And, if you haven’t conducted a poll, what long-standing connections do you have in the Valley that opens you up to the pulse of its population? What network of people have you set up to gather and analyse information from the general population (and, especially, from the women), besides what the Swat Bar Association head (who happens to also be a card-carrying member of the party) passes on to you?
In Pakistan, we learn that might is right and when you have might on your side, why compromise? Use violence and political threats, and when you know that fear is a driving force in a nation, you will invariably get your way.
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A logical, thinking human being will point out that the cornerstone of the Prophet’s life, whom we are to emulate, was compassion, decency and honesty, and that he never would have allowed women to be locked up inside 4 walls, that the first muslim society was an open, tightly-knit community, where men respected women, rather than slandering them.
This is the religion of the Taliban. It is not mine, nor is it the religion of 160 million people in Pakistan. This is neither humane, nor compassionate, and by their own laws, that strange men held down a young girl in public should be enough to convict them of the same crime.
In June, 1992, Benazir’s government launched a major offensive against the citizens of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and largest contributor to the National Exchequer, called ‘Operation Clean Up‘. The army spent 29 months battling what was commonly considered a terrorist organization at the time. Monthly death tolls during this period, and attributed solely to the [...]
Take it back from corrupt politicians.
Take it back from greedy zamindars.
Take it back from the Taliban.
Take it back from money-grubbing religious parties hiding their true personalities behind the garb of Islam.
Take it back from petty thieves pretending to care for the nation.
Take it back from a media that doesn’t understand the need for positivism in [...]