Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Afiya Shehrbano
This article has not been sponsored by any infidel government or agencies such as Mossad, the CIA or RAW. The author is neither an Islamophobe, nor an orientalist or imperialist. She is also not a closet cheerleader for drone ...

Friday, March 15, 2013
Afiya Shehrbano
The writer is a sociologist based in Karachi, with a background in women’s studies and has authored and edited several books on women’s issues In contrast to the woolly apologetic narrative that surrounds religious militancy in ...

Saturday, January 19, 2013
Afiya Shehrbano
Of all the claims made by various political leaders, from the avengers of democracy to the forecasters of tsunamis, the feeblest one is perhaps, the comparison that Dr Tahirul Qadri made between his dharna in Islamabad and the Tahrir ...

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Afiya Shehrbano
A dinner-table conversation on political liberalism seems to have caught the imagination of neophyte activists in Pakistan and trickled its way from drawing rooms to blogs to mainstream papers now. Most read as journeys of political ...

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Afiya Shehrbano
Condemning the assassination attempt on Malala’s life but not naming the perpetrators - Taliban - is a meaningless, empty and dangerous strategy. More than just moral trickery, such reasoning has concrete legal and policy ...

Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Afiya Shehrbano
Over the last five years, as Pakistan faced its most critical challenges in the realm of foreign relations, the quality of our foreign ministers that has impressed the international community the most has been their appearances. The ...

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Afiya Shehrbano
There was a time when PTI founder Imran Khan used to harbour doubts over the compatibility of democracy with Islam. Clearly, he is now convinced that this combination is not just possible but desirable. The discovery comes with the ...

Saturday, April 14, 2012
Afiya Shehrbano
According to many Pakistani analysts, the answer to our fiscal and political problems is to emulate the models of Far Eastern Muslim countries, such as Malaysia and Indonesia. With reference to the civil-military relationship, we are ...

Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Afiya Shehrbano
The dead body of ‘dancing girl’ Shabana, mocked with currency notes strewn across it at Khooni Chowk in Swat, the dog-ravaged limbs of Taslima Solangi in Khairpur, the alleged live burial of five women in Naseerabad, the acid-burn ...

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Afiya Shehrbano
In Karachi, any reference to the ‘other side of the bridge’ is usually a euphemistic allusion to social class difference, between those who live on either side of the actual, Clifton Bridge. On February12, three major gatherings ...