From 2007-16, he covered Pakistan for TIME Magazine and The Independent. He has written on politics, the rise in terrorist attacks, Islamist insurgencies, military offensives, Pakistan-U.S. relations, the blasphemy laws, religious minorities, culture, and press freedom. He covered many other events in Pakistan, including the lawyers' movement, the 2007 state of emergency, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the 2008 & 2013 elections, the 2010 floods, and the death of Osama bin Laden.