1977: Settles in London with her family – London, England, After moving between London and Lahore, her family settles in north London, where she grows up.
2001 – 2016: Joins The Independent – London, England, Starts as a news reporter, later becoming arts correspondent and then literary editor, a post she holds until 2016.
2019: Becomes chief theatre critic of The Guardian – Is appointed The Guardian's chief theatre critic.