An organisation comprising traders and local politicians in Hangu has banned the entry of women in bazaars in line with ‘local customs and values’. In a statement, Pasban said the men should bar ‘their women’ from visiting the Doaba Bazaar alone. It also directed the shopkeepers to refrain from dealing with any woman who was […]
Burqas have reportedly been distributed in the schools of Rustam, Mardan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The burqas were supposedly distributed for schoolgoing girls. A member of the Awami National Party National Youth Organisation shared a tweet that allegedly showed burqas that had been distributed in schools of Rustam. Expressing her disagreement with the move, […]
130SharesRecently, Faisalabad Agriculture University passed a notification of celebrating Sister’s day on Feb 14. Here’s Mahwash Ajaz’ s rant about this new trend that promotes cultural segregation towards a silent suffering majority. She questions why is respect conditioned to a woman being your sister or wearing a burqa? Mahwash Ajaz