https://www.scmp.com/rss/510332/feed Saman Rizwan is a researcher at the Centre for Strategic and Contemporary Research, Islamabad. She has a Masters in International Relations from S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Flash floods in Pakistan have killed more than 1,100 people, affected 33 million more, swept away 1 million homes and destroyed over 3,500km of roads. One-third of the country is submerged, and the number of people internally displaced from these torrential floods is more than those displaced from the war in Ukraine. Pakistan faced a similar situation back in 2010 as well, and the number of people affected by heavy monsoon rains at the time reached 20 million. However, this year’s monsoon season... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3191496/pakistan-floods-latest-sign-climate-injustice-global-south?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3191496/pakistan-floods-latest-sign-climate-injustice-global-south?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Sep 2022 01:15:15 +0000 As International Women’s Day approaches, women in Pakistan are gearing up to organise the annual Aurat March, or Women’s March. Online and offline, misogynist rhetoric has also been gaining ascendancy. Recently, Minister of Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, put in a request for the prime minister to declare March 8 International Hijab Day instead, saying that the Aurat March is against Islamic teachings. Worse, the president of Jamiat Ulema-i- Islam-Fazl, a major political party led by... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3169198/when-women-march-justice-pakistan-it-out-necessity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3169198/when-women-march-justice-pakistan-it-out-necessity?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:30:12 +0000 In Pakistan’s Faisalabad city, known for its textile industry, a march for women’s rights earlier this month was blocked after the assistant commissioner failed to provide the organisers with a “no objection certificate”. The march’s organisers claimed that, during a meeting with the official, he told them “rape does not happen without consent these days” and that “women are not this oppressed in Pakistan”. In response, they registered their fury on social media. Across Pakistan, reports of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3145462/talibans-resurgence-afghanistan-bodes-ill-women-pakistan-too?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/asia/article/3145462/talibans-resurgence-afghanistan-bodes-ill-women-pakistan-too?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:30:16 +0000 Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf held a press briefing on July 4 to share developments about last month’s explosion in Lahore. The evidence acquired through multiple investigations revealed India’s apparent involvement in the act of terrorism, he said. Yusuf claimed they had intelligence about a foreign agency, adding that, “... today without a doubt I want to say, [the circumstances] of this entire attack lead to Indian-sponsored terrorism”. The revelations come as the two... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3141648/lahore-blast-reaction-shows-normalised-india-pakistan-ties-are-no?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3141648/lahore-blast-reaction-shows-normalised-india-pakistan-ties-are-no?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Jul 2021 22:45:07 +0000