How Dancer Sheema Kermani Defied Pakistan’s Conservatives to Infuse Her Art with Activism
Through her women’s organisation Tehrik-e-Niswan, she has spent decades holding performances about social issues.
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Pakistan’s Godfathers
A summary of the basic structure of Pakistan’s politics indicates that even if Imran Khan loses the vote, as he is likely to do, his successor will be no better. None of the contenders offers an alternative to Pakistan’s hyper-corrupt status quo.
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Ousted Pakistani Leader was Challenging Investment Treaties that Give Corporations Excessive Power
The reasons for PM Khan’s political downfall are not entirely clear. His economic policies were a mixed bag at best, but he deserves credit for one thing: he’d taken a bold stand against international investment agreements that give transnational corporations excessive power over national governments.
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Pakistan Is Lost to Intolerance, but There’s Still Ishrat Afreen’s Poetry
Though Ishrat Afreen remains forgotten and neglected in her own country, she is an institution unto herself.
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Open Letter to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi; Also: Release Kashmiri Human Rights Defender Khurram Parvez
In replying to your speech we have got an opportunity to clarify some of the common misconceptions regarding human rights work. The work human rights organisations such as PUCL do is under the Constitution and aims to achieve Constitutional goals.
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Pakistan Is Hostage to a Terrorist Group That Is Threatening to Tear Apart its National Security
Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan wants to determine the country’s course, and thanks to the establishment’s capitulation, is getting stronger.
