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The Handmaid’s Tale: A symbol of resistance, women empowerment, realisation or all of the above?

The television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1984 seminal dystopian novel is a harrowing reminder of not just a feared future…

6 years ago

UN calls for a global ban on ‘virginity testing’

The organization stresses that such tests are both unscientific and a violation of human rights

6 years ago

Pakistani company apologizes after threatening new employee ‘to take off hijab or leave’

Women being policed on how they dress, this time by leading digital agency Creative Chaos

6 years ago

‘David versus Goliath’: Image of man at Gaza protest goes viral

A shirtless young man was shot while holding the flag and slingshot in another hand

6 years ago

Differently-abled Sikh girl allegedly raped inside ambulance

Rapists, allegedly affiliated with Rescue 1122 have been arrested

6 years ago

Why are these govt-housing residents resisting eviction?

Residents of Martin, Pakistan quarters insist they are rightful owners despite orders from court to clear out

6 years ago

Aasia Bibi case: 5 key takeaways from SC’s final verdict

We read the 56-page-long verdict so you don't have to (although, you should)

6 years ago

‘Thank you, Jesus’: Pakistani Christians breathe sigh of relief following Aasia Bibi’s acquittal

Members of Christian community say they're overjoyed but still fearful

6 years ago

Justice Khosa’s literary flair is all too evident in his judicial prose

SC judge quotes Shakespeare in Aasia Bibi verdict, not the first time he's used references from literature

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This woman and her baby were stranded on side of the road because of TLP protests

Amna Mawaz was on her way to Lahore when protests erupted after Aasia Bibi verdict

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