Maryam J
@maryammjamali
organizer @madatcommunity | local and indigenous led climate action
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apparently honour killing is “barbaric” only when it happens in balochistan but everywhere else it is just “condemnable.” deeply disturbing that the government is using this case not to confront structural gender violence but to, as usual, further its securitisation agenda.
Suspend the Area SHO, SSP Operations, Magistrate and DC as well and take action against them for sitting quietly on this crime and not making any arrests till the video got viral. This violence is not only a result of tribal law but it is also a result of the State's complicity.…
Kirthar is not for sale. Our resistance political and legal continues. Builder mafias, land-grabbers, sand mafias wherever they violate our land, we will stand firm. Even if death comes — let it come. I will rest in my grave with a peaceful conscience, not with a sold soul. 4/4
Yes, they came for me. They wanted to silence me. But my comrades stood with me — Comrade Abeera Ashfaq, Comrade Virsa, Alhaj Mahesar. What happened to them was because of me, and I hold myself accountable. I apologize from the depths of my heart. But the struggle won’t stop 3/4
Those who attacked us claimed ownership of Kirthar while we, the children of this mountain, were told we don’t belong. This wasn’t just illegal — it was a brutal violation of our tribal values. Kirthar is our ancestral homeland, not a commodity to be sold to mafias...2/4
What happened two days ago is no longer hidden. I have no desire for spotlight or fame — I’m just someone whose soul has always been tied to the soil of Kohistan. We’ve faced broken dreams, defeat, and violence. Yet we continue to resist — because It’s memory. It’s blood...1/4
aje.io/1oow1d “In Balochistan, women are murdered for love, disappeared for protest, and buried under layers of tribal authority and state-backed silence. These are not isolated tragedies. They are the cost of a system designed to keep Balochistan obedient, and its…
Crime and Punishment. I started it in 2015. Still reading it.
Have you ever read a book, where no matter how many pages you think you have read; the book doesn't seem to end?
In February, Zahoor Jamalzai abducted Asma Baloch. Thirteen years earlier, he allegedly murdered the man she was engaged to. Today, Jamalzai walks free because his brother is Deputy to ex CM Sanaullah Zehri. In June, when Sardar Sherbaz Satakzai ordered 15 men to execute Bano…
In this instant there were two deaths, but have any of you ever kept up with how many women were killed just in the last few years? Mourned them? Their husbands, brothers, fathers are alive. This is femicide.
we all should also talk about her husband who also got killed and stayed with her till death.idk why nobody is talking about him
What the state can do is empower the judiciary and law enforcement enough that there is no place for alternative justice. Also, we should move on from considering this a solely tribal tradition. Countless examples in Pakistan to prove otherwise.
Blaming the Riyasat is the hip thing to do. So cool. So rebellious. So based. Until you're forced to confront the reality of a centuries-old tribal tradition of killing girls for honor that has transcended & outlived dozens of Riyasats, empires and times.