Zia Ur Rehman
Journalist and Researcher at Freelance
Contributor at The New York Times
contributing reporter @NYTimes | policy researcher | focusing on security, migration, movements, organized crime & more | often @dawn_com @NikkeiAsia & beyond
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4 weeks ago |
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Zia Ur Rehman
News200 miles of sublime pain on a Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan Pilgrims, arriving by bus, camp overnight on the desert plain in front of the Chandragup mud volcano during their journey to the Hinglaj Devi temple in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, May 1, 2025. (NYT News Service) HINGOL NATIONAL PARK, PAKISTAN: When Amar Faqira's 3-year-old son abruptly lost movement in his foot last year, doctors offered little hope.
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4 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Anupreeta Das |Zia Ur Rehman |Hari Kumar
Though the two neighbors declared a cease-fire this month, a crucial water-sharing treaty remains at risk. The drones and missiles have been stilled after India and Pakistan's brief but intense military battle this month. But the two neighbors have turned up the heat on another longstanding conflict, over the sharing of water.
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1 month ago |
dawn.com | Zia Ur Rehman
For Najibullah Wazir, a resident of North Waziristan, May 28, 2018, marked a historic turning point. On that day, Pakistan’s Parliament passed the 25th Constitutional Amendment, formally abolishing the colonial-era Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and merging the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The decision was hailed as a watershed moment — an end to more than a century of legal and political exclusion for the region’s residents.
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1 month ago |
thenews.com.pk | Zia Ur Rehman
hose history is being recorded and whose is being erased? This question served as the central theme of a recent panel discussion at Karachi’s The Second Floor (T2F), where a group of academics, including Kamran Asdar Ali, Adeem Sohail, Zoya Sameen and others, explored contemporary debates on people’s history – a methodology that prioritises the lived experiences of ordinary individuals over the narratives of rulers and elites.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Zia Ur Rehman
As Pakistan declares victory, confidence in the troubled country's state institutions is re-emerging, at least for now. Pakistan has been mired for years in overlapping political, economic and security crises. But right now, it is feeling like a winner. Its government has declared victory in Pakistan's most expansive military clash with India in more than 50 years. Political parties and ordinary Pakistanis have staged rallies to celebrate the armed forces' performance.
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