Trade unions, farmers’ organizations, Sindhi nationalist parties and local affectees staged a protest this week against the alleged demolition of local settlements (‘goths’) by Bahria Town Karachi. In the course of these protests, some cars have been set on fire. Karachi police have reportedly arrested more than 80 people on charges of protesting and rioting […]
19SharesKhadija Siddiqui became a contemporary icon of Pakistan’s struggle for a society where survivors of violence are able to get justice via the judicial system. Together with lawyer Hassaan Niazi, she had taken up the case of the violent attack on the home of actress Uzma Khan by a number of wealthy, well-connected women and […]