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Let’s not weaken the already fragile case of minority rights by overdoing it
Seventy years into partition, persecution of minorities remains a pressing issue in Pakistan. Instead of moving gradually towards extinction, the spectre of minority oppression has been exacerbating thanks to the episodic nature of our…
Excuse me Your Grace, keep politics out of Church
It is only a few minutes ago that the address of Maryam Nawaz Sharif concluded at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore. Scrolling the channels, I saw Maryam Nawaz Sharif addressing the same topics we have been talking about for ages now.…
Hammering the triple talaq
The Indian Supreme Court banned verbal divorce or instant triple talaq in a historic judgment on 22nd of August by a 3:2 majority decision citing it as "unconstitutional”, "arbitrary" and "not a part of Islam". Though hailed as one of the…
My lament to female anatomy and things I was never supposed to know
Disclaimer: The author doesn’t mean to generalize anyone, she believes #NotAllPakistanis. She is all for girls in burkas who breakdance, men who cook (where are you?), and considers aaloo in biryani a normal phenomenon It’s just another…
Verily, on the friends of God there is no fear, nor shall they grieve. (10:62)
Fear and grief are a great reality of the world that we live in - so much so that they cannot be disentangled from the idea of life itself - wherever there is life, there will be fear and there will be grief. This notion holds true…
Stop blackmailing us in the name of zakat!
To use the terms from the discipline of economics, the demand, supply and consumption of zakat passes through various phases including numerous behavioural strategies used by the involved parties in terms of either to enhance or mitigate…
