It was a rainy night. Ali watched as the rain splashed against his room’s window.
Published 17 Oct, 2020 07:07am
The social harm of silencing Sabeen Mahmud and Parveen Rehman will be severe and incalculable.
Updated 29 Apr, 2015 05:15pm
Blasphemy charges are on the rise in some countries, and often for incidents that cause harm to draconian sensitivities.
Updated 01 Jan, 2015 02:45am
If we seriously want to demonstrate that Islam is a religion of peace, does it make any sense to engage in self-righteous displays of religious fervor?
Published 17 Sep, 2012 05:17pm
Why has a state that was founded to provide sanctuary for a vulnerable religious minority become home to a majority that allows religious persecution?
Published 07 Aug, 2012 07:34am
On 12th August the Anti-Terrorism Court handed down its judgment in the Sarfraz Shah case: one death penalty and six...
Published 16 Aug, 2011 08:30am
The murder, in broad day light, of a 25 year old boy, Sarfraz Shah, has shocked and shamed many of us; despite our...
Published 10 Jun, 2011 05:57am
I have been led to believe that law is a privileged profession practiced by thoughtful, independent-minded and...
Published 28 May, 2011 08:44am
In the wake of the much criticised Mukhtar Mai decision handed down a couple of weeks ago, a significant judgment by...
Published 06 May, 2011 06:48am
Revelations by CBS News that Greg Mortenson, the American mountaineer and philanthropist, has fabricated parts of ...
Published 22 Apr, 2011 08:25am
The cruel and vicious gang-rape of a lady from Karachi and the subsequent ‘public gossip’ surrounding the incident...
Published 29 Dec, 2010 12:31pm