The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad has launched a transformative journey to cultivate a generation of well-rounded individuals through sports and co-curricular activities by taking several initiatives like talent hunt,…
Now that the primary process of the 2024 election has concluded, let’s have another look at the election manifestos of major political parties. While some parties have made promises of…
Weakness is a curse. It invites others to deprive you of your legitimate rights and resources. The poverty, indignity and injustice that people suffer from are symptoms whose causes lie…
Women hold up half the sky, but whether they are compensated for this effort in Pakistan remains questionable. As of last year, Pakistan stood only above Afghanistan as the second-most…
Recently, the Punjab government, notably spokesperson for the government and Minister Attaullah Tarar, has spoken about introducing a rape emergency in the province, because of the high number of assault…
THE obvious is often obscure, it seems. The state of affairs regarding women’s rights has hardly ever been a matter of pressing concern for our masters. Yet ornamented rhetoric has…
First a few elementary statistics on gender inequality in Pakistan: according to the Global Gender Gap Index Report 2018, launched in October last year; Pakistan ranks at 148th position out…
A new and empowered political setup is in the offing in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). This arrangement will clip the unprecedented powers of the federal government that are being…
There are visible gaps in the policy, discourse and practice of social development vis-a-vis the legal dimension of empowerment in Pakistan. Most of the social-mobilisation programmes have not incorporated the…
Blessed with opportunities, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy – a talented and brave Pakistani woman – could have chosen other professions to excel. But her decision to highlight the plight of women in…
