Accusations of election rigging have been dismissed in Pakistan, upholding the ruling party’s 2013 victory.
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Video interview with Pakistani poet Harris Khalique about poetry’s power of liberation and the Pakistani literary tradition of resistance.
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Transcript of an interview with Pakistani poet Harris Khalique, about poetry’s power of liberation and the Pakistani literary tradition of resistance.
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Columnist Bina Shaw explores Pakistan’s reaction to the US Supreme Court’s legalization of marriage equality and Facebook’s Celebrate Pride tool.
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Over 15,000 Palestinians wait to cross the Rafah border to Egypt and flee the Israel-Palestinian conflict which has claimed thousands of civilian lives.
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“In Pakistan, as well as in Egypt and other countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the government faces the same kind of debate in a society that has grown ever more aware of its collective voice, and ever more eager to use it.”
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Some of us choose to write things that may only offend family members, because we believe our blood ties will save us from their retribution. Others choose to take the risk of provoking religious extremists because they believe the risk is worth it.
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