Pakistan’s infamous writer Khalilur Rehman Qamar is ensnared in yet another controversy after he lashed out at a female journalist during a panel discussion. The writer, notoriously known for his misogynistic rants and for disrespecting any woman who dares disagree with him, walked out of a talk show while spewing sexist slurs at a female […]
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Chechen women go places with female-only taxi service
Checking her blind spot, Fatima Dzhambulatova changes lanes on a busy avenue in Chechnya’s capital Grozny. In this Muslim republic of Russia, she is spearheading a women-only taxi service. At the wheel of a white sedan bearing the bright purple logo “Mekhkari”, the name of the service launched this spring, the 49-year-old taxi driver explains […]
6-year-old girl forced into marriage to settle honour in Pakpattan
A 6-year-old girl’s fate was decided by a panchayat when it ordered her family to marry her off as vani to settle a love marriage dispute in Mehraabad, UC Jewan Shah in the area of Police Station Rangshah, Pakpattan on Thursday. According to reliable sources, father of the 6-year-old told Daily Times that a few […]
Understanding the overbearing female ego
Where scientists defy, examine and explain things that others might claim to be acts of God, as a poet and budding writer, I use symbols and romanticized battles of expression to gain insight into the colossal collision of melodramas that life guarantees. Throughout the sands of time, men have been known to have big egos, […]