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“She’s doing injustice to both by bringing her baby to work” – uh, ok! 1950 called, they want you back!
We are a country whose women have worked on farms and fields and carried out outdoor chores while carrying babies.
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‘Beautiful Teen Boys of Pakistan’: A chance for us to introspect
It is not fair to prevent our youth from using websites. But we must teach them what is appropriate and what is not.
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Pashto films are destroying Pashtun culture
“Khandani Badmaash, Bewaqoof, Sharabi, Wehshi Badmaash, Ujrati, Charsi"...
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Education in Peshawar: Will free higher education for students with distinctions help?
How can teachers who can't even speak a single word correctly in English or Urdu, help our education system to thrive?
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In the name of honour, a woman can be a breadwinner but cannot vote?
Running brothel-houses and secret bars for men does not become a matter of honour but a woman casting a vote does?
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Being a woman: Why does marriage equal lifetime security?
I will become a wife, daughter, sister in law, mother and everything else – but what I ever wished to be...
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Eid shopping and memories from Swat
We are happy and it's normal now but the past has scarred us - we jump out of our beds thinking they have come again!