13-year-old girl from Charsadda was recently rescued from a forced marriage to a 72-year-old man.
By Fawad Pirzada The caste system, often associated with Hinduism, also exists in Pakistan, where it divides people into groups based on family background and traditional jobs. This system leads to social hierarchies, with some castes seen as higher and …
It’s been a decade less than two centuries since the British decided to colonize India through medium of education. The decision was brought about through English Education Act 1835 of which Lord Macaulay was the chief architect.
The news that was conveniently ignored by authorities is of girls getting attacked by the activists of the student group Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) for playing cricket on the campus of Karachi University with their male counterparts near a bus stop.
An indigenous community in Pakistan; The BAKRWAL community belongs to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and regions of Azad Jammu, and Kashmir.
The year was 2013. Around the Lahore Central Railway Station are the narrow alleys that present a maze of run-down hotels and restaurants for passengers coming in from across the Pakistan.
Historically, the principles of equity, discipline and the conformity to the social codes have always remained integral to the people of the tribal region
These and other related problems were discussed in a consultation session jointly organized by Ibtidah for Education and Shaheed Bhutto Foundation at SZABIST ( Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology), Islamabad Campus. Academics, Researchers, Human Rights Activists, members of civil society participated and contributed in the discussion with special reference to democratic education and process of democratization in Pakistan.
A consultation session titled Demoratization of Education in Pakistan was organized by Ibtidah for Education on 15th of July,2023 in Rawalpindi. The participants included Educational Policy experts, Academicians, Civil Society representatves, Social, Human Rights & Political Activists. Ms. Zeeba Hashmi …
In Faislabad, the police are busy raiding homes of Ahmadi citizens to ensure that they do not make the mistake of celebrating Eid or even of exchanging common Muslim greetings.