Justice for Mukhtaran Mai
During the peak of the lawyers’ movement for the restoration of the deposed chief justice, a woman supporter from rural Sindh was interviewed on TV. She was asked why she…
Mukhtaran, the survivor
On a sunny winter afternoon, I found myself comfortably sitting on a charpoy, sipping chai on the roof of a small red-bricked house surrounded by golden wheat fields in southern…
My Oh Mai
When the chief justice reportedly said that the rape of Mukhtaran Mai was ‘the most heinous crime of the 21st century,’ he was in fact grotesquely misreported. What he apparently…
Of cavemen and nationalists
WE may cry or mope and petition the powers that be. We may even succeed in finding a kind-hearted judge who would cancel the shocking release of 11 men convicted for the…
Misogyny, of course
IT is disappointing that former prime minister Imran Khan’s comment about journalist Gharidah Farooqi have been largely ignored when they deserve greater protestations beyond individual tweets of outrage. When asked at a…
A pioneer
THE women’s movement in Pakistan has come a long way since its inception. It has assumed different forms and strategies during the course of its development while focusing on the…
Women’s view
WE have welcome news on the women’s front. A female judge is expected to break fresh ground. Justice Ayesha Malik, a judge of the Lahore High Court, has been nominated by the…
Healing the heart
Pain of the heart is much more than the pain of the body. Rape is outrageous. Gang-rape is devastating. Being gang raped in front of your children is unimaginable and…
Malala’s marriage
CONGRATULATIONS! That is the only appropriate response to Malala Yousafzai’s marriage announcement. But the world — or Twitterati at least — had much else to say. The response says more…
Not a victory for rule of law
HOW many of us feel proud when the chief justice takes suo motu notice on issues of women empowerment, building and master plan violations, horrendous fundamental rights abuses, or even…
