Mardangi, or masculinity, is frequently misunderstood in Pakistan. Instead of being associated with sensitivity, accountability, or respect, it is often linked to domination, repression and manipulation. Acts of violence, intimidation…
AN early warning and response mechanism aims to detect and address signs of violence before it occurs. Through EWRM police can engage with the community, respond to crises, spot early…
From the recent three decisions of Pakistan’s apex court to the wildfire spread of AI-generated deepfakes, the entire spectrum, digital as well as physical, has become a persistent battlefield for…
After poverty and climate change, Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TF-GBV) is the biggest challenge the world is confronted with today. Though both poverty and climate change are existential threats, TF-GBV is…
FOR generations, the village has been romanticised as a haven of peace — a place of simple lives, strong communities and neighbourly bonds. But the reality unfolding in many rural…
ON Aug 28, police station Banr in Swat came under a militant attack in which one policeman lost his life and two others were wounded. Investigations revealed that a tech-savvy…
WITH 245 terror attacks on security forces, police check-posts and public places — mostly in KP and Balochistan — in the first quarter of 2024 alone, it is obvious that…
About a week ago in Karachi, peaceful protesters against religious extremism and persecution of minorities were subjected to a roughing up at the hands of the Sindh Police. It did…
THE ongoing deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan has stirred a debate, within and without. But this is a debate which involves little nuance. Overall, this policy of the great…
IN the summer of 1999, a politician’s son shot dead a young woman at a party in New Delhi, India, for refusing to serve him a drink. A model, the…
