2026 07:43am
The useless work

The useless work

Whose histories, whose plurality, do we consider worth addressing?
Published 24 May, 2026 06:42am
Showing up

Showing up

Misogyny is not just a disease of the uneducated.
Published 17 May, 2026 07:54am