An issue that has met neglect for decades is the struggle of those living in slums, located along the wastewater streams. They face a plethora of problems, including but not limited to losing homes and possessions when the fury of monsoon rains hit. Islamabad hosts a population of 1 million (according to 2017 census) and […]
community
Black LGBTQ community celebrates, but says fight is far from over
Like the broader movement of which it is a part, the black LGBTQ community is celebrating advances since the historic Stonewall riots in New York — while continuing to face serious discrimination and ill-treatment. Some 15,000 people took part in Saturday’s Harlem Pride parade, an offshoot of New York’s larger Pride March on Sunday. The […]
Cubans ready to sue in US courts for confiscated properties
Jose Ramon Lopez Regueiro claims to be the sole heir of the once privately-owned Havana airport — and he is preparing to sue in US courts to recover the property confiscated in Cuba under Fidel Castro. The case is the result of President Donald Trump’s administration announcement in April that it would allow lawsuits in […]
Yazidis to accept children of Daesh rape into community
The children of Yazidi women raped by Daesh men will be welcomed into the minority faith, a community leader said Thursday, allowing women taken as slaves by the militant group to return to Iraq from Syria. Eido Baba Sheikh, son of the Yazidi spiritual leader Baba Sheikh, said the children of the formerly enslaved women […]
Attack on Hazara community three days after the release of LeJ Baluchistan leader.
At least 16 people were killed and over 30 were injured in a blast in Quetta’s Hzaraganji market. Later the reports confirmed that the attack was aimed at the Quetta’s Shia Hazara community. Half of the people who lost their lives were Hazara people. This fact can’t be ignored that this incident happened just three […]
Fate of the Hazara: the community caged within its own city
Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan Province, is a nervous city. In the past, people in Quetta were accustomed to taking leisurely walks on Jinnah Road, the main boulevard of the district, gazing at shop windows and haggling over the goods on display. Young men would sit in small groups on the pavement in […]
Pakistani celebrities in a bid to support rights of transgender people
All the way from protesting against sexual harassment, rallying against religious freedom to fighting against terrorism, transgenders in Pakistan are truly battling for their rights and lives. Forever being compromised as individuals in the society and always subjected to discrimination, they continue to face violence on an everyday basis. They are even slaughtered in the […]