The Qandeel case
THERE’S a passage towards the end of Sanam Maher’s riveting book, The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch, “When Wasim returned to Shah Sadar Din after Qandeel was murdered,…
The Qandeel Baloch murder
A young woman was murdered by her brother because he did not like her Facebook posts. If we find it possible to qualify our horror at a murder so foul,…
Of Qandeel Baloch & Burhan Wani
Can everyday humiliation by gun-toting soldiers allow for a calm repose to those in Indian Kashmir who are caught in the cross hairs of its unending conflict? Probably not, but…
Misogyny unites PTI, JUI-F
THE PTI government and the opposition JUI-F may be at daggers drawn but mention women’s right to public protest and, in a rare display of unity, though one reeking of…
As opium is to heroin addicts
ROMILA Thapar delivered yet another magisterial lecture on history last week. Titled ‘Our history. Their history. Whose history?’, the 91-year-old professor wove the theme around a quote from Eric Hobsbawn…
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…
March for justice
BILL Gates’s first-ever visit to Pakistan delivered a strong message — but probably not the one he anticipated. More than his discussions with Imran Khan, the attendance at a lunch the prime…
Qisas & diyat laws
IN case after case of murder and severe bodily harm to innocent people, the perpetrators are often given a clean chit by Pakistan’s courts. The accused, even more emboldened, returns…
Buying your path to freedom
“I can’t believe they can get away with this. I’m toast, right? They’re going to drag me into this prison’s courtyard and stone me to death, aren’t they?,” said Raymond…
In Imran’s defence
Criticism of the prime minister continues to mount. That is not uncommon a year before an election. For Imran Khan’s sake, it is important that he remains unfazed by the…
