Zeeba T Hashmi  

The fact is they exist and have existed here throughout our history. They were the entertainers, the artisans, the lovers, the bodyguards, the warriors, the dancers and the feeble among the crux of society that never looked at them with any recognition. Their public mockery and derogatory instigations have pushed them towards the retrograde in […]

There is a crying need for the Hindus of Pakistan to get their marriages legally registered to safeguard their matrimonial rights. This comes under the great threat many Hindu women face of forced conversions and marriage to Muslim men. Allegedly, the real intent behind the forced marriages of Hindu women is canopied by the instances […]

Pakistan is a country where multitudes of thought, people, and geography exist. Yet it is a nation that suffers severely from an identity crisis, which has bred easy ground for social chaos and discrimination against the vulnerable, marginalised and minority classes in the country. Resultantly, social bigotry has become a common phenomenon, further fuelled by […]

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), a product of 1962, re-structured in 1973 under the government of the PPP, is notorious for passing ridiculous edicts or religious fatwas to give recommendations to the legislating bodies or advising the judiciary to help give out their anti-people judgments. Though constitutionally it is not an implementing authority, it […]

A pragmatic approach and rationality are very important factors in policy-making by parliamentary representatives to formulate bills and pass them. Our youth has so much potential and a pioneering approach but they remain unheard because of joblessness and a lack of platforms to express their views. In order to assess the social scenario of Pakistan, […]