Oppression of FATA women for cultural relativityon January 15, 2016The Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) (1901), operating and functioning in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, has been in the news and media discussions lately when dealing with the question of the future of FATA post-Operation Zarb-e-Azb. For nearly a century now, FATA has been under these British promulgated laws which are concerned with the suppression of people residing … [Read more...] about Oppression of FATA women for cultural relativity
FATA women and the question of Taliban shariaon February 15, 2014As Pakistan prepares to define the parameters of talks with the Taliban, certain questions and concerns are missing from our media. Specifically, the question of women in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has, so far, been omitted from the discourse in the mainstream media. During the past decade, reporting on FATA has largely been limited to drone attacks, martyrs versus non-martyrs, … [Read more...] about FATA women and the question of Taliban sharia
Waking up to FATAon January 19, 2014When we talk about FATA, the emotions stirred in urban Pakistanis are only related to drone attacks causing civilian casualties, fuelling terrorism and violating our sovereignty. We have recently seen a popular political party raising the issue of drones, conducting protests and ultimately closing the NATO supply line going through the Peshawar-Torkham border. Urban Pakistan, living under the 1973 … [Read more...] about Waking up to FATA
