"...whether it’s Bihar’s Nitish Kumar thinking it’s funny to yank a woman's niqab off, or Bombay’s Javed Akhtar lecturing women abt veiling, or our judges telling women the violence they've faced is not really violence – can they all please just sit down?"

Ten years ago, Mama Qadeer told himself, “Maybe tomorrow will be better.” Ten years ago, he spoke of journalists who avoided walking close to his camp, of cameramen who didn’t make eye contact, of newspapers that always gave the same reply: “Mama, we have families to feed.”

Wrote about Mama Qadeer in 2012:

Military love. Military justice.

جب آئی ایس آئی چیف گھر جاتا ہے تو الزام لگتا ہے کہ یہ تو اس حساس عہدے پر رہ کر سیاست کرتا رہا۔ یہ اس طرح کا الزام ہے کہ پوپ کی وفات کے بعد کہا جائے کہ ’یہ ساری عمر اپنے مذہب کی تبلیغ کرتا رہا۔‘ ⁦@mohammedhanif⁩

thank you

No one celebrated Mumbai attacks in Karachi: new Punjabi VLog

Join us ⁦at @GurmaniCentre⁩ for our last event of the semester — a celebration of Nasir Kazmi’s centenary. Register here: https://t.co/i7LQR5hYX4 ⁦@LifeAtLUMS⁩ ⁦@GurmaniSchool⁩ #nasirkazmi #urdupoetry

"ایک دن بارش ہو رہی تھی، میں نے ایک ٹانگے والے سے کہا کہ میرے گھر کرشن نگر چلو گے۔ کہنے لگا کہ میں بڑی بڑی سواریوں کو انکار کیا ہے۔ اس برکھا میں کون جائے گا۔ میں نے کہا بھائی میں شعر کہتا ہوں، تو وہ کہنے لگا کہ کوئی شعر سناؤ، میں نے شعر سنایا کہ واقعہ یہ ہے کہ بدنام ہوئے۔۔۔ بات

محمد حنيف کی تازہ ترین وی لاگ، ذھنی مرض، مریضوں اور ان کی مرضیوں کے متعلق.. ملاحظہ فرمائیں😊🙏 #MohammedHanif #BBCURDU @mohammedhanif

For those wanting to know what Imaan and Hadi are being accused of, this is the FIR lodged by the NCCIA.

🚨🚨 “My passport to nowhere” My article for BRITISH JOURNALISM REVIEW on my travel ban. ⁦@CPJAsia⁩ ⁦@RSF_en⁩ ⁦⁦@OfficialPfuj⁩

Key facts about the proceedings against Imaan and Hadi, and why this blatant judicial persecution should concern us all: https://t.co/UALerrBjY2

Download, disseminate, speak. #IStandWithImaanandHadi

Replug: The criminal proceedings against @ImaanZHazir and @AdvHadiali amount to judicial persecution The trial, which is marred by serious irregularities and the denial of due process guarantees, is intended to obstruct their legitimate legal work and retaliate against them for

🚨🚨#EXCLUSIVE: Listen how poor victim families of blasphemy gang, poor street vendors and families of missing in court today and worried & crying for @ImaanZHazir & @AdvHadiali, this is how poor people love this human rights defenders couple, Watch UNCENSORED complete on video

The most chilling thing about the trial of @ImaanZHazir and @AdvHadiali is how easy it was for the state. Two prominent lawyers, the ones mothers call when a son disappears or a blasphemy charge ruins a life, are facing 7–14 years for tweeting. In most countries, lawyers of their

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I seldom use social media for fundraising purposes, but this time I really need your help. A brilliant young student of mine is struggling to pay their tuition at LUMS. To start this fund, I have contributed PKR 100,000 from the royalties of my book. I know this is not enough,

@Huk06 @mohammedhanif This one from a few years ago made me kind of sad and embarrassed frankly: https://t.co/VUpJJxHUU6