Zeeba

Why are lawyers involved in religious vigilantism not held accountable? Zeeba T Hashmi @zeebahashmi.bsky.social traces how weak legal oversight and political appeasement have fostered a dangerous 'blasphemy business.'

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#BlasphemyLaw #Justice #Pakistan

A Lack Of Accountability For The Legal Community Is Making Religious Vigilantism Worse The families of over 400 youths implicated in alleged blasphemy cases demand a broader investigation, as the modus operandi of this mafia-like operation

Why are some lawyers actively enabling religious vigilantism?

In her latest article, Zeeba T Hashmi @zeebahashmi.bsky.social shows how legal forums are turning Pakistan’s blasphemy laws into a weapon — while the state remains passive.

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#BlasphemyLaw

Taking away imagination from children is among the cruelest things

Thoughts I penned about two years ago.

Ethos of justice through time and syncretism ideologies here.

#Thoughts #SocialJustice

#Pakistan #Minorities #HumanRights old piece I wrote for my weekly columns for Daily Times. I explained how hate is enabled by the state, the ruling government and the political parties. With little done to stop the appeasement of extremists until today.

dailytimes.com.pk/101121/breed...

very nicely written

poetry

#Poetry

One has to move on.
and run along
then abscond
then Fade.

Phase one---almost there!

(Goodbyes are never easy. But they're important)

#Poetry

Will our education policy address the need for preserving dying languages? A case for Domaaki - Ibtidah for Education There are, so far, two recognised dialects of Domaaki known as the Nagar-Domaaki and Hunza Domaaki with very little differences between the two. Because of this distinctiveness, Domaaki has become ver...

My article on #Domaaki language and the need for preservation.

ibtidahforeducation.com/will-our-edu...

I was working with a regressive department in Lahore, & I was always frowned upon for expressing my views . I had to keep my op-eds in publications lowkey there as Always felt I was keeping a dual personality, one where I had to fully express, the other, trying to stay least controversial at work.

Yes, me too. So many typos! And now VPN all the way to secure us ticket to heaven. Shukr Alhamdulillah!

So much anger? Khair tou hai? ;-)

Heart wrenching to witness the immense loss of life.What's been happening in #Kurrem over last two decades is a tale of sorrow. During my active writing years,I covered Kurrem back in 2011/12. Some excerpt from my old articles, based on interviews I conducted for my peace education research in 2012.

My recent #poem on different paradoxes of life. I am convinced, we live in constant contradictions, and while one part wants desperately wants to break free, the other want to stay in consonance to what we expect within confines of a work. Gravity, and the natural reflex to pull away, as one eg.

Currently reading. Jamal Abro of Sindh outclasses many contemporary writers, and his simple and short story narration style manages to capture so much that goes into sublime memory. The translated story, Angel of Death, how a protagonist, depicts so well what death really means for us.