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The article which was censored in Pakistan: Sex Talk for Muslim Women
Mona Eltahawy This article was originally published on The New York Times and it was removed by the printing partner of New York Times in Pakistan. After I gave a reading in Britain last year, a woman...
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Should I be proud that my country treats women like cattle?
By Syeda Sana Ahmad May 3rd, 2016 – ‘A 13 year old girl was gang raped and then set ablaze in Chiniot’, the Ary news website informs me the next day. I scroll down to see the comments but there are...
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Domestic violence is an exaggeration
By Andaleeb Rizvi When I mentioned the recent article on Dawn.com ‘These women stayed in abusive marriages because Pakistan failed them’ and quoted HRCP for saying 90% women face some form of...
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Creativity is contagious, pass it on.
by Rukhshan Meer Aerial view of the exhibition. Albert Einstein said “Creativity is Contagious, pass it on”. Since there is a lack of official platforms to show case our youth’s creativity, we...
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Changing Narrative! Is the State ready to do that?
By Misbah Azam, Ph.D. The cold blooded assassination of Khurram Zaki raises the question that why the agencies are unable or unwilling to protect those intellectual elites who are accepted as...
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MY RIGHT TO LIBERTY WAS RESTRICTED WITH MY DUPPATTA
By SJ There is a fine line between office and work. Offices are never easy and nor do they promise to be. In our male dominating society, it’s hard for women to breathe amongst sexual predators,...
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Is Pakistan Responsible for Destabilization of Afghanistan?
By Misbah Azam, Ph.D. By definition, sovereignty is the quality of having independent authority over a geographic area. It can be found in a power to rule and make laws that rests on a political fact...
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Men & Mice Conflict Provokes Intellect: An Analogical Reasoning
By Gulzar Ahmad The current remarkable let up in suicide bombings across the country as a result of ongoing military operation in the tribal belt of Waziristan has ‘overtly’ created an illusion that...
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The Crisis of Good Governance in Pakistan
By Najeeb Kakar Good governance is an indeterminate term used in the international development literature to describe how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage their resources. However,...
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No honour in honour killings
By Eraas Haider Pakistan is no exception when it comes to ills of honour killings. Every year, according to estimates, nearly 1000 lives are lost in the name of honour killing, mostly women. The recent...
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ماروی سرمد ، مولانا حمد اللہ ، خواجہ آصف ، شیریں مزاری .. مسئلہ کہاں ہے ؟...
فہد رضوان مولانا حافظ حمداللہ صاھب صرف کی جانب سے ماروی سرمد صاحبہ کو جس طرح بے ہودگی کا نشانہ بنایا گیا اس سے بہت سے خوش عقیدہ حضرات کی آنکھیں کھل جانی چاہیں . یہ زوال صرف مدارس دینیہ ہی نہیں ،...
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Reinvent Yourself to Chase Your Dreams
By Hafsa Sarfraz Major life changes are never easy because your instincts and the urgent matters of the day work against you. But when you learn to focus on your future-self, you’ll be surprised at...
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TRUMP PRESIDENCY – ARE YOU READY?
By Rafique Ali “I DONALD JOHN TRUMP, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect...
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Pakistanis and the love of Trump
By S Mahmood I think we can all agree that Donald Trump’s stated policies towards Muslims are discriminatory and whenever he comments about them, Muslim voices are raised against him including in...
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Pakistan The Land Of Forgotten Heroes
By: Murtaza Khokhar Once, Calvin Coolidge said that “a nation that forgets its heroes will itself soon be forgotten”, Pakistan is such one nation that has forgotten its heroes on religious grounds....
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Pakistan’s National Sport
By Ahmad Karim Last week, Zeenat, a resident of Lahore’s rundown residential town, was set ablaze on charge of eloping with her lover Hasan. It was her callous, enraging mother and brother who burnt...
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Tribute to Amjad Sabri: JABAR KAY ANDHEROON MEIN ZINDAGI GUZARI HAY
By Rafique Ali April 2016 will now stay in my memory forever. Its was a gloomy Saturday evening in Atlanta, usually people in my adopted city don’t like grey sky. Being a native of sunny Karachi, I...
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Tribute to QAWAL Amjad Sabri (A soul staggering Incident)
By : Iqra Saeed He didn’t have a protocol He didn’t have a squad He lived like a common man Prospered by a plod He didn’t have the weapons He didn’t hold criminality Ambushed so viviciously Payed for...
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امجد صابری کے قتل سے رینجرز پر اٹھنے والے سوال
تنویر آرائیں ملک کے معروف اور عالمی شہرت یافتہ لاکھوں دلوں کی دھڑکن قوال امجد صابری کا قتل پاکستان سمیت دنیا کے مختلف ملکوں میں بسنے والے ان کے گرویدہ یا چاہنے والے لاکھوں افراد کو سوگوار کر گیا۔...
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Muslims Shaking Hands
Iftikhar Ahmad Muslim schoolboys who refused to shake hands with their female teacher will face a steep fine. This is the latest turn in a controversial matter that started last April in a Swiss...
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