Tag: Society

Folk Devils A moral panic is a widespread fear — most often an irrational one. The fear is about someone ...

Arshad Waheed’s latest novel in English language, ‘Other Days’, is an eventful story from Pakistan, weaved around two woeful events ...

One thought comforted him: No one would know – it was not the sort of thing that she would speak ...

Presence of a uniform policy on internal security allows the government to have a pre-emptive approach to resolving national internal ...

The culture of using smartphones for all our needs has penetrated every segment of the society and all facets of ...

Kofi Anan, former General-Secretary of the United Nations, once commented that violence against women is the most shameful and pervasive ...

Pakistan ranks as the sixth most dangerous country in the world for women, with countless cases of rape, domestic violence, ...

Conspiracy is a national sport in Pakistan. Nearly every Pakistan of prominence believes that they and their phone are monitored. ...

In the five following decades since 1979 our region has witnessed six insurgencies and the corresponding militarisation that comes with ...

Ideas and Futures is an e-journal that focuses on "re-imagining our societies beyond the pandemic". The journal, edited by Sadia ...

Sacralism is the merger of Church and State wherein one is called upon to change the other. It is not ...

Extremism is a state of mind where a person holds extreme and narrow-minded political and religious views of their own ...

Religious extremism and intolerance has spread widely in our society, especially among the younger generation. In the last two decades, ...

Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments must introduce, pass and enact comprehensive laws against forced conversions in conformity with international human ...

The brutal lynching and burning of a body in Sialkot is a continuation of violence in the name of religion ...

The current influx of cases of harassment of women has raised questions on our social values and the criminal justice ...

The state’s handling of the TLP protests is the latest exhibit of how lust for clout remains the driving force ...

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sealed the Sir Syed Memorial Complex in the G-5/1 sector of Islamabad. This decision ...

Mahira Khan has spoken out on the public discussion around crimes against women in Pakistan. The superstar actress is of ...

On the 14th of August 2020, I wrote: “Every year for the past twenty years, when August arrives, I suddenly ...

This month, more than ever, has shown the importance of acknowledging the inequities of mental health, inequality and injustice. Ethics ...

Mohammad Ismail takes us into the Gur-making unit - a centre of rural social life in KP

Vaqar Ahmed believes they can teach the world's finest marketing experts a thing or two

Hina Zahir Imam reports on the streets barbers of Pakistan, who remain as relevant as ever to urban life

Fish is important to Indus cuisine, but consumption patterns have changed over time. Sarfraz Memon traverses Sindh, hoping to understand ...

As a firebrand Hindu nationalist rises to power in India's most populous state, Garga Chatterjee looks at the implications for ...