Stories from Sahar Bandial
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Delayed justice
The judge-to-population ratio in the city of Karachi is estimated at 1: 103,448 (Legal Aid Society, 2017)
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Unregistered children
The birth of a child within the territory of Pakistan does not, automatically, vest citizenship in the newly born
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An issue no one’s discussing
India is confronted with question of constitutionality of triple talaq as a mode of dissolution of Muslim marriages
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Cultural wars
The happenings of last month have demonstrated how easily culture can become hostage to politics
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The age limit
PBC must reconsider the wisdom behind its age-restriction policy
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Elevating the cabinet
The Supreme Court has sought to restore balance to the constitutionally ordained system of governance in Pakistan
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The burkini ban
To coerce a Muslim woman to shed the burkini is no different from forcing her to shroud herself in a burqa or a niqab
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The free spirit
Qandeel Baloch represented resistance to patriarchy, poverty, to prudery, hypocrisy and our stifling public morality
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The third gender
Hijras, eunuchs, transsexuals, transvestites and hermaphrodites continue to live on the social periphery