Journalism in Pakistani tribal areas: a shadow of death on April 25, 2016The brutal killing of the senior tribal journalist and president of the Miranshah Press Club, Malik Mumtaz, has once again highlighted the conditions that the brave tribal journalists have been working under at the cost of their lives. On February 27, unidentified men in a car in Miranshah, North Waziristan, intercepted Malik Mumtaz’s vehicle and […]
Hazaras, the children of a lesser god — II on April 20, 2016I remember going for the Friday prayers with my father at the age of 12, listening to the imam’s fiery speech. The imam sahib was angry at the government of Pakistan for importing potatoes from India, calling them “Hindu aloos” (potatoes) and urging the Muslims to boycott the potatoes as Indians may have poisoned them. […]