Pakistan’s traditionally complex and intricate domestic political environment has just experienced another reshuffling. With the government headed by Imran Khan determined to salvage its position, even by dissolving the National Assembly (the lower chamber of the parliament), the joint opposition led by Shehbaz Sharif proved its resolve to oust the …
Read More »The horrific beheading of a young female friend of a friend in Islamabad has finally made me understand why we need feminism
“What does it mean to be a feminist today?” someone once asked me. I answered, “I don’t know”, because, for a long time, I never quite identified with feminism. While at university in Britain, I’d long witnessed radical, third-wave feminists dominating the campuses. Though they insisted they believed in gender …
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