Cant believe #homosexuality is trending in Pakistan thanks to #Joyland. Maybe its time to make films about corruption, rape, adultery, child abuse, eating up peoples inheritances, bribery, infanticide, honor killings --just some other things ALSO explicitly forbidden in Islam🙃

Hate is profitable.

Read my latest on the institutional discrimination and psychological abuse that forces Pakistan's Christian minority to lead substandard lives defined by the shame and misfortune their socio-religious identity brings them👇 #Pakistan #HumanRights

In Pakistan, bodybuilding is an obsession and, for many, a route out of abject poverty. But a shot at wealth and fame is pushing young people to gamble with their lives.

Consumer prices rose 36.4% in April from a year earlier, the highest since 1964--Pakistan’s inflation hits a record on the back of a weaker currency and a rise in food and energy costs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

20 days ago I wrote an article for Al Jazeera English. 18 days ago I got an email from a reader saying they wanted to support the boy featured in the piece. And today I received a picture of the boy in his new uniform, ready to head back to school. Humans, they’re not so bad after all!

Why are Pakistan's bodybuilders dying? I made a short film for VICE World News last year that takes you on a fun yet uncomfortably eye-opening ride down the dark crevasses of Pakistan’s bodybuilding subculture. Watch: rb.gy/o2ywa #Pakistan #Bodybuilding #Documentary

What are the makings of a diehard Imran Khan supporter? To find out, watch my film for Al Jazeera English that follows a devotee/#PTIOfficial worker in the days leading up to the events of May 9 #Pakistan #AJCloseUp

Pakistan: Don’t Try Civilians in Military Courts bit.ly/42e2PjZ

379 Hostages. One True Story. Hijacked: Flight 73. It was a pleasure producing this with an incredible team of journalists and filmmakers at Blast! Films, digging through facts and archives dating back 35 years to tell a story that still has relevance today #skydocumentaries

“If bodybuilders need to be scared of anything, it is the influence of manipulative coaches." How Pakistani bodybuilders are vulnerable to drug abuse in their pursuit of fame | #AJLongReads ⤵️ aje.io/arts0y

A little more detail on a story I began working on two years ago -

Fascinating work. The situation seems very similar to #Afg. I always wonder why body building was more popular than boxing. I used to blame the Americans, soldiers and contractors, but I am not sure that is the case anymore ..

Tired of obsessing about the election? Read this excellently-researched piece by Saad Zuberi on male bodybuilders in Pakistan, which raises serious concerns about the pressures of conforming to a pumped up (& extremely unhealthy) form of masculinity. aljazeera.com/features/2024/…

I'm told I need to up my self-promo game until I can afford a full time PR agent #ukalumniawards British Council Pakistan Anna City Journalism

While the subaltern not only speaks but screams at their oppressors, those theorizing about them choose to remain silent. The disconnect between theory & praxis has never been as stark.

Saad Zuberi (International Journalism, 2013) through to British Council Study UK Alumni Awards Global Final ! Read more: study-uk.britishcouncil.org/after-your-stu… Saad Zuberi #CityAlumni #cityalumninetwork

Congratulations to LSU Manship School doctoral student Saad Zuberi on receiving the British Council's Global UK Alumni Award 2024 for his exceptional work in journalism and documentary filmmaking! 🌍📽️ Saad’s impactful storytelling, featured on platforms like the BBC, Vice, and

Where could your UK education take you? This week our 2024 #StudyUKAlumniAwards Global Winners are back in the UK, meeting each other, visiting their universities and shining a spotlight on their achievements🎓Saad Zuberi Dr. Emily Rickman Nabeel Qadeer GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign CSC in the UK