We suffer a state of illusion, beating the trumpet of being rational and just with the ever prejudiced section of society –women –contradict the ground realities. The good news of appointment of female judge in the apex court could not last longer –as the lower house of Parliament or Wolsi Jirga turned her down. Earlier, President Ashraf Ghani nominated a leading lawyer, Anisa Rasooli a former juvenile court judge to become the country's first ever female Supreme Court judge. This decision was deemed legitimate and levelheaded capable to reserve the ill perception Afghan have had concerning women rights –which unluckily did not materialize following the dismissal of her candidature. Afghanistan reserves the worst image in the international community pertaining to maintenance of basic human rights in general and women rights in particular –Farkhunda’s murder case is not yet unlearned.

Previously, Farkhuda’s murderers –due to receive severe punishment by preliminary court was reversed by Appeal Court –intimating the murder of justice by a justice. Undoubtedly, Afghanistan’s judicial sector is suffering male administration and inapt officials that undertake biased ruling in frequent hearings –the aforesaid unearthed the untold facts, indeed. Following through minute details of the case, a deliberated twist and turn was witnessed in the judgment issued subsequent to hearing –the Appeals Court reversed the verdict of the Kabul Primary Court sentencing three out of four men to 20 years of imprisonment and another to 10 years. Moreover, eight other convicts, who were each sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment, were also acquitted by the Court last week. Moreover, as the news reports disclose, the Court has entirely acquitted the custodian of the Shrine – Omran, who was found guilty of instigating the mob to attack on Farkhunda based on false accusations. He was initially sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment. This is a premeditated aversion of the former ruling, shocking but damaging the cause for maintenance of rule of law. This seems to be an intentional drive where a great deal of favoritism seemed to have been emplaced.

The social participation of women deemed a taboo at large –makes them difficult to head to public offices on a distinct position. Afghanistan is the land where women are treated as a third class citizen, and a household commodity, whose fate rests to parental sightless ruling. Women found exercising her willingness contrary to parental dictate is subjected to severe castigation and humiliation; is recklessly shunned to depth of utter hopelessness. The society where negation of unsound commandment is deemed immodesty and conceit, and pursuit of a rational discourse unpardonable sin, lies at the depth of moral abyss. Hence, a woman is bound to lead a life, at utter submission of her family associates.

The tales of haplessness ends not here, as is hampered every time she gets out in the pursuit of earning herself a modest livelihood. Our tolerance and patience turn off finding women chase a goal oriented life. We are born and raised underestimating girls, consequently we dare hindering equal participation of women in socio-political arenas; we strive hard equating their right to liberty and pursuit of happiness, bashfulness and contrary to Islamic teachings. Despite such assertions if one fails to impose ones’ narrow and irrational interpretation, what they heard from so-called clergies, on others, tend to come up in the streets and shamelessly begin molesting the passerby girls and women. This is absolutely a great service they are paying to a morally civilized society.

Dauntlessness is not man’s attribute, given he can suppress and duress the hapless daughter of eve –despite being reciprocated in the gentlest way. This is not to render man at fault; instead laws safeguarding women’s rights are minimally applied. Every alternate day endless tales of butcheries, physical torture, harassment and sexual assaults are surfaced where women render prey to flawed cultural practices, biased laws and Sharia doctrines. We turn deaf ears to the hapless cries, blind eyes negligent to see the magnitude of mental sufferings she endures while getting out to earn a livelihood, numb to realize the numerous pain of gender based victimization she bears frequently, because of fallacious socio-religious structure based on irrational biases. It reflects women are coerced to repression after being found hapless and voiceless.

The denial to redeem women’s socio-economic significance renders functional half of Afghan population, paralyzed. Unarguably, women can play foundational role in formation and development of the society for upcoming generation. They owe equivalent vigor to outstand and undertake the household undertakings appropriately and social responsibilities, aptly. Regretfully, they are deemed second class citizen; meant to plague their innate capabilities rendering them dysfunctional. If properly educated and socialized they can be turned into valuable human resource earning enormous riches for poverty stricken country. If shun in constant denial they will degenerate without contributing.

Execution of dynamic deeds is one of the persona women bear and richly contribute in nation and country building. The role of women in peace, reconciliation, rehabilitation and nation building must not be repudiated. They must be heard by granting maximum if not equal opportunities in societal activities and decision makings. The incumbent government keeping his promise should take bold and immediate measures undoing all such developments eroding and restraining the capabilities of women to work for the good of society provided empowered women can effectively contribute in the development of the country.