Feudal lords and democratically elected dictatorsAsalways, the feudal lords are again geared up to perpetuate their domination over the country’s legislature in the forthcoming general elections. This landed gentry always plays a decisive role in th...
Supreme Court on minorities — from institutional failure to Judicial activismQuaid e Azam’s policy speech on August 11, 1947 makes it evident that Pakistan’s constitution would guarantee that, one, all citizens would be equal, regardless of their belief, caste or creed; two, t...
The fundamentalist invasionA suicide bombing in Mastung in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province targeted an election campaign event killing 150 people and injuring many others. The blast was the deadliest terrorist att...
Eyeing the crown from the grassrootsThree months ago, a Thari Hindu woman, from the "untouchable" caste, defeated a Taliban-linked cleric in a Pakistani senatorial race. Krishna Kumari’s victory, as a woman from an ethnic and religious...