We all say we love Pakistan, and can do anything for it, even die for it. However, the reality is that we as a nation just talk big but we are not willing to do even small things. The bar of morality has come way down. No body is willing […]
Women Forum
Standing Up To Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is a grave crime that leaves the victims in mental agony and distress for life. No one should tolerate sexual harassment. Everyone has the right to be treated with respect and dignity. Inappropriate behavior is a developing issue everywhere be it work areas, schools or anywhere a woman goes. […]
Hold Her Hand and Protect your Woman
Every woman has a past. Some are physically abused. Some have violent parents and a broken family. Some have had pubertal issues. Some have endured sexual abuse as a child from their own family members. Some have messed up love stories. Some were forced to have sex in the name […]
Opposition to the Women Protection Bill: Allusion to the Patriarchal Mindset of our Society
The last few days have seen much debate and deliberation regarding the recently passed Women’s Protection Bill in the Punjab Assembly. Unsurprisingly, most of this has come from men, predominantly the self-proclaimed bastions of Islam, individuals who strictly believe that it is only they who are entitled to make decisions for women […]
The Plight of Girls Education in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)
The image of literacy of women in KPK is vague. Although the provincial and federal governments claim to have taken measures towards this cause but they have been unable to turn their words into action. The girls of KPK, particularly in villages, are facing a lot of problems in pursuing […]
Husband writes sad email to complain that photographer had airbrushed wife’s wrinkles
Texan husband wrote moving email to photographer about wife’s retouch Photoshopped images reminded him to ‘celebrate all her imperfectness’ Victoria Halton shared the letter on her company website and it’s gone viral A husband from Texas USA wrote a heart touching letter to a photographer who did a sexy […]
Designer Tabassum Mughal Beats Up a Client for Asking a Refund
Famous Karachi based designer Tabasum Mughal has been accused of verbally and physically abusing her client when she demanded a refund. According to reports, the client demanded a refund after the designer missed the deadline of her bridal clothes several times. Apparently the demand for a refund got the designer […]
Parenting, a Challenge: Why Pakistanis need to Revamp their Parenting Style!
“The price of greatness is responsibility”, a succinct dictum by Sir Winston Churchill fittingly and cogently explicates the august commissioning to one of the most challenging and rewarding enterprises of ‘becoming a parent’. A huge responsibility often taken for granted though, the stature of being a parent — assiduously […]
Pink Rickshaws: Women Empowerment
Women in Pakistan are being considered marginalized and financially dependent, but The Environment Protection Fund, an NGO, has taken the initiative to introduce the pink rickshaw scheme for the women of Lahore. The ‘ladies only’ pink rickshaws service is indeed a fabulous effort to bring the women to the mainstream […]
Prince Charming: what do women look for in a man?
We are all trying to find someone who would be perfect for us – women are a lot more complicated than men are, and they always keep their radars on and look for the qualities that a perfect man should be having. Almost every woman has an image of how […]
