Eulogy versus résumé
Our social lives are dictated by quantifiable milestones.
Saba Karim Khan
It's time to see our daughters as humans and not as 'sealed packs' before marriage
Women face greater risks from rape and domestic abuse than from malaria, cancer, war and traffic accidents collectively.
FICTION: CHRONICLES OF A GENIUS FORETOLD
An astonishingly epic debut novel is a masterful portrait of a country as well as a fitting epitaph for its gone-too
The ‘second shift’
Women blame themselves for not advancing as fast as men.
Ticking time bomb
Mental health problems are not imagined maladies.
It's time to talk about women being shamed for making the first move
By suppressing women’s choices, we are closing a window of seeking love in a world rapidly filling with hate.
Academic arms race
One must stand in line before sunrise to collect admission tokens.
Unequal responses
There is an obvious gap in global media reporting.
Worse than death
A LITRE of acid in Pakistan costs less than a bottle of water in the US. In less than one dollar, it has the power ...
Pariahs on the streets
Street children continue to be ignored.
No fear of accountability
THE Victorian chimney sweep in Britain, the first industrial nation, was once an even bigger symbol of inhumanity than the bonded child labourer and sex-trafficked women of Pakistan and India today.
The wages of pride
THERE are moments when being Pakistani, one feels the nation has made remarkable headway — from technology to travel to nuclear energy. And then there is the vital question of humanity and where we rank
Between law and practice
ENTER the second decade of the 21st century and one continues to speculate over the socially constructed notion of aspirational gender parity, which has existed across various cultures and societies.