Taking forward the South Asian legacy of independent political publishing
Lahore, Pakistan
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Beyond excited. Took 9 years to bring this out. Pre-order at tinyurl.com/r8um4zyc. Edited by @NidaKirmani, @BilalZahuur, & Sheema Khawar, this locally-contextualised collection, the first of its kind, brings together theoretical concepts and empirically grounded analyses. 1/1
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The 2nd edition of my book- Views and Reviews- is available across all major bookstores in Pakistan. Internationally, the book- both paperback and kindle editions- can be ordered on Amazon from the following link:
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In Pakistan-
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The details of Hina Javed’s murder are horrifying.
In Noor Mukadam’s case, one SC judge appallingly said the crime was a consequence of “living relationships”. Hina was brutally killed in her own marital home, less than a year after getting married. No adherence to traditional norms, marriage, or supposed “moral codes" protects women from violence.
The problem is not women’s choices, but a society that keeps justifying violence rather than confronting it.
We must stop asking what the victim could have done differently. This is a time to demand accountability.
#JusticeForHina
Folio Books retweeted
Over the years I have posted about countless crimes against women, the hashtags, the horrors - today I’m posting because my cousin Hina Javed was murdered in her in-laws home yesterday. She’d been married less than 10 months. Pray for her, pray for justice. Demand justice.
Folio Books retweeted
Publication announcement: my third monograph "Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi: Aspirations and Tensions of Islamic Cosmopolitanism" out today. Though slightly shorter than my first two books, this is perhaps the best and was certainly the most meaningful to write.
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Folio Books retweeted
Pak Studies 2026; the state no longer identifies as hard or soft. It's non-binary.
Folio Books condemns the political retribution being faced by its author, Dr. Tehseen Thaver
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Lahore Dolmen Mall: 2 women going from shop to shop trailed by a little boy, no more than 7-8 years old, holding their bags. He was ‘trained’ to keep a certain distance as he flwd them & to stand at the door at each shop as madams went through clothes. Fuck you Lahore’s wealthy
Folio Books retweeted
Finally our edited volume on Gender Studies in Pakistan is coming out! The collection brings together some of the most amazing scholars of gender studies in our region & is co-edited by yours truly, @BilalZahuur & Sheema Khawar. You can pre-order it here: tinyurl.com/r8um4zyc.
Amina Jamal, Shanel Khaliq, Sadaf Aziz, Abira Ashfaq, @saramalkani, Hiba Thobani, @Ifra_J, @nudratkamal , Shirin Zubair, @apniISPdot. Pre-order at tinyurl.com/r8um4zyc
What can sustainable development in Pakistan look like?
@kaiserbengali and Mehnaz Hafeez identify urban and rural growth centres in Balochistan and Sindh to boost regional economies
Order now on foliobooks.pk
Glad to announce the Urdu translation of @bjorkman_d’s Bombay Brokers, a grounded and theoretically rich study of who makes Bombay the city it is. Congrats to Ammar Yasir for the great translation. Available at tinyurl.com/322927zh
Folio Books retweeted
The govt's decision to ban the Jammu & Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) is highly condemnable, but sadly, comes as no surprise. Questioning the state's authoritarian policies & particularly its hold on resources is the new definition of 'terrorism' is Pakistan.
Were the names of those who were killed by the Bengal famine called out at Normandy today?
The grain to feed the troops who landed at D-Day was taken from Bengal, triggering a famine which killed 3.8 million people – at Karachi, Pakistan
What could sustainable development in Pakistan look like?
Join us at Karachi Press Club on Monday, 8 June, 4 p.m. for @kaiserbengali and @asad_sayeed discussing Pebble in the Pond: An Approach to Regional Development in Balochistan and Sindh – at Karachi, Pakistan
Folio Books retweeted
AI can't do fieldwork (yet). It can't do archival work either. Plenty of interesting qs waiting to be asked and answered by actual effort. Don't let the anxieties/aspirations of quant scholars/secondary data merchants get to you.
Folio Books retweeted
On 31 May, 1935, Quetta suffered one of the most destructive earthquakes in human history
British troops placed Quetta under martial law. An inquiry into their conduct was blocked then, and remains unopened till today
I wrote for @prismdawndotcom
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