Pakistan, Jan. 17 -- Independent and unaware of others, three writers began their journeys in Canada of analyzing parts of the issue over the last two decades. Their work related to a pluralist discussion on civil society's engagement with the state in Pakistan. Their work narrating three different stories, but all complementary in the context of the question posed above, were published in 2024.

The Twelfth of February by Rhonda Gossen, a former Canadian diplomat in Pakistan, broached the subject of the role of civil society in general, and women's rights groups in particular, in promoting gender equity during the rise of violent extremism in Pakistan, and the role of Canadian aid in these efforts.

A historical look encompassing the fir...