“The notorious land mafia is using clerics to implicate innocent people under the blasphemy laws”

“We are playing our role in that larger struggle through our music”

“I do believe in the power of art. It is a form of knowledge and it does bring change in its own indirect way.”

“I don’t expect the urbanised class to understand the level of slavery the rural women experience”

“The book served as a window every woman could peek through to look at herself”

“My mission is to tell the youth about their identity”

“There is light at the end of the tunnel if everyone, especially the government, commits to changing the system.”

“The army has lost some of its standing, but the common man still has respect for it”

“When people open Pakistani restaurants abroad they deviate from their origins and give it an Indian or Mughal name. We have maintained our Pakistani identity and by the grace of God we have done well.”

Nomi Qamar talks to Newsline about the world of male modeling and menswear fashion.