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May 10, 2018
The Frontier’s New Face
State functionaries opted for talks with the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen, who had held a protest rally in Lahore in the face of some resistance by officials. After the alleged arrest of its members in Lahore…
November 14, 2017
Karachi Women’s Table Talks
Tehreek-e-Niswan held their third annual Karachi Women’s Peace Table, at the Karachi National Museum in October 2017. The aim of the seminar was to enhance women’s participation in peace processes. Panel discussions, performances and poetry highlighted issues that are currently…
December 11, 2016
Film Review: Song of Lahore
Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schoken’s Song of Lahore (2015) traces the journey of a group of musicians from Lahore to New York to perform at the Lincoln Centre. The film is a commentary on the declining industry…
July 15, 2016
Interview: Sohail Zafar Chattha, Former DPO, Sheikhupura
Sohail Zafar Chattha is that unique paradox: a thinking cop. He joined the navy as a junior cadet in ’93, but left it soon thereafter to pursue his passion for philosophy. Graduating from the Government College University (GCU) Lahore, he…
April 26, 2016
Interview: Ali Dayan Hasan
“Minorities are collateral damage in the battle for Pakistan’s soul” - Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan Representative, Human Rights Watch Q: Following the assassination of Salmaan Taseer and Shahbaz Bhatti, calls for the repeal of the Blasphemy Law have become…
November 30, 2015
India’s Age of Hate
There will always be many injustices in a country as huge, volatile and poor as India. Yet it was always imagined by many of us that India ultimately seeks to celebrate pluralism and protect the weaker sections of society. The…
March 19, 2014
Revisiting the Women’s Movement
PAKISTAN is a dichotomous world. This is a country that has produced a woman prime minister — the first to be elected in a Muslim state. Its predominantly male parliament — the lower house — unanimously adopted a bill against…
February 1, 2014
Feeding the Forces of Extremism
One cannot help but be amazed at the presence of the Taliban in such large numbers in the Pashtun-dominated areas of Quetta. Areas that once served as camps for refugees have now become epicentres of Taliban activity. The biggest menace…
November 16, 2013
In Her Own Words
In a bid to complete reading I am Malala before the Eid holidays, I found myself carrying the book with me everywhere I went, and one of those places turned out to be a salon. Surrounded by women getting their…
September 11, 2012
Editor’s Note: September 2012
When the media reported the migration of 50 Hindu families from Tharparkar to India via the Wagah Border, following the rising incidents of kidnappings of Hindu businessmen for ransom and the forced conversions and subsequent marriages of Hindu girls to…