What is civil society and how do you see it? This was the question that we asked Aslam Azhar on one of the cold evenings in December. The usual gas shortage in Islamabad was also prevalent that day in his house. Nasreen Azhar was trying to turn on the heater and Aslam was lying on his bed and smoking.
He pondered for a while and said that the civil society is the majority of society outside of military
and government like lawyers, teachers, nurses, political groups and parties.
There is quite vibrant civil society in Pakistan for instance; associations of
lawyers, women, doctors, and media etc. Media in all its forms are one of the arms of civil
society.
Mentioning his last thoughts on this topic he said that one of the the good example of civil society movements has been the
student’s unions (in past). They were very much part of the vibrant civil society.
December 2015
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