Honour in Ghairatabad
Get together a group of young girls and boys, sit with them, and shed your cloak of narcissism for a while. Establish a long association with them, trust them so…
Get together a group of young girls and boys, sit with them, and shed your cloak of narcissism for a while. Establish a long association with them, trust them so…
A COUPLE of weeks ago a man named Shakil — a resident of Sheikhupura had an argument with his family members. When his mother intervened, the man grew even angrier…
Almost every week there is news of the death and destruction terrorists continue to try to cause in Pakistan – especially in the parts of the country where the mountains…
Imagine a killer – rather a mass killer – being enthusiastic about re-enacting his crimes: kidnappings, tortures, strangulations, and dumping of the dead bodies, and all that with a sense…
The sizeable gatherings and rallies of students carrying red banners which took place in most major cities in the country last Friday are a reminder of the 1970s and times…
Nafisa Shah’s work on the subject of honour killing spans over twenty years. She first wrote about this subject when she was working as a journalist some twenty years ago.…
Over the centuries, a highly patriarchal society has controlled female desire, especially related to carnal pleasures, behind the mantle of honour. A woman in any capacity – wife, daughter, mother…
From an icon of democratic values and poster child of liberalism, Aung San Suu Kyi, the de-facto ruler of Myanmar, has fallen to the status of a conniver in the…
Another heart-wrenching, horrible story of honour killing comes from Sindh’s small town of Gambat in district Khairpur. Tahira Shah and Kamran Larik, who married by their own choice and left…
The recent high-profile murder of Qandeel Baloch, allegedly killed by her brothers to vindicate their ‘ghairat’ or ‘honour’, has led to the approval of a government-sponsored bill. The proposed draft…