More and more women are seen riding motorbikes in Pakistan. In a country where female immobility is a major hurdle towards empowerment and gender equality, these bikes are an obvious solution to a persisting problem. However, in a country where culturally and socially women are considered property and a representation of honour rather than a […]
Women of Hazara Town, Quetta
The Hazara community in Baluchistan have been a victim of mass target killings and discrimination. While the situation for the hazara community is bleak, Hamida Ali decided to do some good in her community by providing an avenue for financial independence to the women of the Hazara community. She has opened the first and only […]
Hamare Jamhoriat : Episode 1 (Representative Democracy)
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Pakistan’s hidden shame : How we treat our rape victims
Rape is a very sad reality of the Pakistani society. What makes matters worse is the victim shaming mentality and the shunning of the victim altogether. Many a time, the victim is also forced to marry her rapist just to save the honor of her family. The reason is almost always that the people in […]
Do You Know Which Politician Made The Following Statements?
Pakistan has had a long history of politicians and some of them have said some really wise things. Problem is that our country is plagued by so many problems that we are more inclined towards only bashing our politicians. We have picked up some great quotes by some politicians and if you guess them right, […]