Sharmeen’s win & women’s rights
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has won a second Oscar and the prime minister has promised legislation to eradicate the scourge of ‘killing for honour’. The stage has thus been set for a…
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has won a second Oscar and the prime minister has promised legislation to eradicate the scourge of ‘killing for honour’. The stage has thus been set for a…
AS luck would have it, I streamed A Real Pain the night before Kieran Culkin received an award for his supporting role in Jesse Eisenberg’s film about two cousins visiting…
FREE of the burden of defending and explaining government policies and actions, Khawaja Asif spoke candidly about his own party. In a recent interview, he agreed the senior leadership of the…
THE depression from a layered smothering of citizens — Covid and floods, to inflation and utility bills — is at a stage where it overwhelms our capacity to cope with…
WHERE did the term ‘honour killing’ come from? What is so honourable about conspiring to kill a female family member if she chooses to marry of her own free will?…
Though there is a perceptible shift in mood after every act of violence we get to know about, the recent incidents of violence against women in this country have sparked…
Tomorrow Pakistan will be 70 years young. I love my country deeply, but let’s be honest: despite its scenic beauty, the Pakistani nation has not aged gracefully. We remain stranded…
In all the hoopla about a sitting prime minister’s disqualification there are some stories that may lie forgotten by the wayside. This is one story that shouldn’t be. Rape is…
The three-day International Counter Terrorism Forum that concluded on April 5 in Islamabad brought together a host of national and international experts on terrorism. With over 50 speakers and around…
Blessed with opportunities, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy – a talented and brave Pakistani woman – could have chosen other professions to excel. But her decision to highlight the plight of women in…