Child marriage in Pakistan: No end to the horror on August 9, 2018Child marriage is a human rights violation and gives a bad name to the country. Although rooted mainly in Sindh’s tradition, culture and customary practices, child marriages are a common occurrence all over Pakistan. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), three per cent of girls in Pakistan are married before the age of […]
Peace, justice and effective institutions on August 3, 2018In September 2000, leaders of 189 countries gathered at the United Nations headquarters and signed the historic Millennium Declaration, in which they committed to achieve a set of eight measurable goals that range from reducing extreme poverty and hunger, to promoting gender equality, and even reducing child mortality, by the target year of 2015. Sadly, […]
What about the minority vote? on July 8, 2018It is regrettable that the minorities in Pakistan have not been given full political and civil rights until date. How sad is it that a non-Muslim, no matter how intelligent and capable, cannot become the president, prime minister, senator, governor or even the chief justice. From 1947 until now, minorities in Pakistan have faced several […]
‘Seeing my cousin murdered in the name of honour required a strong response’ on June 22, 2018Khalida Brohi is a young Pakistani woman with a heart of warrior. She strives for justice and women empowerment. She is a women’s rights advocate and social entrepreneur. The 27-year-old was recently honoured as one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs in Asia, and also awarded as Buffett Institute Award for Emerging World Leaders. […]
The need for empowering women in Pakistan on June 8, 2018Pakistan has had some great women role models and they have struggled for every inch of the way and we are proud of all such Pakistani women. Without any doubt Pakistani women are the most impressive and accomplished women on the planet. They’ve won Nobel Prizes, Oscars etc and are changing the way of our […]
Women empowerment should be a priority for stakeholders on May 29, 2018Pakistan is a developing country. Social norms and cultural values are deeply rooted here. However, over the years, women have been increasingly disempowered, degraded and subjugated across all societies in the world but Pakistan tops the list. Within Pakistan men believe that they are naturally superior to women because they are rational and logical while […]
Access to free legal aid on May 23, 2018According to a report titled ‘Understanding the Informal Justice System: Opportunities and Possibilities for Legal Pluralism in Pakistan’, 98.2 percent of respondents in a survey opined that the poor and lower-classes do not have access to justice in the formal justice system. One of the reasons for limited access to the formal justice system, as […]
The best tea dhaba in Lahore on May 20, 2018Food to Lahoris is what a pen is to writer or a credit card to a shopaholic. Lahoris are known to devour their food and most of them could kill for a lot less than a good chop masala. For Lahoris, drinking tea used to be a fashionable habit but with the passage of time […]
What happened to Lahore’s historical statues? on May 1, 2018After gaining independence, Lahore became Pakistan’s cultural capital and retained its primacy and beautification. Lahore was a city where Bapsi Sidhwa’s characters lived, Amrita Sher-Gil painted her immortal compositions and Iqbal wrote his thought provoking poetry. This cosmopolitan city also had many historical monuments and statues which history books reminds us of, but with the […]
Trend of songs about social issues becoming popular in Pakistan on April 23, 2018From ‘Dil say Pakistan’, ‘Mr Fraudiye’, ‘Waderey Ka Beta’ to ‘Miti Da Palwan’ and ‘Aalu Andey’, several musicians have a long history of incorporating protest and social issues into their songs. Music is a universal language that we all understand and that holds a great deal of power. Pakistani bands are increasingly becoming vocal about […]