Make your point
We publish commentary and features by writers from outside the newsroom, in English and Urdu. If you have an argument worth making, our Submissions Team would like to read it.
01 What we publish
Arguments built on evidence, written for readers.
We regularly publish op-eds and features on politics, health, technology, finance, history and academia. The best of them are about what is happening now, argued with evidence and written with care. The views most likely to run are the ones that stand outside the box.
If you use data, cite it, and link to your sources in the text. Please don’t write as you would for a journal: no footnotes or endnotes. Work the detail into the argument, or link to it.
Ground what you say in primary research or in interviews you have done yourself. A review of other people’s work, however thorough, is rarely enough to move a debate forward.
- 01Politics
- 02Health
- 03Technology
- 04Finance
- 05History
- 06Academia
02 The checklist
Before you send it.
0 of 7 ready
Our Submissions Team checks every piece. One that has appeared elsewhere, or that was sent to other outlets at the same time, will not run.
All seven. Send it to views@thursdaytimes.com.
03 What happens next
Two weeks, at most.
- Day 0 You send it Our Submissions Team reads every piece and checks that it is original.
- Day 7 Within a week Most writers hear back from us within seven days.
- Day 10 Sometimes ten days A busy week, or a piece that needs a second reading, can take a little longer.
- Day 14 After two weeks If you have not heard from us, the piece is yours to send elsewhere.
