Governance problem

MOST think that the country’s finances are its biggest problem. That is why all eyes are always on the finance minister and his team. Few realise tha…

THE day the coronavirus vaccination campaign began, a friend called as he waited at one of the inoculation centres in Islamabad. It was a mess, he …

An irrational demand

IN an incredibly bizarre move, the government has called upon the chief election commissioner and other members of the Election Commission of Pakista…

Autonomy versus integration

The concept of “autonomy” in gender studies means a woman should be independent to lead her life as she wants. Self-directive modes and a self-gove…

Feminists before Partition

SUCH is the weight of colonial and post-colonial erasure that the girls and women living in Pakistan today have very little idea about the very e…