Asfand Yar Warraich
What lessons should we, as humankind, extract from our uncomfortable relationship with slavery?
Published 19 May, 2022 07:42am
General after general torpedoed our democratic process, irreparably retarding its natural development.
Updated 22 Apr, 2022 06:15pm
The law cannot protect them, because the state has placed the person beyond its reach.
Published 11 Mar, 2022 08:24am
In the past decade or so, we have seen some mind-bending jurisprudential gymnastics.
Updated 23 Dec, 2021 08:00am
Expressions of gender nonconformity are shamed and demonised.
Published 27 Nov, 2021 07:07am
As we ruminate over the consequences of America making a mockery of international law, it is equally important to take an inward
Published 17 Sep, 2021 07:15am
Like most other liberties, the right to religious freedom is a two-way street.
Updated 19 Jul, 2021 10:36am
Our bail regime is antiquated, anti-poor and built on questionable foundations.
Published 27 May, 2021 06:46am
The harsh truth is that our media operates in a dangerously negotiated space.
Published 29 Apr, 2021 06:48am
It is time for course correction; the state must develop a counter-narrative.
Updated 29 Mar, 2021 08:38am
The process is far more complicated if you are a Muslim woman.
Updated 19 Mar, 2021 08:35am
The judiciary is accountable to no one other than themselves and a free press remains the only bulwark against its excesses.
Updated 15 Feb, 2021 08:09am
There are many state actors who must shoulder the blame for their present condition.
Updated 18 Jan, 2021 08:23am
If we have come to the point of venerating premeditated murder, where are we truly heading?
Updated 15 Nov, 2020 08:06am
One thing that stands out is the brazen attempt to create a bizarre and novel offence altogether.
Published 12 Oct, 2020 07:41am
Why should she be compelled to knock on the doors of her children, with nowhere to turn to?
Published 12 Sep, 2020 07:01am
It is time to reimagine our conception of honour that is based on centuries-old ideas.
Updated 25 Sep, 2017 09:59am
Panchayats and jirgas have acquired a great degree of notoriety for subjecting women to unchecked exploitation
Published 07 Aug, 2017 02:30am
We are not torture abolitionists, as we fervently proclaim, but closeted torture apologists.
Published 15 Jul, 2017 03:44am
Can trees and rivers be accorded legal rights?
Updated 14 May, 2017 01:32am