More Coverage of Aurat Azadi March 2021

And, it continues: 

1) Al Jazeera's Pakistan’s feminists say will persevere amid increased threats by Maham Javaid 22 Mar 2021

2) We, the women by Saba Gul March 28, 2021 in The News

Four years on, we are still interrogating women about ‘Mera jism, meri marzi’ instead of dismantling the culture that has created and protected misogynists, harassers, and rapists with such alarming consistency in the country. We remain horrified by the ‘lehja’ of women’s slogans instead of the audacity of religious mobs calling for murder, or the clergy’s track record of child sexual abuse. Misplaced and misused religiosity has become the patriarchy’s biggest weapon in Pakistan.

3) Peshawar court orders registration of FIR against Aurat March Islamabad organisers in Dawn, 26 March:

A local court in Peshawar ordered the registration of a first information report (FIR) on Thursday against organisers of this year's Aurat March in Islamabad for allegedly making "derogatory remarks" against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Hazrat Aisha and displaying "obscene posters".

Judge Syed Shaukatullah Shah passed the order on a petition filed by five lawyers — Ibrar Hussain, Israr Hussain, Kashif Ahmed Tarakai, Siyad Hussain, and Adnan Gohar.

The petition was filed under Section 22-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which empowers the court to act as 'Justice of Peace" and order the registration of an FIR against an offence in case of the police's failure to do so.

4) AWP slams ‘smear campaign’ after Aurat Azadi March in Dawn, 29 March:

The Awami Workers Party (AWP) has condemned what it said a smear campaign against progressives that continues almost three weeks after the Aurat Azadi March (AAM) held on March 8.

The AWP leadership and rank-and-file have vowed to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with political activists in Islamabad that are bearing the brunt of patently false allegations that they raised anti-Islamic slogans and banners.