PTM deserves to be heard on April 30, 2018Lahore’s Mochi Bagh echoed with the chants of Da sanga azaadi da (What kind of freedom is this?) last Sunday where Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) held a public meeting attended by thousands of Pakhtuns from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) as well as progressive citizens of Lahore. That the Pakhtun youngsters defied administrative hurdles placed in their […]
Meesha’s lawyer says she has proofs of harassment on April 25, 2018Rejecting the reports about Ali Zafar serving a legal notice to Meesha Shafi over her allegations of sexual harassment, Meesha’s lawyer Barrister Ali Pansota said his client has received no notice. “A legal notice from him in this case will hold little value anyway, because it is not that Meesha has issued any inappropriate statements […]
‘How much did you sell 4,000 Pakistanis for?’ on April 23, 2018LAHORE: “Tell us how much money did you get in return for the Pakistani citizens you sold to Americans. We will raise funds on our own and pay you so that our loved ones can be brought back. We don’t even demand that you release them. Present them before courts and punish them under the […]
More power to Meesha Shafi and all victims of sexual harassment on April 22, 2018The way some people have been blindly defending Ali Zafar following the sexual harassment allegations leveled on him by singer Meesha Shafi is a sad reminder of the misogyny that is deep-rooted in the country. The main argument given by those who claim Meesha is lying in a bid to defame Zafar is that she […]
Hazara killings and flawed security policies on April 9, 2018In yet another targeted attack on the Shia-Hazara community of Quetta last Sunday, a man lost his life while another received injuries when gunmen opened fire at their vehicle. Targeted attacks of same pattern against the community in the provincial capital have continued unabated for the past many years, and the attackers seem to enjoy […]
Govt ‘pressurising victim to pardon convict’ on April 8, 2018LAHORE: The seven-year sentence of convicted law student Shah Hussain in stabbing case of fellow student Khadija Siddiqi has been reduced by a session’s court to five years. During the hearing last week, Additional District and Session Judge Ghulam Murtaza reduced Hussain’s prison term on grounds that he did not have ‘prior criminal history’. In […]
Creativity has no national, racial or religious boundaries: Shahzia Sikander on March 25, 2018Artist Shahzia Sikander is the first Pakistani-American to be inducted in the National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian (2017) and the first Pakistani to win the inaugural US National Medal of Art in 2012. She received Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for her pioneering contribution to field of Miniature Painting in 2005. In 2006, she was appointed Young Global World Leader […]
Action against extremism: the clock is ticking on March 25, 2018Inter Service Intelligence (ISI)’s report submitted to Supreme Court on Monday that termed extremist cleric of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Khadim Hussain Rizvi a ‘corrupt person with unsatisfactory reputation’ did not add anything new to what the court and public already knew. A clip of the cleric losing his temper at an anchor on being asked about his […]
No to violent political culture Shoe attack on Nawaz Sharif draws wide condemnation on March 12, 2018Politicians, journalists and ordinary citizens took to social media to condemn the incident of shoe hurling at former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Sharif was attacked by a shoe when he took to the stage at Jamia Naeemia, Lahore on Sunday, where he had arrived to address a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Mufti Muhammad […]
Keeping Asma’s legacy alive on March 2, 2018Asma Jahangir breathed her last at a time when Pakistan needed her the most. She picked the toughest of battles. From openly calling out the security establishment on its overreaches to extending support to the citizens who were failed by the country’s justice system and saying what needed to be said — she was at […]