Views and Opinions

Woman trouble!

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

Hurdles all the way

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

Revenge rapes need to be punished

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

Forced To Convert

Pakistan was born with the promise that everyone was free to practice their religion and would be guaranteed basic rights. Hindus that made up 23

Girl peasant commit suicide

MIRPURKHAS – Two persons, including a teenage girl, committed suicide here on Monday. As per reports, Nazia Leghari, 18, d/o Noor Muhammad Leghari, hanged herself

Woman survivor’s trauma

THE merciless violence suffered by women in this country is evident in cases of ‘honour’ crime, premeditated murder and acid attacks — often inflicted by

Women in imperial spaces

By Taha Kehar India’s encounter with imperialism was initially depicted through the blinkered lens of a male-centric logic. There was an inflexible view among historians that