Posts Tagged women
Madeeha Ishtiaque on 20, Apr 2012 | 105 Comments
Ever came across debates on why or why not to wear jeans, socks or may be shoes? The question might appear to hit the highest point of hilarity, but seriously, the discussion ad nauseam on ‘To wear ...
Senator (r) Iqbal Haider on 4, Mar 2012 | 15 Comments
After a long time Pakistan has reasons to rejoice. To receive Oscar is an unprecedented honour received by Pakistani Director Sharmeen for her film “Saving Face”. By any standard, it is a great hi...
Mariam Magsi on 18, Dec 2011 | 18 Comments
Pakistan is a country famous for many corrosion of society. It is also well known for harboring an extremely patriarchal culture. Girls marry young, have babies, are expected to be dutiful wives a...
Madeeha Ishtiaque on 26, Nov 2011 | 2 Comments
What might seems to be a clichéd issue ranted over by a group of head cocking women labeled feminists, happens to be a hugely chronicled, less deliberated and widely witnessed tale of cruelty against...
Madeeha Ishtiaque on 22, Nov 2011 | 3 Comments
Honor and respect are common rhetoric employed to justify barbarity against women especially in this part of the world. Born a woman here is surely a bane. Denied every right including the right to ed...
Mariam Magsi on 17, Nov 2011 | 1 Comment
Diligent and passionate people have been fighting to pass a bill of enormous proportions designed specifically for the safety of women in Pakistan. The “Prevention of Anti Women Practices Bill” ...