By Xenia Rasul Khan Mahsud
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
Soaring
intolerance, relentless carnage, and the stupefying acceptance of both
is what the Pakistani political scene has been reduced to. Whispers in
drawing rooms, and analysts cutting each other off on talk shows, have
all fashioned narratives attempting to explain events and sentiments
that make the cut to the red ticker pacing on news channels – demanding
attention. What’s missing from this narrative is a gendered reading of
Pakistani politics, interpreted through our understanding of notions of
femininity and masculinity – both hyper and militarized, and how that
factors in in the decisions we make as a people.
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
“In
torture, it is in part the obsessive display of agency that permits one
person’s body to be translated into another person’s voice, that allows
real human pain to be converted into a regime’s fiction of power” –
Elaine Scarry
Soaring
intolerance, relentless carnage, and the stupefying acceptance of both
is what the Pakistani political scene has been reduced to. Whispers in
drawing rooms, and analysts cutting each other off on talk shows, have
all fashioned narratives attempting to explain events and sentiments
that make the cut to the red ticker pacing on news channels – demanding
attention. What’s missing from this narrative is a gendered reading of
Pakistani politics, interpreted through our understanding of notions of
femininity and masculinity – both hyper and militarized, and how that
factors in in the decisions we make as a people.
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