Views and Opinions

The unregulated cyber-space

By Sahar Bandial Recent reports on the intimidation and extortion of lady doctors in Lahore by a group of hackers has brought to light what

Preventing child marriages

There seems to be very slow progress in our society when it comes to weeding out the practice of child marriage in an effective manner.

Pakistan’s ‘gone girls’

By: Rafia Zakaria NEARLY every woman in Pakistan has been witness or victim to it. A woman, an aunt, a sister, becomes pregnant. If she

Women commandos in K-P

Chief Minister K-P Pervez Khattak presenting the shield to a woman commando during the passing out parade of the first group of women commandos from

Sexist attitudes against women

By Ghausia Rashid Salam Discriminatory attitudes towards females begin at home, in the form of discrimination against the girl child. These are normalised cases of

Transgender persons in jail

It is a crass abuse of power to ridicule someone for what they can’t control, to strip them of dignity because their bodies are ‘different’.