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Pakistan must ensure that women are included in the family planning process
The private and public sector must ensure that couples have access to contraceptives and family planning guidance
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Making Pakistan proud: In conversation with interdisciplinary designer Wajiha Pervez
"Women in Pakistan are in a far better place than their mothers and grandmothers were, and they know that."
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#MeToo, #JahezKhoriBandKaro, #NotFunny: Lifting the curtain of sexism in Pakistan
We did not consider any of it to be harassment, and even if it was, it was to be brushed under the carpet.
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In Pakistan, restaurants only care if you fast, but not if you pray
The reverse discrimination against people who attempt at being practicing Muslims in the Islamic Republic is real.
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International Women’s Day: What if women started getting paid for household work?
Imagine if the women in rural Pakistan started charging for carrying the water back home.
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The lifafa culture and the materialistic desire to ‘earn’ more on Eid
Such customs and attitudes of parents subliminally condition children to gauge people by monetary standards too soon.
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Dear Ms Fiza Ali, how can you say Karachi has no culture?
During the morning show, Fiza Ali said, “Lahore has culture. Karachi has no culture. Fishermen have no culture”.
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Will the real liberal please stand up?
True liberalism is having the heart to listen open-mindedly to an opposing view point, even though you may disagree.
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Did Yasra Rizvi deserve to be trolled for her unconventional mehr?
Mehr is an absolutely obligatory clause of the marriage contract for Muslims, no matter how big or small the amount.
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The Junaid not many knew
Junaid was not as guarded with the media as I thought, not guarded enough. His utterances often got him into trouble.