Views and Opinions

Contempt: Sword or shield?

The contempt of court conviction, along with disqualification, of (former) Senator Nihal Hashmi, coupled with issuance of contempt notices to Daniyal Aziz and Talal Chaudhary,

The web of disinformation

THE Supreme Court’s probe into some reports about the Zainab rape-murder case has drawn attention to the havoc that the increasing reliance on disinformation has

Crucial human rights review

THE European Commission is due to issue a status report this month on Pakistan’s compliance with the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) Plus conditions, which

Limits of WOW

SINCE 1991, three significant streams of transnational social-political movements have gained force: the global justice movement against neoliberalism, the feminist movement for the rights of

A different role

WE inhabit a world where war is on the rise, violent extremists terrorise millions and refugee numbers are at an all-time high. As the modern

Females on the frontline

To promote the education of girls in Pakistan from the standpoint of assets and strengths, a girl’s right to education – as guaranteed in the

Politics & Pakistani woman today

“The law must be gender-blind. Democracy cannot work if women are subjugated, uneducated and unable to be independent. ”–Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, in ‘Reconciliation: Islam,