When you have to stone us into submission on March 15, 2020The Aurat Azadi March in Islamabad was attacked by rocks, shoes, bottles and chilli powder on Sunday by JUI and Lal Masjid affiliates. The chief organisers and leaders of the March, who were on stage, were injured and, many other workers and volunteers suffered wounds. At least one media cameraman was hospitalised. After weeks of […]
A violent and illogical patriarchal order cannot stand on March 8, 2020Aurat Azadi March (Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Hyderabad and Sukkur) or Aurat March (in Lahore and Karachi) is hardly a couple days away and, the patriarchal order is shaking with rage. A society which violently lashes out at a women’s movement is ruled by an authority that is threatened by the idea of a woman demanding […]