The recent Sialkot incident where a radical mob assassinated a Sri Lankan businessman accusing of blasphemy demonstrates the level of radical Islamist mind-set of not just hundreds of people who were directly involved in the incident but of masses of the Pakistani population. The wave of radicalism and intolerance has gone beyond limits. The incident…
In the last few months South Asia especially Pakistan, Bangladesh and India had to face large-scale religiously motivated extremism, in the form of violent protests or such acts which risked public lives. In Pakistan and Bangladesh people took over the streets, attacked not just public and public property but security agencies and even kidnapped and…
The following feature has been contributed by Sadaf Shabbir. She has been a contributor at the Student’ Herald, writing in-depth pieces about issues such as Feminism, female genital mutilation, international relations amongst other topics. Sadaf is a student of International Relations from the University of Karachi. This article explores the rise of religiofascism in South…
This article has been contributed by Usama Malick. The author is currently pursuing my master’s degree in English Literature from a public university in Lahore and takes great interest in storytelling, current and international affairs. Israel’s greed for land and its actual settler colonisation strategy of occupying more and more land that is inhabited by…
There is no denying the fact that Islamist political parties such as Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat-e-ulema e Islam and others, despite having massive pressure, do poorly in elections. These Islamist political parties enjoy massive support on-ground due to deeply manipulated and exploited members who can shut down the entire country in one call. Where does the root…
Aurat march is that time of the year when the regressive patriarchal forces are increasingly visible in Pakistan. Their mission? To stop women from sponsoring immorality in our very own Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The Islamic Society in which daughters are not given their due share in inheritance, where wives are beaten up, sometimes murdered…
