Amnesty International South Asia has urged the government of Pakistan to let Aurat March organisers hold their planned protest in the city. Young activists had planned a protest in Faisalabad on Sunday against the recent cases of violence against women. The Aurat March organisers had to cancel the event reportedly after the administration threatened to […]
Disgusted. Numb. Enraged. Nauseous. Speechless. Angry. Sad. Shocked. Exhausted. And some more adjectives to the effect, is all one gets to read and receive in reaction to the recent tsunami of violent crimes against women in Pakistan magnified by Noor Muqaddam’s brutal murder. I am none of those things. I am just scared. Make it […]
The internet is flooded with new and interesting memes every day. They have become an inseparable part of digital life; a popular culture in and of themselves. More importantly, memes are a powerful tool in the hands of people to challenge status quo, without necessarily being offensive. The word ‘meme’ is taken from Greek word […]