Remembering Asma Jahangiron February 16, 2018About a month ago my friend Myra, who is married to Asma Jahangir’s son, Jillani, called to ask if I would like to join Asma Aunty for dinner. The invitation it appeared had been occasioned by my support for a tweet of her’s which had been trolled viciously and which I had defended as strongly as I could. She wanted to meet and, what came as a pleasant surprise, hear my story from me. Asma … [Read more...] about Remembering Asma Jahangir
The Long Road to Freedomon May 16, 2016August 26, 2011, an ordinary day. I was driving to work on the same road in Lahore that I took every day and my mind was busy with the mundane. A car blocked the road, but I didn’t give it much thought. Five masked men pulled me out with a gun to my head, and my world spun horribly out of control. Mine was no ordinary kidnapping. My kidnappers had gained tactical leverage by abducting the … [Read more...] about The Long Road to Freedom
