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The policeman slapped her across the face. On TV. But we will blame the woman
It is obvious that he acted out of sheer irritation and annoyance of being harangued by a female reporter.
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Sang e Mar Mar: The sorry tale of honour in Pakistan
What’s brilliant about the play is that it uncovers the social connotations that go into the construct of...
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Pakistan, where merit takes a backseat and connections take the wheel
I have known people who offer to do groceries, pick and drop children, just to get into their employer's 'good...
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It is in Trump’s America that a seven-year-old Muslim boy can be bullied and bruised
He was physically abused by classmates. His family had been harassed by neighbours too and called ‘terrorists’.
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Should the internet be the one teaching our children about ‘the birds and the bees’?
Teenagers experience surges of hormones in their bodies and sexual arousal is a part of this physiological development
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Is the state of parental leaves in Pakistan more unfair towards men or women?
When a man and a woman get married, the man goes off to work and resumes his ‘job,’ whereas the woman has a...
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The faults in PEMRA’s decisions
Making fun of Taher Shah is okay. Forcing someone to eat mangoes is okay. Making a funny face is not.
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A special place in hell is not enough for women like these
She later threatened MJ, stating that she ‘knew her license plate’ and MJ threatened to lodge an FIR against her.
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Remember this image, O’holy Muslim brethren?
A Muslim mob in Egypt stripped naked a 70-year-old woman after rumours that her son had an affair with a Muslim woman.
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Should doctors have allowed a sexual abuse victim in her 20s to be euthanised?
Those who argue pro-euthanasia claim that it is a human being’s right to choose what they do with their life.
