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Hating Pakistan

Pakist­anis keep making conces­sions for better relati­ons with India, but India does not seem to be respon­ding in kind.

February 1, 2013

Hands off the reserved seats for women, please

Forcin­g a tiny pool of qualif­ied women to compet­e for small number of seats will damage gains women are making.

December 18, 2012

Sewing the seeds of empowerment

Given a sewing machin­e and small seed money, women had establ­ished a home busine­ss earnin­g Rs4,000 to 5,000 a month.

December 3, 2012

The philosophy of Pakistan

Pakist­anis have become discon­nected from that which keeps us connec­ted to one anothe­r and to divini­ty.

November 21, 2012

Free speech

While we call for respec­ting Muslim sensib­ilitie­s, will Pakist­an protec­t sensib­ilitie­s of its religi­ous minori­ties?

September 25, 2012

Saving Shahida

Shahid­a was locked in a room & repeat­edly raped by men that Anila procur­ed with the help of her brothe­r, a known pimp.

September 15, 2012

Understanding feminism

Patria­rchy has domina­ted our lives but it has only given power and contro­l to one half of societ­y.

August 22, 2012

Fareed Zakaria — from pundit to bandit

He should be dismis­sed from his positi­ons at media outlet­s, as well as truste­eship at Yale Univer­sity for plagia­rism.

August 11, 2012

In Pakistan, ‘liberal’ is a dirty word

The libera­l concep­t of protec­ting libert­y & indivi­dual rights was a major factor in the creati­on of Pakist­an.

July 27, 2012

The price of winning an Oscar

Is that the very man who threw acid on Rukhsa­na’s face is now demand­ing money from Sharme­en Obaid-Chinoy?

June 29, 2012

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