Ecosystem of hate
LYNCHING is the practice of summary extralegal executions introduced in 18th-century America — ritualised violence inflicted by a group on an individual. Genocide is a form of mass lynching perpetrated…
A flawed system of governance
A Muslim majority state was envisaged by its founder Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to ensure conducive conditions for the Muslims of British-India for socio-economic, cultural and religious development. Pakistan geographically…
A flawed system of governance
A Muslim majority state was envisaged by its founder Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to ensure conducive conditions for the Muslims of British-India for socio-economic, cultural and religious development. Pakistan geographically…
Jirga space slashed
ON a recent visit to the tribal areas, Prime Minister Imran Khan promised the continuation of the jirga system as it was favoured by the people. While honouring this commitment,…
Whose system is it anyway?
Like misaligned medical prescription, which causes serious side effects instead of addressing the original ailments of the patient, our system of governance has deteriorated so much that it has become…
A women’s jirga
When interviewed by Reuters, Zardad Khan, from the village of Makol to which 16-year-old Ambreen belonged, said, “This barbarity has never happened before.” The teenager was killed, her body put…
Back to a regressive order?
THE federal government’s proposal to revive the jirga system in the newly merged districts is being seen as a prelude to the restoration of the former tribal agencies’ semi-autonomous status.…
Change is in the air
THE last time there was so much focus on the tribal areas, then Fata, we ended up with its merger with KP. Once again, with regard to the merged areas,…
The deadly cost of choice
She cried out, “Nikkah kiya tha, zina nahi” (“We got married, we did not sin”) just moments before she and her husband were brutally murdered by her own family. Their…
Kurram carnage
VIOLENCE in Kurram has spiked in frequency and magnitude recently. Fresh clashes erupted on Nov 21, when passenger vehicles were ambushed near Mandori. Forty-four persons lost their lives, including women and children. In revenge…
