China is perhaps the best example to start with as a nation

For meaningful progress to be made we will have to look beyond just law making

It seems year after year, we measure our country’s progress in how many innocent lives we’ve managed not to lose

Beyond law making, gendered state intervention is sacrosanct to make real change happen

As a feminist, I periodically ask myself about the direction that Pakistan is headed on the issue of gender

Merely passing laws is not the end of the state’s responsibility

The reality is that a small part of us has been buried with Irfan Masih

The state has breached 12 million citizens’ basic fundamental rights

The hanging of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, an elected prime minister, through a mockery of a trial, did not tip us over

Honesty, integrity and objectivity are qualities we expect as basic requirements of those that occupy the House