Stories by Faizaan Qayyum

Crisis of choice

Nutritional outcomes aren’t determined by poverty alone.

Published 18 Sep, 2026 07:38am

Killer roads

Our love for roads kills people, especially the most vulnerable.

Published 12 Jun, 2023 07:32am

Day of reckoning

Who’s accepting responsibility for all that’s being done so intently?

Published 24 May, 2020 05:26am

Managing survival

This is a massive exercise in administration and coordination.

Published 24 Apr, 2020 05:39am

Humans of pandemic

To our healthcare workers: we are grateful for your service and sorry for our collective inaction.

Updated 07 Apr, 2020 02:47pm

Read: Pandemic planning

"We finally have confirmation: at the time of writing, there are at least four confirmed cases of Covid-19 in...

Published 01 Mar, 2020 12:42pm

Pandemic planning

While we too can buy a few days through containment and sealed borders, our real test is of preparation.

Updated 01 Mar, 2020 08:39am

‘Day of Democracy’

Pakistan’s parliament has a long history of exerting its supremacy.

Published 12 Jan, 2020 06:58am

Dispossessing the poor

Should ‘khokha’ owners wait to become prime minister before the state stops persecuting them?

Published 13 Oct, 2019 07:05am

Tech in transit

If we have private companies providing this service, why do we need the state to step in?

Published 16 Sep, 2019 06:58am

We, the hypocrites

Whose interests do political parties truly represent?

Published 04 Aug, 2019 07:07am

A tale of woe

‘Naya’ Pakistan is just ‘purana’ Pakistan on steroids.

Published 28 Jul, 2019 07:08am

From plots to housing

An effectively managed real estate sector can work to solve many of our tax, housing and urban headaches.

Published 21 Jul, 2019 05:52am

Of love and war

All may be fair in love and war, but then what is war, and what have we been doing for two decades?

Published 10 May, 2019 07:24am

Hazaras and the absent state

The gap between the Hazaras and other communities is now wider than it has ever been.

Updated 22 Apr, 2019 10:10am

In safe hands?

The clamour for invasive surveillance technologies like CCTV cameras should be checked and discussed by citizens.

Published 15 Apr, 2019 06:56am

Peshawar metro bus challenges

Any good transit system, especially BRT, is defined by its integration with spaces and people along the areas...

Published 08 Apr, 2019 07:13am

Constructing the enemy

For ordinary Pakistanis, what is this ‘India’ and how do we identify our enemy?

Updated 16 Mar, 2019 10:10am

Our dream of growth

The Chinese are clearly better prepared for the industrialisation process that CPEC can generate in Pakistan.

Published 18 Feb, 2019 07:12am

What is Pakistan’s car industry good for?

With insufficient local demand and no exports, we need to rethink our automobile policy.

Updated 08 Feb, 2019 05:41pm