Zarb-e-Azab

A Never-Ending Ordeal for South Waziristan’s IDPs

Apr 2015

The vast majority of IDPs remain displaced with no clarity on when they might be able to leave their makeshift homes in camps across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Selective Mourning After Peshawar

Mar 2015

Scores of people have also died in various military operations in the last decade including earlier operations in North and South Waziristan, and Swat. So, why respond now?
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Imperialist Baji | Feministaniat

Jan 2015

As an elder sister (Hadia Baji), even though I have a fair share of stories of how complicated sisterhood can be, I find this bond of solidarity between our Imperialist Baji, Sister Hillary, and NGO-wallis a bit strange.
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The Myth of Civilian Failure

Jan 2015

The tragedy that should have paved the way for an honest conversation about the roots of militancy has instead strengthened a flawed narrative of civilian failure, and a dangerous call for army intervention.
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سانحہ پشاور: تنقید کا بیان

ہم نے انسانی جانوں کو سستا سمجھ کر ریاستی نظریات،مخصوص مذہبی تشریحات، اور حکمران طبقات کے مالی و ذاتی مفادات کو قیمتی تصور کر لیا ہے۔ کسی انسانی معاشرے میں ایسے رویے کی گنجائش نہیں ہو سکتی ۔


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The Peshawar Tragedy: A Tanqeed Statement

Dec 2014

We must stop looking to the state and the military for resolving the problems that they, in part, created.
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Pakistani Military: Feminist or Not? | Feministaniat

Dec 2014

What does it mean for the Pakistani woman’s role in war to have transformed from passive dua-making to active ‘lady-fighting’ the Taliban in this particular moment in history?
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