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Mouj: A silent sufferer and a valorous soul

May 24, 2021August 10, 2021 Our ContributorOpinions and Comments

The following piece was contributed by an anonymous writer from Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The ongoing conflict in Kashmir has been the most formidable challenge for the Kashmiri mothers so far. The political situation has had a very critical…

نظم: زمین کا خیال

March 24, 2021August 10, 2021 Our ContributorPoetry, Urdu & Other local languages

زمین کا خیال کیامریخ والے رکھیں گے؟یہ زمین ہماری ہےہماری ذمہ داری ہےتمھیں بھی ہونی چاہیےمجھے تو بہت پیاری ہےکرو خیال اس کا کہیہ نہیں تو ہم نہیںدرخت کٹتے دیکھو جوآواز ضرور اٹھاو تم!جو بھی کر سکو، کرو!زمین کو بچاو…

DHAs Indifference Towards The Environment

March 24, 2021August 10, 2021 Our ContributorOpinions and Comments

Defence Housing Authority is a supposedly private housing real estate company that constructs and manages the most elite suburban areas in Pakistan. The organization is famous for being a part of the military encroachment into Pakistani public life. DHA is…

Poem: Farmer’s Revolution

March 24, 2021August 10, 2021 Our ContributorPoetry

WE feed the masters of workers.Yes, We are impoverish and improvident farmers We toil in summer and we wait till winter.Yes, we can’t educate our children We nourish and provide fruits and crops. Yes, we can’t see fruit of our…

Growing up as a Hazara woman: Namud Hijab Changezi

March 24, 2021April 20, 2021 Our ContributorOpinions and Comments

When I was young, I used to play in the streets with no worries of such that I am a Girl. By the pace of time, I realised that people criticised me for playing with boys in the street. At…

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and International Law

March 24, 2021April 20, 2021 Our ContributorNews and Analysis

Talking about women’s sexuality has always been taboo in this world as if women are not normal as other humans are, but some grave expectations adhere to their existence. Talking about women’s health crisis or anything related to know about…

Book Review: Rah-e-Azm

March 24, 2021September 4, 2021 Our ContributorOpinions and Comments, Uncategorized

To live, get an education, earn a livelihood and then leave this world are not the only things humans are created for, humans are bestowed with additional and tremendous capabilities to understand and perceive the world around them. As we…

COVID-19 and Pakistan’s shrinking Economy

March 24, 2021April 20, 2021 Our ContributorNews and Analysis

The outbreak of coronavirus has shattered people’s social and economic life badly, infecting more than 1 billion people and causing death to around 2.6 million all across the world. COVID-19 is reshaping the world’s cultural, political, social, and economic matters.…

Aurat March in mainstream discourse; trials and triumphs

March 7, 2021April 20, 2021 Our ContributorOpinions and Comments

Aurat March has become a voice of the voiceless women in Pakistani who have been exploited, harassed, subjected to violence. This part of our population is amongst the subaltern in the social sphere, and yet makes more than 50% of…

“پاکستانی عورت کو مغربی عورت سے زیادہ آزادی حاصل ہے۔”

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Our ContributorUrdu & Other local languages

پاکستان میں زبان زدِ عام یہ جملہ کہ ‘پاکستانی عورت کو مغربی عورت سے زیادہ آزادی حاصل ہے’، عورت پر ظلم و جبر کے سوال کا وہ ناقص جواب ہے جس کے پیچھے اس درندہ صفت معاشرے کا ہر مرد…