The horrifying murder of four development workers in North Waziristan once again reminds us of the uphill struggle of women in the merged districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for the most basic rights. The slain women were part of a programme by a local organization to help impart household skills to the women of the region. The […]
45SharesThe case of poor Hindu women, working as sanitary workers in Sindh, deserves empathy. In a majority of cases they are the sole breadwinners of the family (while some of the husbands died during cleaning chores) trying to support families. The extent of neglect and discrimination they face for being Hindus creates a situation of […]
47Shares“I am the daughter of Indus, I am the daughter of Taxila, I am an heir of this 5,000-year-old civilization” (Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto) Only the poetic consciousness of Shah Abdul Lateef Bhitai could have given the words to her audacious struggle. Her audacity stood in the way of bigotry. Shah Sain would have placed her […]
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