My latest piece for The News on Sunday.
A reflection on Imran Khan’s unraveling; how charisma without substance, populist theatrics, and the myth of inevitability gave way to cracks in power, institutions, and democracy itself.
https://t.co/llzF9mqOfx
The Noor Mukadam case, the 2020 motorway rape case, the Sana Yousaf murder case, and the acid attack on a doctor in Quetta today-do you still wonder why Pakistan was ranked 148th out of 148 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index?
The president of Pakistan must reject the mercy petition of Zahir Jaffer. His crime is unforgivable. He must be held accountable for his heinous crime. We all know he’s part of the elite & the powerful of this country. A presidential pardon will be a betrayal to the women of this country and we will not allow it!
women generally have more demands placed on them since they're younger, and when this starts translating into burnout or anxiety, suddenly, it gets turned into, "women are just more neurotic"
i hate the culture, the traditions, the society, the patriarchy. i hate the endless opinions of strangers. but above all, i hate when parents don't put their daughters first. i hate the world where parents don't fiercely prioritize & protect their daughters
On this birthday, I ask Allah Mian to remove from my life anyone who values access more than affection, proximity more than sincerity, and strategy more than genuine connection. Ameen
everything that a daughter does in a desi family is judged on the basis of her future marriage prospects and thus the more she's a slave, the better she's regarded
most people here operate on 'log kya kahenge' more than they’d ever admit. That’s why they genuinely can’t process someone doing what they think is right without seeking approval. I mean imagine hating a random girl over a hair color she wanted for herself.
I would just like to add to this that the reason female loneliness is not an "epidemic" is because it is a cultural value in most societies, specially ours.
Women are encouraged to restrict ties with her own family and cultivate a relationship with her husband's.
They are-