Pakistan, April 14 -- Pakistan has seen this script before, only now the tools are more vicious. While journalist Gharidah Farooqi was in Islamabad doing her job during a major diplomatic weekend, part of the online crowd was busy turning her into content, slicing up her image, policing her clothes, and pushing AI-made filth into the bloodstream of public debate.

There is little value in revisiting what Farooqi wore. It was not inappropriate. Sadly, the reaction to it says more about a society that insists on policing women in public spaces.

For years, female journalists in Pakistan have been told that visibility is a liability. Speak too firmly, report too prominently, dress without seeking permission from the republic of resentful men...