As we celebrate our 75th Independence Day, I can’t help but think about how we define patriotism. “I love Pakistan” is a tagline bandied about, with Pakistani flags flying from rooftops, amid official parades and hooligans dancing on the streets to patriotic songs like ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’. August 14 has sadly been reduced to just […]
This is with reference to how authorities in Pakistan have confiscated copies of elementary social studies textbook featuring a photo of Malala Yousufzai, the second Pakistani after Professor Abdus Salaam and the world’s youngest Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2014). This picture appeared on a chapter of national heroes, alongside Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Malala […]
“No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you; we are victims of evil customs. It is crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which […]
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