Rethinking development agenda
Pakistan is an extremely patriarchal society … it’s not surprising that the women have never had the kind of visibility that
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Author: thehighasia
Urdu feminist writing: new approaches
This issue of WWB is concerned with exploring new approaches to Urdu feminist writing. The field of Urdu writing generally,
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GB journalists trained on gender-sensitive reporting
HRCP, AKHSP conduct training workshop for reporters about gender issues; code of ethics to be developed for local reporters
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Pakistan’s social media rules disastrous for freedom of expression
By Michael Karanicolas Pakistan’s newly published Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, 2020 (the Rules) pose a serious danger for free speech in that country.
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Protecting Pakistan’s children
By Anita Bakhtiar As a citizen born in the 1980s, I grew up watching Kashmir Solidarity Day parades and looking
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‘This is our version of the coronavirus. We are sick’, says Arundhati Roy
The award-winning author addressed a gathering at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Sunday Beloved friends, comrades and my fellow
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Lot Mitaar and the rise of Chitral
by Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir Prior to Aman-ul-Mulk’s ascension to the throne of Chitral in 1858 the fortunes of
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Politics of the Left in Pakistan
by Farhatullah Babar The death of comrade Dr Yasrab Tanvir Gondal, popularly known as Lal Khan for his Marxist
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Taliban, US sign peace deal
The peace deal was signed after 18 months of talks in Doha Sorin Furcoi Al Jazeera] Peace deal signed in
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Protests across India are part of a global fourth-wave feminist uprising
Hong Kong, Lebanon, Sudan, Brazil and Colombia are witnessing similar movements. by Alka Kurian Women are among the strongest
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ITB: Berlin travel fair cancelled amid coronavirus fears
Organisers of the ITB travel trade fair in Berlin, billed as the world’s biggest, said Friday they were cancelling
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Comrade: a lament, a love letter
What does it mean to be a comrade today? What unfulfilled desire, what future promise, does it hold? By AYYAZ MALLICK
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Mrinal Sen’s films rejected political apathy
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty on a giant of the Bengali renaissance When Rabindranath Tagore died in 1941, crowds gathered outside his
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Pakistan women stun Windies to launch T20 World Cup campaign
Bismah, Dar and Javeria give Pakistan an opening victory of Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 CANBERRA: Pakistan’s women launched
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Five-time Grand Slam winner Sharapova calls time on career
The 32-year-old Russian tennis star will be remembered in many corners of her sport with respect more than affection
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