Happy Mother’s Day Pakistan

Posted on May 11, 2008
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Adil Najam Today is Mother’s Day. Everyday should be a day to cherish and to honor what our mothers do for us. But it is good that on one day at least we take a few minutes out to think of that which can sometime become so routine that it becomes easy to forget. So, […]

Violence Against Women: Breaking Down Walls

Posted on May 8, 2008
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By Aisha Sarwari What are the odds that I move into a house in the elite F/11 sector of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad and our land lord turns out to be a wife-beater? 1 in 4, according to the United Nations report on gender 2007. Flip it around and the same applies to 25% of all […]

The F.E. Choudhry Gallery: Women at Work

Posted on April 27, 2008
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Nadeem Omar Much like the last photograph in our series on the F.E. Chaudhry Collection, this photograph is also about women at work. But in a different way. This photograph, taken in Lahore probably in the 1960s, brings to light many Pakistani realities; some of which have changed, and some not.

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