Tag: Society

Films are a form of art, and about art there are two theories: 1. Art for art's sake, and 2. ...

Pakistani social media users are 'aghast' at a video purporting to show an unidentified female "posing" with a bouquet, wearing ...

A mindful reader, prior to reading the next paragraphs, might ask to summarise William Jones’ profile before his voyage to ...

As I have repeatedly said, Indians have to wage a mighty united historical people's struggle, led by genuinely patriotic modern ...

Some argumentative readers may question the topic of this article. Frankly speaking, Sir William Jones was not my first choice. ...

“Don’t send me Happy New Year messages. This year like its predecessor won’t be happy from any angle but loaded ...

When studying African literature, this quotation from Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart sticks out in my mind: “When they came, ...

John Butt is an Englishman who arrived in Pakistan in the 1970s, working and living in the Pakhtun regions. John ...

It is a dark wintery night. She covers her face and clutches her purse after separating the money in her ...

The United Nations defines violence against women and girls as “Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is ...

Pakistan is once again all set to become a center-piece in the new emerging Cold War between the United States ...

Joyland is a locally made film focusing on many themes relevant to Pakistan. On August 17 the Pakistani government approved ...

Globalisation has paved paths for easier means of developing those living in poverty who are looking for better lives. It ...

My driver was slow as usual, and I had a few errands to run before meeting the arty and aristocratic ...

The year 2020 began with new hope, for every New Year is meant for more new resolutions. But the sooner ...

A few weeks ago, I had noticed journalist Haroon Rashid and Miss Marvel actress, Mehwish Hayat, call out Bollywood celebrities ...

Although phrases, such as ‘women in development’, are mentioned in social discourses far to often in Pakistan, they sound hollow ...

75 years back, at the time of the partition when there was bloodshed in the name of homeland, nation, and ...

Although some awareness has been created on gender equality in the last decade, still a long distance must be covered ...

My biggest fear, apart from losing a loved one, is to end up in an abusive relationship. I understand that ...

There is a widespread tendency among scholars to categorise thinkers among existing ideologies and fit them within the dominant schools ...

I'll be the first to say it: my Urdu is not the best. It's a fact I'm not super proud ...

As an old proverb goes ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. So is obscenity. In 2018, the Kerala ...

It is considered that Pakistanis are more critical of their state, society and establishment than, for example, Indians are of ...

Pakistan’s political, social and cultural environment is becoming increasingly toxic. It is a reaction to the country’s digital reality reinforced ...

Dead Man’s Prisoner is a fascinating novel by a former provincial bureaucrat of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. It addresses the despicable ...