Usama Khilji

Articles by Usama Khilji

Women’s leadership

Health August 24, 2026

PAKISTAN doesn’t fare well on indices related to gender gap and women’s empowerment. The damning statistics include the number of girls who are out of school, the wide gender digital divide, high ...

Stifling the press

Business May 3, 2026

THERE is no democracy without accountability of power β€” and how is accountability possible if one is punished for speaking up? Such is today’s dilemma as press freedom goes through yet another tou...

AI on the battlefield

Business April 12, 2026

THE prominent use of artificial intelligence in warfare lately will remind many of us in Pakistan that this is not new. The β€˜signature strikes’ via drones in Pakistan by the Obama-led US administr...

Monopolising truth

News February 5, 2026

ANY reasonable person reading the tweets for which Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha have been sentenced to 17 years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs36 million will express...

Criminalising free speech

News January 2, 2026

IF post-2016 were the years when Peca’s misuse against those exercising their right to freedom of speech and press freedom was tested, 2025 was the year when the gaps in the state’s ability to ful...