• “Bolestering Experimental Sciences in Pakistani Universities”, (English) The News, 6th June 2020
• “Expelling ‘education’ from ‘higher’ education“, (English) Daily Times, July 27th 2018
• “اعلیٰ تعلیم سے “تعلیم” کی بے دخلی” (Urdu) HumSub, 8th July 2018
• Physics ka Bargad, (Urdu), Technology Times, Vol. 4, Issue 40, 2013.
• “The Dissolution of HEC”, (Urdu), Nawa-e-Waqt, 26 April 2011.
• “Is Al-Ghazali (really) the Halagu of Science in Islam”, (English), Viewpoint, the Newsletter for the British Society of the History of Science, October 2008 and Renaisscance, October 2008.
• “An Ongoing debate “, (English), Dawn Books & Authors, 30 August 2008.
• “Qabr-e-Razia Sultana “, (Urdu), Nawai-Waqt, 22 June 2008.
• “Tipu Sultan: Azm-o-himmat aur jur’at-e-kirdar ka zareen dars” (Urdu), Nawai-Waqt, 27 April 2008.
• Book Review:“Islamic Science in the Making of the European Renaissance” by George Saliba, (English),Dawn Books & Authors, January 13, 2008.
• “Rewriting the History of Science in Muslim Civilization”, (English), Technobiz, January 2008; and Akhbar-e-Urdu, December 2007.
• “National Workshop on Crystal Structure Determination Using Powder XRD” (English),International Union for Crystallographers (IUCr) Newsletter, Vol. 15, Issue 3, 2007.
• “From Galileo to Darwin: A Story of Science-religion Interactions”, (English), Technobiz, August 2007.
• “Symphony of Silent Spins ” , (English),Dawn Science Edition, March 11, 2006.
• “Our Need: Literacy or Education” (English), Magazine “The Nation”, 1996.
• “When the Sun Bleeds” (Urdu), essay on the implications of Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities, “The Ravi”, 1998.
• “Ask Now of the Days that are Passed”, (English), essay on old educational traditions at the Government College, Lahore, “The Ravi”, 1998.
• “The Silhouette”, (English), a profile of the Khwarzimic Science Society, 2000.
• “Perspectives”, (English), information booklet of the Khwarzimic Science Society, with Jawad Mahmood, 1998.
• “He who does not Know and Thinks he Knows”, (Urdu), essay on debating traditions, the “Government College Gazette”, 1997.
• “Honoris Causa – a Tribute to Muslim Scientists”, (English), the quarterly “Jawan Pakistan”, Oct – Dec 1998.
• “The Quarantine of Death”, (Urdu), an essay on our social attitudes of mourning over a friend’s death, the daily “Sahafat”, 1996.
• “The Last Pearls of the Last Cloud”, (Urdu), a biography of an old teacher and mentor, “Armughan-e-Shadani”, 1999.
• “A Letter Addressed to Tahir Shadani”, (Urdu), Crescent Model School Magazine “Al-Hilal”, 2002.
• “Human Genome: The Challenges Ahead”, (English), “DAWN Science Edition” – (Pakistan’s leading English daily), Karachi, 9 Nov 2002.
• “Iqbal: Between Stars and Hearts”, (English), the weekly “Pakistan Post”, London, 9-15 May, 2003.
• “Highlights of the Iqbal Symposium”, (English), Akhbar-e-Urdu, National Language Authority, Islamabad, July 2003.
• “Oxford Rekindles the Light of Iqbal”, (English), The Friday Times, Lahore, June, 2003.
• “Sufism: Modern Fantasies?”, (English), The Friday Times, Lahore, 20-27 Feb, 2004.
• “Sufism: Between Flame and Shadow”, (English), The Friday Times, Lahore, 5-12 Mar, 2004.
• “Satan’s Longing”, (English), The Friday Times, Lahore, 23-30 Apr, 2004.
• “Citizen Tipu”, (English), The Friday Times, Lahore, 13-20 May, 2004.
• “Tipu, Maslihat Pasand ya Jur’at Kesh?” (Urdu, Tipu Sultan: Realist or Pragmatic Idealist?), Akhbar-e-Urdu, National Language Authority, Islamabad, May 2004.