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Is piddarshahi a feminine noun?

On sisterhood, solidarity and the sacrifices made to organise and attend Aurat March
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Comrade: A lament, a love letter

What does it mean to be a comrade today? What unfulfilled desire, what future promise, does it hold?
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Where are students supposed to live?

Last year’s CDA action against hostels exposed a paradox: Education is a priority. But are students?
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Is abortion legal in Pakistan?

Lack of clarity has made life difficult—and dangerous—for millions of women
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Why is it so difficult to talk about female genital cutting in Pakistan?

Reticence, resistance and intimations of a reckoning
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ایمپریس مارکیٹ کے متاثرین کا کیا بنا؟

گیارہ نومبر 2018 کو ایمپریس مارکیٹ پہ ہونے والی انسدادِ تجاوزات مہم نے کم از کم تین ہزار پھیری والوں کو متاثر کیا
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Afterlives of the Empress

It took one day to evict informal vendors from Empress Market. It has taken a year—and counting—for them to rebuild their lives.  
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Sued for saying #MeToo

Criminal defamation lawsuits are rising at an alarming rate in Pakistan. What happens when you’re served?
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#MeToo and the media: Mistakes we know we are making

In light of the rape allegations against the CEO of Dawn, we asked journalists how we can better report on ourselves and each other.
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Indigenous iterations of azaadi in Kashmir

Tracing the life and legacy of Maqbool Bhat
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Silencing Kashmir

Social media platforms are silencing dissenting Kashmiri voices. Soch investigates how, and why.
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Karachi’s Missing Children

Why are rising rates of infanticide not a pressing issue for Karachi's police?
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Marching for Water

Hundreds of people from the Indus delta region marched 140 km in July this year. Their demand was simple: Water.
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One Khokha, One Thousand Lives

Why then is the CDA so adamant to shut down Islamabad's khokhas?
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The Kashmir Dispute – A Timeline

India and Pakistan have been locked in a territorial dispute over Kashmir since 1947. This timeline charts the history of the region and the conflict
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India Scraps Kashmir’s Special Status Amid Statewide Crackdown

Indian has revoked Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special autonomy to Kashmir. What does this mean for Jammu & Kashmir?
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“I am part of you”

Jalila Haider is here to stay, to challenge the present order, and rebuild the future for her community. In these pursuits, she is relentless.
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What the Jharu Embodies

If the forced identity of Pakistani Christians has become sanitation workers, then the symbol most commonly associated with them is the jharu.
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A Culture of Rape

Rape culture in Pakistan is the embodiment of a constant power struggle; one that is carefully nurtured and disdainfully disregards that female wounds are deeper than male ‘desires’.
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Quetta’s Missing, Dying, Dead, and those Left Behind

Communities in Balochistan have been protesting for over a decade. Can anyone hear them?
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Smartphones and the fight against sexual harassment

The smartphone’s role as a whistle-blower on society is probably least available to those experiencing the heaviest brunt of social injustices.
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The tragedy of Lahore’s Orange Line

The Orange Line Metro Train is slated to launch by June 2019. This correspondent visited the affected sites in January 2018 to assess the heritage and property damage caused by its construction.
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What political parties believe about healthcare

Pakistan’s total expenditure on healthcare is a mere 3 percent of its GDP.
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Unexplained abductions in Karachi

Countless people around the country have gone missing this year after being associated with Pashtun Tahafuz Movement.
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