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To promote the education of girls in Pakistan from the standpoint of assets and strengths, a girl’s right to education – as guaranteed in the constitution and fully backed by religious scholars – should be the firm foundation and starting ...

“The law must be gender-blind. Democracy cannot work if women are subjugated, uneducated and unable to be independent. ”–Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, in ‘Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West’.In the aftermath of the recent disqualification of Pakistan’s Premiere, political responses ...

Tomorrow I’ll be seventy. Instead of humming jeevay jeevay Pakistan, I’m recalling an old song titled Woman Trouble. Because my Independence Day celebrations have been taken over by the two Ayeshas. Starring in the politico-salacious matrix are two ‘macho’ men, Imran Khan ...

Life for women in Pakistan is rife with obstacles towards justice, safety, and equality. With time, it has become evident that there is a very fine line between patriarchy and psychopathological tendencies. What is dubbed patriarchy is often abuse and ...

A 400-year-old panchayat system is meant to protect only men. Men alone reap benefits from this system that operate out of the formal legal system of Pakistan. This is a system that proliferates male privilege. The same system made up ...