JOURNALISM · PHOTOGRAPHY · MUSIC

Saad
Sarfraz.

Stories from the world.
Frames from the moment.
Rhythm for everything else.

LAHORE, PAKISTAN · INDEPENDENT WORK
00A NOTE

Curious about
people and power.

I'm Saad Sarfraz — a journalist, photographer and musician.

This site brings together the different ways I pay attention: reporting and commentary, photographs made along the way, and music built around rhythm and texture. Different practices, one ongoing curiosity about people, places and the stories we tell about them.

This is an independent home for selected work. Individual projects and publication credits will be added to the relevant sections.

SELECTED PRACTICE

Three ways of
looking closer.

REPORTING & COMMENTARY

Journalism

Politics, protest, public life and the forces shaping the stories around us.

Explore writing ↗
DOCUMENTARY & PERSONAL

Photography

People, places, moments and details that deserve a second look.

View photographs ↗
DRUMS & INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Music

Rhythm, sound and instrumental ideas — from sketches to finished tracks.

Listen to music ↗
01JOURNALISM

REPORTING · COMMENTARY · ESSAYS

The story
behind the noise.

Reporting and writing shaped by an interest in politics, protest, power and the people caught in between.

From movements in the street to the spectacle that forms around them, journalism is a way to look beyond the headline: to ask who gets heard, what gets remembered, and how public narratives are made.

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Reporting from the ground, scrutiny of public institutions, and stories about the people living with the consequences of policy.

THE HERALD · DAWNCash Cows THE HERALD · DAWNCalling for Rescue: Emergency Services in Punjab THE HERALD · DAWNPunjab’s Fields of Change THE HERALD · DAWNHow Okara Farmers Have Become the Latest Enemies of the State THE HERALD · DAWNA Village in Punjab Suffers as the Government Dithers THE HERALD · DAWNKohistan: Lost in Transportation GEO NEWSThe Orange Line Metro Train: Which Way Forward? GEO NEWSUsman Buzdar’s First Month in Office: Four Weeks of Uncertainty
ADDITIONAL FEATURES Meet the Living Legend Behind Pakistan’s Iconic Children’s Library

A selection of published work. Each link opens the original publication.

02PHOTOGRAPHY

PEOPLE · PLACES · MOMENTS

Looking is
a way of listening.

A visual record of the world as it unfolds — attentive to gestures, atmosphere and the details that can escape the written account.

This section is designed for photo essays, documentary work, street photography and selected commissioned projects. The images should lead; captions can supply the context that a frame cannot.

DOCUMENTARY01
EVERYDAY LIFE02
PEOPLE & PLACES03

Selected visual stories and features published internationally. These links provide an archive of work; the next step is to add a small gallery of original photographs here.

AL JAZEERA · GALLERYIn Pictures: Pakistan’s Special Needs People THE HINDUWhen the Levee Breaks ESQUIRE MIDDLE EASTThe Car Collectors of Pakistan THE TIMESMeet the Lizzie Bennets of Lahore

The panels are visual placeholders, not your actual photographs. Article links are included as references to selected published work.

Enquiries about photography ↗
03MUSIC

DRUMS · INSTRUMENTALS · COLLABORATIONS

A different kind
of language.

Music gives rhythm to ideas that don't always need words.

A space for instrumental tracks, drum work, experiments, recordings and collaborations. Add a player or link for each release so visitors can listen without hunting for it.

Selected tracksADD PLAYER / LINK
Drums & collaborationsADD PROJECTS

Add links to Bandcamp, SoundCloud, YouTube or your preferred music platform.

04CONTACT

TIPS · ASSIGNMENTS · COLLABORATIONS

Have a story
or an idea? Let's talk.

For editorial enquiries, photography commissions, music collaborations or a thoughtful conversation.

ADD YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSADD SOCIAL / PROFESSIONAL LINKS