Stories from Sahar Bandial
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Violent protests
To condemn police brutality at Daska, without commenting on reaction from legal community, would be unfair
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Maternal rights
In a culture that values women in terms of childbearing, home-making roles, high maternal mortality appears ironic
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Power, influence and impunity
Zain Rauf’s death isn't an isolated instance of roguery: sons of ex-PMs, scions of feudals have killed in like fashion
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Forgotten pledges
Pakistan Resolution promised freedom to the minorities yet the state in incapable to protect the minorities
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The murder of Basant
The ban is tantamount to a denial of the opportunity to partake in Lahore’s rich culture and tradition
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Hunting games
Houbara Bustard hunting represents a grave and swift surrender of the sovereign commitments made by Pakistan
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The quick fix
The resort to military courts can at best be a stopgap arrangement