Who Is Haala From ‘Mere Humsafar’? I Believe It’s Me!
A few days ago, I got a recommendation from YouTube for a show called Mere Humsafar. From the promo itself, ...
Friday, May 20, 2022
Tag: gender
Understanding Economic Crisis In Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Class, Gender And Development
Despite the centrality of the dispute of Jammu & Kashmir in the political, economic and diplomatic discourse of the mainland ...
How Gender Based Violence Makes A Mockery Of A Country’s Claim To Protect Human Rights
Kofi Anan, former General-Secretary of the United Nations, once commented that violence against women is the most shameful and pervasive ...
Second Edition Of Ananke ‘Women In Literature’ Festival To Celebrate Literati From The Global South
The second edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival will be held digitally on the 31st of March and the ...
Trans Woman Injured In Mansehra Attack Succumbs To Wounds
Sameer, one of the victims of the recent attack on five trans women in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), has passed ...
Govt Launches National Gender Policy Framework To Tackle Gender Inequality
The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has launched a National Gender Policy Framework to empower and ensure equal ...
In A First, Woman Police Officer Made AIG In KP
Ayesha Gul has made history by becoming the first female police officer to be promoted to the position of assistant ...
Masculinity, Muslimness And Sovereignty
Pakistan has been juggling the roles of a progressive Islamic republic along with the dual image of a nation that ...
Pakistani TV Dramas And Women’s Roles: How Screen And Real-Life Influence Each Other
The media is regarded as a social transformation agent. It has the ability to almost hypnotise us all. In the ...
In KP’s Merged Districts, The Covid Pandemic Led To An Epidemic Of Domestic Violence
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, particularly the newly merged tribal districts (formerly FATA), have a very high rate of domestic violence in Pakistan. The ...
What Law Enforcement And The Criminal Justice System Can Do To Make Women Safer From Harassment
The current influx of cases of harassment of women has raised questions on our social values and the criminal justice ...
Am I The Only One Who Didn’t Know Why Men’s Day Existed?
At 5:03pm on November 19 2021, a friend at work casually mentioned: “Today is International Men’s Day.” The response my ...
Alia Ahmed Wins Zeenat Haroon Rashid Prize 2021 With A Short Story About The Callousness Of Privilege
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women has announced that the award for 2021 goes to writer Alia Ahmed ...
Narowal Woman Killed By In-Laws For Having Too Many Daughters
A pregnant woman in Narowal was murdered by her in-laws allegedly because she was about to give birth to a ...
LHC Seeks Response From Punjab Government, Police Over Transgender Individual’s Petition Citing Discrimination In Employment
A writ petition filed by a transgender citizen Ashi Jan has led to the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking a ...
Reclaiming Pashtunwali: Pashtuns Need To Redefine ‘Honour’ As A Gender-Equal Idea
Hardly a day goes by without a headline featuring a woman being killed in Pakistan. Oft-reported cases include violence committed ...
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Miani Sahib: Resting Place Of Heroes
A portrayal of Lahore is incomplete without a...
Adnan Siddique Justifies Meeting With Nawaz Sharif, Says Not Joining PML-N
Responding to social media criticism of his meeting...