A Federal Kangaroo, December, 2025. (On the farcical nature of Pakistan’s newly created Federal Constitutional Court).
Judicial Discontent, November, 2025. (On arguments in favour of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, and how they fall flat).
The Words of the Chief Justice, September, 2025. (On misogyny at the Islamabad High Court, and its connection to the 26th Amendment).
Supremely Stable, September, 2025. (On the impacts of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, as unraveled by Judges).
Why you should care about the ATC verdict that condemns Senate, NA opposition leaders to jail, August, 2025. (On the Faisalabad Anti-Terrorism Court judgment that convicted members of the opposition).
Skeletons in your closet, August, 2023. (On the atrocities of 1971, and the need for honest recollections of history).
The sight you’ve lost, August, 2023. (On systemic discrimination against the differently abled, and the rejection of pity).
It’s all about the bench, April, 2023. (On the disproportionate power vested in the office of Chief Justice of Pakistan for bench fixation).
Honourable People, March, 2023.(On sycophantism in language, particularly before the judiciary, and the value of brevity).
You’re a disgrace, PTA, February, 2023. (On the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s role in restricting civic freedoms).
No country for the living, January, 2023. (On the inherent misogyny in convential recollections of history, as evidenced by Fatima Jinnah).
Who really needs ‘protocol’?, December, 2022. (On the growing, wasteful and elitist culture of performative security protocols).
Thieves of Joy(land), November, 2022. (On the regresssive nature of film and television bans in Pakistan, as in the case of the film, ‘Joyland’).
Finding Hanif, November, 2022. (On the value of irreverence, and lessons to be learnt from the writings of the author, Mohammed Hanif).
Parks & Propagation, September, 2022. (On a landmark judgment that released a Christian sanitary worker convicted of blasphemy).
An inconvenient freedom, August, 2022. (On the banning of television channels for criticising the government).
You can’t look away, July, 2022. (On the rejection of votes and derailment of democracy in the election of the Chief Minister of Punjab).
Distance, July, 2022. (On the government’s inequitable and Islamabad-centric distribution of resources).
‘The writer is a lawyer’, July, 2022. (On the disproportionate representation of lawyers in Pakistani op-ed columns).
Poetry at the presidency, June, 2022. (On the need to give a platform and a chance to talented local artists).
If the law is against you, May, 2022. (On the rule of law, and the government’s intimidation of judges that ruled against them).
The info ministry’s a joke, May, 2022. (On the farcical and blatantly propagandist nature of Pakistan’s state run television).
Masochism as policy, April, 2022. (On societal misogyny and Article 58 of the Constitution).
You’re among friends, March, 2022. (On the value of Pakistani literature, and the impact on the publishing industry of trade bans with India).
Wasted on the young, January, 2022. (On the lack of representation in governance of Pakistan’s largest demographic: the youth).
On Quaid and heartbreak, December, 2021. (On the distortions in history when remembering Jinnah, and the beauty and pain in his personal life).
If we loved them less, November, 2021. (On the deeper meanings and inequities in the government’s choices in language, particularly in death).
The ruins proclaim, November, 2021. (On the need to preserve historical landmarks like the Gurdwara Bhumman Shah).
When the music stops, October, 2021. (On Pakistan’s interferences and indifferences in the war in Afghanistan).
Decolonise the court, October, 2021. (On the history of the Lahore High Court, and the meaning behind its nomenclature).
Keeping up with the times, September, 2021. (On the impact of artificial intelligence on the law, and the need for Pakistan to adapt to it).
PM and Accountability, July, 2016. (Letter to the editor).
University of California, Berkeley:
The New York Times:
For Some International Students, U.S. Dreams Dim Under Trump, May, 2025. (On the decline of free speech in America under the Trump administration)
CNN International:
Who is Pakistan’s new Prime Minister? April, 2022.
Imran Khan claims there’s a US conspiracy against him, May, 2022.
The Aleph Review:
The Life of Falkoo, July, 2023.
Daily Times:
Our flawed political paradigms, July, 2019.
Express Tribune:
Precedents of hypocrisy, July, 2016.
Hassan Kamal Wattoo 