Me-too to Gentoo
WOMEN are making a mark for themselves in every field. They are trailblazers — from participating in and covering sports previously thought to be the exclusive preserve of men to…
A forgotten battle
A HUNDRED years ago, the Legal Practitioners (Women) Act, 1923, was passed in British India, with a preamble that read: “An Act for the removal of doubts regarding the right…
Independence — to what end?
“The Supreme Court has no control over the sword or the purse and its power and strength is solely based on public confidence” — Justice Athar Minallah NOT too long…
Balochistan misunderstood
“YOU mean they actually read books in Balochistan?” My Lahori friend sounded sceptical. For him, as for most Pakistanis, Balochistan is a war zone where people want guns not books.…
Violence on the screen
We live in a violent society. There is little doubt about this given the number of crimes that take place on a daily basis. There have been incidents of violent…
The good, bad, and discontented
Last week, after a three-hour long panel talk hosted by my university’s alumni group on young lawyers’ low compensation and opportunities in Pakistan, I took to Twitter and decided to…
Women, inequality and the bar
Pakistan’s women lawyers got a boost recently when two women lawyers Rabiya Bajwa and Sabahat Rizvi were elected as vice-president and secretary-general of the Lahore High Court Bar. Before this,…
Understanding the Dua case [Part – I]
What transpired on April 16, 2022 and the events that subsequently unravelled therefrom were bewildering enough but certain intriguing conundrums surfaced that were left forsaken by commentators. One question that…
The mean machine
The fact that a video or some other controversial material would be released and agitated prior to whenever a hearing is scheduled in cases concerning Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Safdar…
Jinnah’s house is burning
Declan Walsh’s ‘The Nine Lives of Pakistan’ augments a veritable genre – books on our embattled homeland by anglophone Western journalists. A layered title, unique biographical approach, and acute observation…
