The writer is the author of 'Faith and Feminism in Pakistan; Religious Agency or Secular Autonomy.
Can the new-age internet progressives sacrifice their political egos and engage in real life activism?
Unlike the other recent murders of celebrities and artists, Qandeel’s murder involves the uncomfortable issue of sexuality
The battle of interpretations between the CII and reformists is self-serving and ultimately self-defeating
WAF Hyderabad is inducting women workers and activists onto its forum to fuse the ideological politics with the energy and skills of the millennial...
Every indicator points towards an outstanding surge in women’s advancement into the public realm and a variety of fields and occupations
In contrast to the clarity with which bigots, conservatives and nationalists operate, the liberals’ sentimental default mode to amplify their...
The fragmentation of NGOs and the human rights movement has meant that energies are put towards winning individual cases with a splash while leaving...
Examining the material gains, hegemonistic benefits and fiction of Islamic identity that are enabled by the blasphemy laws and looking at new frames...
A billboard on Shahrah-e-Faisal in Karachi has been recently prepared and painted completely in black. It carries this stark, single-line quote...
An editorial in a self-acclaimed liberal newspaper celebrates the start of the 5th Karachi Literature Festival. It claims that the KLF revives the...