[DAWN] PAKISTAN usually features in the headlines of Italian media for stories related to terrorism and religious extremism, but that hasn’t been the case lately. It is, instead, stories of violence against women that have brought the land of the pure under the spotlight once again. Stories that depict an image of Pak women as weak victims, abused and tortured physically and mentally by patriarchal families and a compliant society.
If you ask anyone in Italia if they know any famous Pak women, they won’t hesitate in naming Malala Yousafzai
 ...a Pashtun blogger and advocate for girls' education from Mingora, in Swat. She is esteemed as an ambassador of international good will, even though she can't go home lest some fellow in a turban shoots her in the head again...
, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Benazir Bhutto |