Politics of civilian supremacySemantics aside, the concerns raised by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his recent interview with a leading daily are widely shared by many in the Pakistani public sphere. That militant outfits...
Man blinded over honourIn a gruesome reminder that men, too, can be brutally punished for honour — a Baloch man has had his eyes gouged out by his father and his four bothers. Abdul Baqi’s only crime was to propose to a you...
TV Channels and AzanNot content with its crusade against corruption and attempts to regulate private school fees, Pakistan’s judiciary is now trying to protect the citizenry’s piety. On May 8, the Islamabad High Court (I...