
Abdullah Niazi
Abdullah Niazi is a member of staff currently studying Literature at LUMS. He also writes and edits for The Dependent.
Published Work(342 articles)

New finance wizard faces daunting challenges
NAB summons Malik Riaz, threatening to unravel £190mn mystery

‘Don’t stop protesting’ - The story of Palestinians studying in Lahore

The lucrative business of being white in Pakistan
If you’re white and your career isn’t going anywhere, Pakistan is your second lease on life

How to turn the PCB into a lean, mean, business machine
Under the leadership of Wasim Khan, Pakistan cricket has taken on a new life. But are the changes making a real impact, or are they mere eyewash?

Lahore Metro: the first step in the nation’s mass transit infrastructure
The complaints against the project appear largely from either those politically opposed to the government that initiated the project, or rich art school cranks who will not be using it
NATIONALObituary: The man who redefined the Beralvi sect
Khadim Hussain Rizvi, the firebrand leader of the Tehreek Labaik Pakistan that quickly grew to define a growing religious pushback and made a habit of bringing major cities to their knees, h
UncategorizedObituary – Dean Jones
Big, burly, arrogant, and swashbuckling, cricket owes more to Dean Jones the batsman than it does to countless players with seemingly bigge names than his. As a limited overs batsman, his average of j
NATIONALObituary – Nadeem A Mumtaz
LAHORE: The owner of Lahore’s iconic Fazaldin & Sons pharmacy on Mall Road and a stalwart of the city’s modern social milieu, Nadeem A Mumtaz, passed away of Covid-19 related complications ea
FEATUREDBook review: Transgressions: Poems Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Transgressions, by Mir Anjum Altaf, is a book of poetry that is a comment on the nature of translation more than anything else. This commentary is made all the more poignant since the book is not a wo
NATIONALCoronavirus outbreak: Govt asked to ensure basic income for all citizens
LAHORE: An open letter being circulated in influential circles is demanding the Pakistan government to ensure universal basic income during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to protect the interests of

