There’s a sense of global disillusionment with democracy’s undelivered promises. In Pakistan, that’s our default setting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/opinion/pakistan-election-democracy.html
It is society’s acceptance of patriarchy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/opinion/pakistan-womens-march.html
A Pakistani writer recalls how, as a child, her father and his bookshelf introduced her to political humor and foretold her choice of career.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/opinion/sunday/art-buchwald-my-father-and-me.html
To Pakistani women yoga has become increasingly popular in the cities, and also viewed on television — in forms that dissociate it from Hinduism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/opinion/yoga-pakistan-india.html
Upending misogynistic tribal codes is the real key to finally ending the most egregious gender crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/opinion/pakistans-onor-killing-law-isnt-enough.html
Defeating cruelty requires a homegrown agenda.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/opinion/afghan-women-what-the-west-gets-wrong.html
Last year, Pakistan’s 51 cases of wild poliovirus represented the bulk of all 70 cases reported in the world. This year just might see the disease vanquished there.
Big money tells the media what to report, and the state warns it what not to.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/opinion/bina-shah-journalism-in-pakistan-fear-and-favor.html
A Karachi club looks to the Beautiful Game as the great democratizer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/29/opinion/bina-shah-can-soccer-bring-equality-to-pakistan.html
It’s becoming a destination for freelance programmers, software coders and app designers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/opinion/bina-shah-pakistan-the-next-software-hub.html