The News International
Not the better half
by Nazish Brohi
Chand Bibi’s flogging was part of an emerging pattern of targeting the disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society: the women, the representatives of art and culture and the minorities.
The Taliban’s ideological precursors were the MMA government in the NWFP, which is therefore directly responsible for the current crisis. The Swat case is not just an aberration.
In 2003, the MMA government banned male doctors and technicians (...)