Feminists before Partition
There are many male heroes and leaders, poets and writers, who stood up to the British; the stories of women are harder to find.
Rafia Zakaria
So set in our ways
Programmes and workshops against gender-based violence are of no use in Pakistan.
‘Catching’ the terrorist
The terrorist-catching fever of 2018 is now ancient history but the ‘type’ of journalist who indulges in this is worth a debate.
India’s demonisation of Muslims
Today’s Modi government has given up all pretence of caring about the welfare of Indian Muslims.
Lost in Xinjiang
They had spent three weeks in Pakistan when they received an alarming phone call from back home.
Unlit stoves
The reasons for the failure of the clean stove could have been predicted had anyone consulted the women.
The women will win
The fight before them, the fight against a mentality, a culture in which men feel entitled to violate women, is going to be an
‘Repulsive’ & ‘primitive’
The surprise is not so much a matter of diplomatic controversy as it is an illustration of endemic racism.
Rain and romance
This weird song of denial is sung with regularity; a parody of love and pakoras against the backdrop of utter devastation.
Politics, not economics
The ideal educated and employed Pakistani woman is only a doll. She can say sentences that are expected of her in any given
A fair-trade world
While fantasies of being self-sufficient are a regular indulgence in Pakistan, there is little transparency on why we are not
The pandemic depression
According to the World Bank, nearly 60m people will be pushed into poverty and the global economy will shrink by 5pc this year.
Procuring vaccines
The matter of obtaining a vaccine is crucial to the health of millions of Pakistanis, many of whom have pre-existing conditions.
End of an era?
Only a new vaccine can save Trump.
The fallen Buddha
The unveiling of the sleeping Buddha was supposed to represent the turning of the page on the age of the TTP.
To speak or not to speak
No one is willing to open up their homes, no one is willing to mediate, no one is willing to watch out and report.
The fate of Tipu’s Tiger
The iconic tiger should come to Pakistan, which, being the Muslim successor state after colonial India, should have a right to it.
Visa disaster
Ironically, no one in India seems to want to accept the truth behind the US visa ban.
The mess that is Karachi
Can a man or woman standing in sewage ask questions? No, absolutely not, and KMC knows this.
A Sufi woman’s courage
Her story is yet another example of a heroic Muslim woman who has been largely erased from history.