2019 A Year For Womenon January 4, 2020Dedicated to all Pakistani women who speak up and to all those who are silenced The 365 days of 2019 like all other years too had been different for different women who form 49% of Pakistan’s total population. The word feminist beyond the idea of categorizing feminism as geek,liberal, socialist,radical etc.gained new attentions and controversies […]
The arroganceon December 16, 2019Motivational and inspirational confidence exhibited by leaders in any field not only allows them to undertake challenging tasks but also enables their followers to give their best performance. Confidence, however, must never be confused with arrogance. Any egotistical conduct of a leader can seriously damage emotions and sentiments of those who bear it, besides portraying […]
People with Disabilities and our Ableismon December 13, 2019Dedicated to the nerve of all People with Disabilities (PWD) Disability affects more than one billion people worldwide and the latter are regularly and repeatedly affected by the remaining7billions orso-the Abled.The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities includes people with disabilities as those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory […]
Happy birthday PTVon November 25, 2019A bang in electronic media in Pakistan ended PTV’s monopoly in early 2000 that was officially born on 26 November 1964, after an introduction by Syed Wajid Ali (who initiated a television project in 1961). Aslam Azher the legend was PTV’s first Managing Director, thef irst Center was in Lahore and then there was no […]
Pakistan through the mental health lenson November 16, 2019As a perpetual student of life and caring practitioner of inclusivity and diversity I always study our national policies, strategic priorities and international commitments through the gender lens first. Over the last few years, however, I have started looking at all matters that affect human lives by applying the filter of mental health. Besides reading […]
Towards an inclusive World Economic Order?on September 15, 2019Let us not forget that we are living in a world where, Telephones are becoming more pertinent than Toilets ;in 2000, only 12% of the global population had mobile phones subscriptions, and about 60% had access to basic sanitation. Currently the percentage of people with cell phone subscriptions is higher than those using sanitation services. […]
Happy Birthday Pakistan with lots of prayerson August 10, 2019Pakistan is my only homeland and beloved. I was born in an officially free land that was not under colonial rule. I grew up listening to the stories of our war heroes. I also had the honour of knowing some a bit closely. As a development practitioner and humanitarian, I have had the privilege of […]
Domestic abuseon July 24, 2019Dear daughters keep screaming, speak up and speak out – Stay safe. Stay strong. Men and women both may be suffering in a relationship (because who said women who also happen to be humans cannot be demanding difficult, lack understanding, manipulative etc etc) also human beings. But this by no means is an excuse for […]
Silence on violence-some impressionson July 13, 2019The famineof freedom from fears is spotted in varying degrees on the map of the current world where violence causes more than 1.6 million deaths globally every year. World Health Organization estimated that the 20th century was one of the most violent periods in human history. An estimated 191 million people lost their lives directly […]
Dear men, be the champions of women emancipationson June 2, 2019Dedicated to a brave man Mirza Ali, a mountaineer, a campaigner to encourage women in outdoor sports and brother of Samina Baig, the first and only Pakistani woman to climb Everest. We are living in a speedily changing world that appears, more receptive towards diversity and egalitarianism. The prejudiced mental-conditioning, however, is not going away […]