Over 200 million women and girls in 30 countries across the world have suffered Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It is an age-old custom exercised in many parts of the world, especially in African and Middle Eastern communities to ‘cleanse’ the girl before she is married off. A horrific tradition that first came into limelight in […] The post To Cut And Cleanse? appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.
November of 1968 to February of 1969, were perhaps some of the most fiery times in the often troubled history of Pakistan. The four months painted by a revolutionary fervour, surging with the radical energy of the revolutionary and anti-imperialist global movements of the 1960s, these were the months that comprised the anti-Ayub movement. Those […] The post Lessons Of The Red Maulana appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.
Diwali symbolises the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance”. Diwali is a main religious feast that Hindu people celebrate. Diwali is celebrated at the end of every autumn to commemorate the victory of Hindu god Lord Ram over evil Ravana and how he spent 14 years in tranquillity. […] The post Pakistani Hindus Celebrate Diwali appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.