Two thought-provoking pieces on the internal turmoil in India that is posing severe challenges to its secular fabric, by Badri Raina in Delhi & Javed Anand in...
The Asian Human Rights Commission initially highlighted the case of Zulfiqar Ali, 38, due to be hanged for murder. Other groups, including the HRCP, took up...
If a woman or child who is raped seeks justice in Pakistan, he or she will be up against a long-drawn out, tortuous process that often ends in 'compromise'....
Here's a recent piece I did for Rediff (India's oldest and most read news website according to one of their editors), on Sept 26, 2008. My original headline...
Here's something I wrote and sent yesterday, when we were expecting Eid to be on Thursday - but then the 'shahadat' for the new moon was obtained and it was...
Oped in Forbes by Haris Gazdar, below. Also see Pervez Hoodbhoy's July 1, 2008 article in Chowk, "Anti-Americanism in Pakistan and the Taliban Menace" -...
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43963 POLITICS-PAKISTAN: No Military Solutions to Suicide Bombings Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Sep 23 (IPS) -...
Comment for de Volkskrant, Holland Marriott bombing: `Pakistan's 9/11'? Beena Sarwar The truck laden with 1000 kg of explosives that suicide attackers rammed...
Below, my op-ed in The News today (also published in The Hindu yesterday)and a note about it from a lawyer friend: "We need to not only understand but...
1) A poem for Palin: 'Smart Thou Art, O Palin Sarah!' by Badri Raina, New Delhi September 12, 2008 ********* Palin, smart thou art! knowing in a jiffy what...
Apologies for not responding to all the comments about the 'honour killing' piece and the Zardari piece. ZFE - glad you've recovered. It was an honest attempt...
1. The well known feminist poet Kishwar Naheed wrote a moving letter addressed to Ahmed Faraz, one of the best-known Urdu poets of Pakistan and of the...
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43821 PAKISTAN: Zardari - Victim of Many Prejudices Analysis by Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Sep 8 (IPS) - After sweeping...
This is a slightly modified version of my article published in The News on Sept 3, 2008 - on the web at www.chowk.com There is no `honour' in killing Beena...
Some recently published articles of mine Re: the Musharraf resignation: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/19/watching-musharrafs-resignation- from-pakistan/ ...
On Aug 11, the Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong posted a report about five women killed in a remote area of Balochistan - beaten, shot, and buried while...
Violence against women has been on the rise in the Taliban-dominated areas of Pakistan. Recently the Taliban moral police killed two women in Peshawar, leaving...
Musharraf's resignation There was no electricity at our place in Karachi this afternoon but it was cool so we hadn't turned on our little generator. "Aren't...
Greetings from Jakarta, where I am part of the `Asia Calling Forum' - Islam and Democracy in South Asia (Sub theme: Islam and Nation State: Threat or...
Hello people, wanted to share the following three items - an event (gender, media, environment and friends), a campaign and a hilarious 'news story': 1....
Hello everyone Below: 1) My article on Rehmat Shah Afridi and the death penalty 2) I.A. Rehman on the ‘route to safety’ in Pakistan's current situation 3)...
Two items below: 1. Fighting effects of inflation by Haris Gazdar in Dawn, arguing that the public outcry against dearness "must not be used as an alibi for...
I think Kristof is spot on. Greg Mortenson's 'Three Cups of Tea' is a wonderful, insightful, challenging and moving book - everyone should read it and share it...
This post focuses on the `judges' issue' and the lawyers' movement in Pakistan (apologies to those who are sick of it). Below: 1. Responses to Raza Rumi's...
I started this update last week but couldn't send it because of power breakdowns and lack of time. Below, thoughts on: 1. The lawyers' Long March 2. The X-Men...
Disturbingly, the Jamat-e-Islami has placed itself at the forefront of the lawyers `long march' for the restoration of the judiciary in Pakistan. The march...
Below: 1. Pakistan's `curriculum of hate' 2. Ahmed Rashid's new book 3. BBC reporter killed in Afghanistan 4. Jehad Sheilas 1. Pakistan's `curriculum of hate' ...
Hello everyone It's been a while since I posted anything out. Partly that is due to the huge power breakdowns we've been having in Karachi, which of course...
Will the PPP restore the judges or won't they? Prices of daily use commodities soar doubling the expenditures of households across the country (according to...
Yesterday was the veteran Sobho Gianchandani's 88th birthday. Sobho ji, a lawyer and political leader based in Larkana, once described himself as a...
