In the aftermath of the brutal gang-rape of a woman who was traveling on the Motorway in the Gujjarpura area of Punjab, the country-wide discussion on violence against women has gained yet more urgency. Calls for exemplary punishments of the perpetrators, such as public hanging, have proliferated in the public sphere. Suggestions by some, including […]
Naya Daur spoke to various experts about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly, which has generated mixed reactions in Pakistan. Dr Nazir Hussain, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad said Prime Minister’s speech reflects elements of independence from western influence as we have observed in the past, adding […]
258SharesOfficial statistics over the past two-and-a-half year reveal that boys are more vulnerable to sexual and other forms of violence than girls. As per statistics collected by Naya Daur from Ministry of Human Rights under the Right of Access to Information Act 2017, a total of 543 child abuse cases were reported in the past […]