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, by Dawn (Pakistan)
It is a wonder that it took so long for the Federal Shariat Court to declare the practice of swara un-Islamic. To begin with, swara has no relation to Islam; it is a tribal custom, also referred to as vani, where usually minor girls are seen as compensation to settle disputes, often involving (…)
, by HOODBHOY Pervez
WHEN our prime minister lectures Europe about Islamophobia, the world snickers. Forced conversions? Lynching by enraged mobs? Having to curse another religion’s founder prior to applying for a Pakistani passport? Discrimination is built into our laws: Pakistan’s Constitution explicitly excludes (…)
, by BALOCH Shah Meer, ELLIS-PETERSEN Hannah
The Sunni majority is using blasphemy laws to target and murder those they call ‘heretics’
Syed Kareem* has been in hiding for weeks. He fears if he is seen on the streets of Karachi, the Pakistan city he calls home, he will be a dead man walking.
His ordeal began with a Facebook post in (…)
, by KHAN Lal
The so-called Islamic leaders play on the anti-imperialist sentiments of the masses to expand their social, political and financial base.
Last week a new National Internal Security Policy (NISP) report for 2018-2023, formulated by over 120 experts and bureaucrats was released. It made some (…)
, by JAN Ammar Ali
The surrender by state authorities to violent protesters sent a wave of shock and despondency throughout those sections of Pakistani society that continue to hold onto utopian ideals of tolerance and the writ of law. The apparently seamless ascent of a marginal group to the centre stage of (…)
, by TARIQ Farooq
It was the most deadly attack on any school by religious fanatics. 146 were killed in a Peshawar Army Public School, including 136 children, ages ranging from 10 to 17 years. They asked the children to recite Kalma and then fired at them. It was an attack on Muslim children by Muslim fanatics. (…)
, by First Post, RIAZ Fahmida
Fahmida Riaz is a well known progressive Urdu writer, poet, and feminist in Pakistan.
Recently, Parliament has been disrupted by highly communal and divisive issues like forced, large scale conversion of Muslims to Hinduism. There have been mindless utterances of the Hindutva ideologues and (…)
, by KHAN Shahbaz, NAWEED Baseer, SHEHRBANO ZIA Afiya, TARIQ Farooq
Many exchanges occurred on the Socialist Pakistan Network (SPN) mailing list after Hakim Ullah Masood, the Emir of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), had been killed in a drone strike on 1 November 2013. We reproduce below some of them.
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Peace-keepers and Talibans
Dear (…)
, by TARIQ Farooq
Hakim Ullah Masood, the Emir of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has been killed in a drone strike on 1 November 2013. Some in the Pakistani Left and Human Rights movement rejoiced at the news. We are publishing below Farooq Tariq’s response to this spontaneous reaction.
“Some of our friends (…)
, by BOONE Jon
FOR those in favour of talking to the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), there are few debating points more useful than the fact that the US and its allies support exactly such a strategy in Afghanistan.
But while the argument sounds persuasive, it’s wrong.
Wrong, because the Afghan and (…)
, by ALVI Ali Salman
Editor’s NOTE: The following op-ed, penned by me, was published in Daily Times in three parts. The first part was published on September 30, 2013, the second part on October 1, 2013 and the last part was carried by Pakistan Daily Times on October 2, 2013. For convenience of the readers I’ve (…)
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