Month: April 2013
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Life after acid attack
Acid violence is a particularly brutal form of gender-based violence, whereby acid or other corrosive substances are thrown at people – usually women – with the intent of disfiguring. The…
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Tribal women to stand in electons
Two women from Waziristan, the militancy plagued northern region of Pakistan, are standing in elections for the first time ever. I’ve reported on the story for the New Statesman. Pakistan’s…
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Recent opinionating
Here’s a round up of some of the opinion pieces I’ve been writing recently. New Statesman Manoeuvres and rallies as Pakistan’s election campaign heats up I wrote this piece after…