The writer is the author of 'Faith and Feminism in Pakistan; Religious Agency or Secular Autonomy.
Leaders mustn’t be blindsided by fandom, particularly so during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike celebrities, they will be remembered not for...
Sexist and racist language does not suit those occupying the highest office in the land
The current backlash over Aurat March makes one thing clear: it is when women start stockpiling for themselves that the guardians of public morality...
The only real challenge to the judiciary’s anti-democratic authoritarianism and its long-lasting damage
How can we clear the space for civilian democracy to embed itself?
Are the blasphemy laws legal-political trickery or a genuine protection of sentiment?
The political and philosophical fallacies in arguments that attempt to blame political secularism for discrimination against religious minorities...
Aggressive democratisation, autonomy for the provinces, attention to a critical media, and prioritising women’s and minorities’ rights are...
While it remains to be seen what brand of the pious-political tension will define the spirit of Pakistan’s new leadership, there is nothing...
Piety wins votes, but the piety industry is not an equal playing field. In coming days, the key concern for Pakistan will be over the relationship...
Reflection on our own strategies, unpacking our class prejudices and a candid drafting of a sexual code of conduct are imperatives for success of...
The next few years of activism are likely to be marked by women’s empowerment that searches for rights beyond livelihood and basic needs, and...
The political mudslinging across the issue of women’s harassment is a sad mirror of our gender and class biases, and exposes the predatory male...
The legacy of Qandeel Baloch is not simply that she flung the doors of debate around Pakistani female sexuality wide open but that she demonstrably...
If policies are to be made to improve lives, the census must be complemented by socio-political and ethnic realities
If we allow more witch-hunts like that of Mashal’s, we will have nothing left to blame but the fact that we lost the opportunity to close this...
Why is peaceful Sindh discontented and being taken over by illiberal forces? Because both the MQM and PPP have lost the battle in the province
Fata deserves better than a repetition of Pakistan’s postcolonial mistakes
The purported outrage of the former head of UNDP Pakistan over what he considers to be the causes of Pakistan’s mal-development is a case of...
Another Edhi would be a miracle but fighting for his legacy need not be
