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I was not at all surprised when the learned Justice Mohammed Azam Khan of the Islamabad High Court did not annul the marriage of an under-ag...

After the horrific murder of a man and woman in Baluchistan, a spate of honor killings has erupted in the country. It's like a contagiou...

Already seventeen cases of polio have been recorded in the country. It's not only the illiterate parents who refuse to have their childr...

Most of the rural areas in Pakistan are still controlled by tribal chieftains who have their own interpretation of Islam. Some of them belie...

Embed from Getty Images Pakistani men are mostly illiterate and are easily provoked, particularly if they feel (or are told) that their ...

In most countries, a man can't have more than one wife. In Turkey, polygamy is banned. In Pakistan, if a man wants to take a second wife...

Embed from Getty Images The damage done by inbreeding is evident everywhere in Pakistan. Most people in the country marry their first cous...

I've known for a long time that Pakistani Muslims believe that practising birth control is a heinous sin. I used to hear (in my teens) t...

One thing deeply religious Pakistanis frequently talk about is the sexual abuse of young boys by Christian priests. "We are so much bet...

Embed from Getty Images Even though the Sindh government has fixed eighteen years as the minimum age of girls for marriage, the law is flo...

One would've thought in the twenty first century, no one would go berserk and kill his daughter or sister for wanting to marry someone o...

Published in The Express Tribune Blogs on March 24, 2015 I ask this question because all around me, our kids are being brainwashed by adults...

On her ‘honour’ Published in The Express Tribune on May 31, 2014 KARACHI: This is with reference to your editorial “On her honour” (May 29)....

Published in DAWN on May 20, 2014 With reference to your editorial, "Action on polio front" (May 15), now that the polio virus ...

Driving while young Published in The News on May 15, 2014 This refers to the editorial, ‘Dying young’ (May 11). Such incidents have been hap...

Published in The Express Tribune blogs on October 25, 2013 Doctors have found a link between cousin marriage and heart and lung problems ...

Population explosion Published in The News on April 9, 2012 I’m afraid we can do nothing to arrest the exploding population of Pakistan. I f...

I've always known that most religious extremists are mentally unstable, and this was borne out by a recent survey which found that in so...

The late General Zia ul Haq may have done a great service to the country by hanging Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, but his enforcement of Islamic laws...

Published in Business Recorder on July 25, 2010 Three recent news items prove that as far as women are concerned, we're still living in ...