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Tech and climate reporter in South Asia. Words: @restofworld, @WIRED, @foreignpolicy, more. @GloJo_NYU @nyukevo alum. Send me tips! zuha.siddiqui@gmail.com

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An India-Pakistan Showdown at the United Nations 73rd General Assembly?

An India-Pakistan Showdown at the United Nations 73rd General Assembly?

Pakistan and India are set to clash at this year's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with both countrie…

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Frontier Crimes Regulation: a past that never ends

Frontier Crimes Regulation: a past that never ends

Da Sanga Azadi Da - "What freedom is this?" - is the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) anthem heard at their ga…

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‘My body feels like lead’: Heat is making pregnancy a nightmare in Karachi

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By Zuha Siddiqui
| Dawn Verified
Inside the gynaecology clinic of Karachi’s largest public hospital, the air felt several degrees hotter. It was only 9:30am on a Friday in late February, and the windowless waiting room was already packed with women jostling for a place to sit, calling nurses for help, and scuffling for an ultrasound. Asiya, 21, was pregnant with her third child. The baby was due in May, when the mercury often crosses 38 degrees Celsius, and humidity soars past 70 per cent, making the heat unbearable.
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Pregnancy and heat in Pakistan: Researchers seek to fill dangerous knowledge gaps

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By Zuha Siddiqui
| Eco-Business Verified
It was the beginning of spring in Karachi, and frigid mornings were giving way to balmy afternoons. But Bilal Colony was already far warmer than the rest of the city, and uncomfortably so. The eastern neighbourhood – a dense tangle of poorly ventilated homes, dusty roads and almost no green cover, tucked behind factories and car showrooms in one of Karachi’s largest industrial areas – absorbed heat differently.
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Pregnancy and heat in Pakistan: Researchers seek to fill dangerous knowledge gaps

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By Zuha Siddiqui
| Flipboard
Who is Amir Hamza, Lashkar co-founder, critical after being shot at in Pakistan? Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Amir Hamza has reportedly been shot at by unknown gunmen in Pakistan’s Lahore, a second such attack on him within a …
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