Shanghai noon

Sat, Jul 31, 2010

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Shanghai noon

As I write this, I have just returned from a whirlwind tour of the world expo here in Shanghai china. its nearly past midnight and I have stood in hour long lines just to get inside four pavilions at the expo center. More on that later though as I shall start from the beginning of [...]

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Feminism in Pakistan

Fri, Jul 23, 2010

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Feminism in Pakistan

Through out the history of our world women have been both neglected, suppressed and trodden down upon in an effort to systematically reduce them to a level lower then men for objectification as well as exploitation.  However women’s groups and movements have fought against this oppression and for the equality of women to grant them [...]

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Practical optimism

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

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Practical optimism

Recently, I had been going through the  website of Youth Parliament Of Pakistan which focuses on Youth in the country and Youth’s awareness education and training in the norms of politics and democracy in the country. Several initiatives relating to the education and training of the youth of Pakistan have been launched and are running successfully, in [...]

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The urge to ban

Mon, Jul 19, 2010

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The urge to ban

Thou shalt not watch foreign media. A notion supported by many Pakistanis who foster a misconception that placement of such a ban would increase revenue for Pakistani media industry, halt Pakistanis from preferring to watch other channels, and also would indirectly cease Pakistani artists from heading over to the neighboring country. Why and how, one [...]

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Virtue, at what cost?

Thu, Jul 15, 2010

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Virtue, at what cost?

Are you are sitting there wondering what the above image is about? Its a section for women in the court marriage application form in Dubai. This has not been completely verified as I have yet to see the full document but this was tweeted by @youseftuqan this week and it kind of puts everything in [...]

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In the shadow’s

Thu, Jul 15, 2010

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In the shadow’s

A new corporate mini-documentary featuring our new superstar Naseem Hameed is all over our television screen these days. It shows a girl sprinting at school races as her parents cheer her on. Cut to the South Asian Games and that girl now a woman, still a sprinter, who wins the 100-metre event gold medal for [...]

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