A limited space to march
Yes, the women in their pink hats – marching in Washington, in other US cities, and in other Western capitals around the world – are making a valid point. Of…
Yes, the women in their pink hats – marching in Washington, in other US cities, and in other Western capitals around the world – are making a valid point. Of…
There is a certain sense of hope that keeps driving us on, from one day to the next, from one week to the other, as we look on at images…
Events of the last few days inspire confidence that the State is beginning to reclaim its role to define the national values. First the Prime Minister attended a special showing…
Over the weekend, The Washington Post published a story titled ‘In Pakistan, five girls were killed for having fun. Then the story took an even darker twist’. Written by Pamela…
PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) and PAL (Pakistan Airways Limited) have often been in the news lately due to the strikes by PIA staff. We even saw some of these strikers…
Why would a mainstream political figure publicly invoke Dr Abdus Salam’s name in the Pakistan of 2016? This is not the question that arose when we learnt last week about…
A Confession: I’m tired of hearing about women’s empowerment in Pakistan when the government is breaking all its promises made to Pakistani women on the topic of safety and security…
When Hillary Clinton made history and became the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, she said her victory was “for every little girl who dreams big”. Alas, so many…
The contest that has opened up between our parliamentarians on their ability to abuse women is deeply disgusting. But really neither their attitudes nor their vocabulary is especially shocking. We…
The outpouring of anger and revulsion at the recent spate of murders of young women who tried to exercise their basic rights will go to waste if the causes of…