Great people keep coming to this mortal universe. They live a life full of purposes. Dr Ruth is one of those brilliant minds & captivating sea-shores who lived for humanity. She was a medical doctor of leprosy. She moved from…
Tag: Women
Jirga System and Pashtun Women
Umar Mehsud Political, legal, and social exploitation of women is nothing that is unheard of, but in the Pashtun society, it is more rampant. Whether during the British colonial rule or after the Afghan war, women’s exploitation continued throughout. Social…
Never-ending Violence Against Women in Pakistan
By Usama Malick It is heart-rending to see the newspapers these days emblazoned with the headlines describing the reprehensible & barbaric gang-rape of a woman who was on her way from Lahore to Gujranwala. There is no…
Women and the Independence Movement
Maleeha Basharat The Islamabad police just arrested trans-activist Julie Khan. She is known for her viral social media series “The Naked Truth”. She often talks about the problems that transwomen face including sexual abuse, harassment, poverty. A month earlier, a…