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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Pakistan
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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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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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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Call for greater Pak-Azerbaijan cooperation to highlight Nagorno-Karabakh, Kashmir issues
Azeri Ambassador Ali Alizada addressing a seminar on Together for Peace and Humanity. End to Ethnic and genocide jointly by
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It is time for India and Pakistan to repeal their sedition laws
The laws that were created by the British Raj are still being used to stifle dissent on the Indian subcontinent,
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Two Pakistanis shortlisted for C’wealth youth awards
High Asia Herald Report Two young Pakistanis have been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Youth Awards, according to a press statement
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Govt’s top counsel resigns after SC remarks
High Asia Herald Report Islamabad: The government’s top counsel on Thursday resigned from his post. He submitted his resignation to
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All charges against AWP, PTM activists dropped
IHC wraps up cases against AWP PTM activists, asks government to protect the right to freedom of expression High
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Media, rights watchdogs hit out at government on new social media rules
The coalition of social media tech giants and legal experts have alarmed that the new regulation will curb political dissent,
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First female transgender represents Pakistan at UN forum
Aisha Mughal representing Pakistan at the UN Convention to end all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at Geneva, Switzerland
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