Figures like Bushra bibi, with her Sufi persuasion, complicate politics — shrine or secular — by unsettling male dominance.
Published06 Dec, 202401:45pm
Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi's iddat case is an example of how men can use religious laws for personal and political vendettas.
Published04 Sep, 202412:00pm
Are religious institutions shielding predators? Delve into the harrowing truth of systemic child abuse in Pakistan, where clerical influence and misguided donor efforts perpetuate a cycle of silence and impunity.
Published24 Apr, 202411:19am
Pakistan's minorities are unlikely to make any gains because freelancing moral crusaders like Maria B have flipped to seek redemption via social media performances and the state is fully invested in the piety-populism project.
Updated24 Jul, 202304:09pm
The Aurat Marches have brought forth an entirely young leadership and a rude breaking of the silence on sexuality. But what next?
Updated18 Mar, 202212:32pm