Zeenat Rafiq had been married to her husband for just one week when her mother showed up at the couple’s home in June offering to throw them a wedding celebration. It must have been strange for the 18-year-old Pakistani woman. Her mother, Perveen Bibi, had never approved of her relationship with Hassan Khan, a classmate....
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The Dirty Old Men of Pakistan
IN the world we live in, there is no dearth of pious men who believe that most of the world’s problems can be fixed by giving their women a little thrashing. And this business of a man’s God-given right to give a woman a little thrashing has brought together all of Pakistan’s pious men. A...
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#go loiter- India, Pakistan women unite for their right to loiter
“Besides of course the Hindi-Urdu capacity to speak to each other. The ‘chai tapris’ (tea shops) of Mumbai connected with the dhabas of Pakistan.” ALIGARH: As Prime Minster Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif go out of their way to revive stalled peace talks, sometimes even parachuting down at short notice in each...
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Serving Humanity Without Discrimination
United in nominating Abdul Sattar Edhi to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. “Saving Humanity is the Spirit of All Religions.” In a world ridden with communal and religious divides, this is a reminder that we are all born of ONE GOD, with just different names and forms. This is the motto of Edhi Foundation, founded...