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Right to murder

IMAGINE a land not too long ago, and certainly not too far away: a special place. It is weak, it is fraught, it is violent — but then, so are…

Murder and suicide

SHE was from a small city in a southern state. Sania Khan, a Pakistani-American woman killed in a murder-suicide by her ex-husband Raheel Ahmad, had just moved to Chicago last…

Forgiving a murder

The recent order of the Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, which acquitted the brother of social media star Qandeel Baloch, has once again brought the discussion of the Qisas and…

Murder as spectator sport

When bestiality enters the soul of a nation, it is difficult to imagine how it is to be driven out again. We have become a nation of beasts, and in…

Murdering women

A NUMBER OF women have been murdered in the past few weeks in Pakistan. Almost all incidents have been reported by newspapers, TV channels, and rights activists on social media.…

Suicide or murder?

FOR an accused in Pakistan, redemption lies in the ability to plead your innocence in front of those who matter. Sadly, they are not the courts because, had it been…

Murders most foul

THE cold-blooded murder in Sahiwal of a couple, their teenage daughter and a fourth victim in an engineered encounter is yet another manifestation of the brutal culture that allows law-enforcement…

Mashal’s Murder

Mashal’s murder

A murder most foul, carried out in a manner most beastly and barbaric. That it happened at a supposed seat of learning makes it even more despicable than it would…

Murder Most Foul

Murder most foul

Mashal Khan, a mass communication student at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, was murdered in cold blood over allegations of blasphemy by a 500-strong mob of university students. This…