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Kankar: Was Kiran right or wrong in divorcing her husband?
The first slap is the worst – red, hot searing pain across the face. But what sears through is more than a slap. Something breaks inside. A feeling of helplessness, vulnerability and a shattered sense...
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Girl talk: Why do women hate other women?
For as far back as I can remember most fights I had were with girls. In high school, I was okay to know I didn’t have many girls by my side, aside from the select one or two I had decided to be loyal...
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10 situations which highlight why educating women is vital in Pakistan
Being the daughter of a surgeon, and being a lawyer myself, I hear and read stories everyday about how certain mishaps which have occurred could have been avoided with the simple proviso: education....
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The repercussions of being a working woman instead of a mother in Pakistan
Recently, I posted an article on Facebook titled, ‘Sorry but being a mother is not the most important job in the world’ only to be faced with the wrath of many women, both with and without children,...
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I want to live in a Pakistan where women support women
I once had dreams of building a successful career as a legal professional. I pursued this dream all the way up to studying for the Bar-entrance-examination. However, our society expects a girl to get...
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Cyber love, Skype affairs and affection that kills
"Hi, would you like to become friends with me?" "Well, you are a stranger and I am not allowed to talk to strangers." "If we talk, we can get to know each other, then we won't be strangers anymore."...
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Can a 12-year-old girl dance with Fawad Khan and sing about being together?
Step aside, Pitbull. There’s a brand new way to be inappropriately close to women way out of your league! It is a lesson not just for Pakistanis but for all humanity, for all men and children who are...
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Education will not end wife beating, Pakistan needs a cultural shift
Domestic violence - a truly horrific term, to which only its victims can truly relate, is another one of the many plagues Pakistan suffers from. Honestly, I had never thought much about it. I knew what...
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Moving out of a joint family isn’t as easy as it sounds
The desire to hold the rein is one thing, to actually command it is another. At most social gatherings, we often find women complaining about how miserable their lives are and how their in-laws who...
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Danish rape in India and advice to women visiting
A Danish tourist was abducted and gang raped at knife point in New Delhi last week. This is yet another one of a series of rapes that has shocked India and has shamed us once again. I have compiled a...
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A woman’s perspective: Pakistan must not negotiate!
As a woman, you grow up under the shadow of men. You look up to them to make important decisions for you. Ranging from how you have to eat and address your peers to what you should be studying, who you...
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Chinese new year, leftover women and the custom to rent-a-boyfriend
Along with the dumplings and yee sang (raw fish salad deemed to bring about good luck; usually eaten on the seventh day of the festivities) the very coveted Chinese new year brings with itself the...
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So many Hindu and female doctors! What is happening to Pakistan?
There are some things you can’t help doing – like talking to fundamentalists. I know many of them and almost all of them are convinced that non-Muslims want to harm Muslims. One such person, whom I...
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A ‘Pink’ bus for women, really?!
Recently in Lahore we were graced with the news of the arrival of our very own ‘Pink Bus’. The purpose of this bus is to rid, albeit momentarily, the female population from the roving eyes, slippery...
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Pink buses, pinkie rickshaws and extra-virgin airlines to the rescue!
So, we now have a women-only bus service. That makes sense. Given the piddling issues of mass unemployment, insecurity, a weak economy and the energy crisis, one can understand the government’s...
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5 movies every (wo)man should watch this Women’s Day
Despite the many differences between the East and the West, one dilemma is shared all over and that is the emancipation of women. Irrespective of social status, age, ethnicity or time period, women...
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International Women’s Day: My induction into the Pakistan Air Force
It was August 7, 2000 when a group of 40 girls entered the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy for the first time, in such a large number, as lady cadets or female cadets. And it changed the course of our...
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Afridi’s opinion on women is none of your business!
Just when we think we are over it, it starts all over again. Another video goes viral over social websites, attracts conversations and often takes you nowhere but through a vicious circle of ongoing...
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“Ask for ‘permission’ before taking a second wife? That is out of the question!”
Suddenly the head of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has claimed that it’s against the tenets of Islam for a man to seek permission from his wife before taking another one. The question that...
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Shahid Afridi: The face of sexism?
In the land of the pure, apparently, one cannot be a man and a feminist at the same time. The two seem to be mutually exclusive. Usually, this disconnect is attributed to the misconception that...
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