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February 04, 2019
Diversity through regional languages in pedagogy
An Adab Festival Pakistan session titled ‘What About the Rest? Challenges and Strategies in National Language Pedagogy’ was held on Sunday to...
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February 03, 2019
Call for allocating budget for mental health
The session titled ‘Is Life Worth Living-Finding hope in Pakistan’, held on Saturday as part of the first Adab Pakistan Festival going on at the...
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February 02, 2019
Call for understanding feminist movement in local context
Discussing the importance of the feminist discourse and the various forms through which it has been manifesting itself in the current times, a panel...
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January 19, 2019
‘Liberalising education allows us to live and let live’
Stressing on the form of education that leads to questioning instead of restricting the thought process of students, Prof Dibyesh Anand addressed a...
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January 08, 2019
Campaign to help the disabled acquire Special CNICs launched
The Network of Organisations Working for Persons with Disabilities-Pakistan has launched a one-window camp service for people with disabilities to...
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January 07, 2019
79 Hindu couples take seven vows to enter holy matrimony
Making sure that her Ghoonghat remained in place, a bride entered the tent where the rest of the women were seated.As the fairy lights entwined...
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December 29, 2018
Almost every LHW’s family disapproves of her job, claims report
Shedding light on the plight of lady health workers , the Workers Education & Research Organisation on Friday presented a report on their sexual...
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December 27, 2018
‘I don’t think we can find anyone like him’
Unlike any other afternoon on a weekday, the famous eatery Biryani of the Seas wore a deserted look following the fatal attack on its owner and...
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December 25, 2018
In Saddar, a hardware store that sells Christmas trinkets
A few days before Christmas, Angel stands outside the shop as her children look through the trees before deciding on one to buy. “We take...
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December 13, 2018
Ways to deradicalise nation discussed
A series of talks under ‘Ye Watan Hamara Hai’ at The Second Floor began on Tuesday evening with a talk on deradicalisation.Moderated by T2F...
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December 11, 2018
‘Constant struggle is important to ensure equality’
Different organisations representing the civil society held a news conference at the Karachi Press Club on Monday to commemorate Human Rights Day...
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December 08, 2018
‘Denial of opportunities also gender-based violence’
Rights activists have urged for the need to look at gender-based violence through the lens of prevailing mindsets, than just simply enacting laws,...
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December 05, 2018
‘Population issue needs to be treated in a non-linear way’
Shedding light on how the population issue needs to be treated in a non-linear way, an organisation named Population Council held a discussion at a...
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December 03, 2018
‘Reading is an equally intimate process as writing’
Hitting the book shelves after a hiatus of seven years, Mohammed Hanif had his latest novel, ‘Red Birds’, launched at the British Council on...
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December 01, 2018
Students march for their rights
Amid the beat of a drum and a dafli, students and civil society activists marched from the Arts Council roundabout to the Karachi Press Club on...
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November 23, 2018
‘Cultures and cities are remembered because of poets and writers’
The 11th International Urdu Conference kicked off at the Arts Council Karachi on Thursday with the commemoration of progressive writer and activist...
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November 19, 2018
Three short films by emerging filmmakers screened
People flocking to cinema on Sunday morning when a blockbuster is not being screened is quite unimaginable in Karachi but the Sunday Matinees, an...
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November 11, 2018
Associating Lyari with only violence and crime termed an ungrateful act
History and people of Lyari and how the once war-torn area was recovering from the ills of the gang war that persisted for several years were the...
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November 08, 2018
City’s Hindus celebrate festival of lights
Dipping his brush in light orange paint, Sarwan Kumar paints the wall adjacent to the gate of a house tucked away at the corner of a lane in...
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November 04, 2018
‘Self-censorship flourishes in environment of fear and intimidation’
The two-day School of Tomorrow event ‘A World of Tomorrow Reimagined’ kicked off at a hotel on Saturday.The session titled “Freedom of...
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November 01, 2018
Christian community hopes SC decision to ensure justice for all
In the light of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to acquit Asia Bibi, the Christian community has expressed the hope that now all innocent...
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October 28, 2018
‘Support and believe women who speak out against harassment’
Tehrik-e-Niswan’s Sheema Kermani kicked off the 4th Women’s Peace Table at the Arts Council on Saturday by stressing the need to support and...
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October 24, 2018
‘State should take responsibility of migrants without CNICs’
The state needs to take responsibility of migrant communities without CNICs, and if they wish to go back, the state must play an active role in...
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October 22, 2018
‘Even with a law in place, home-based workers still have a long way to go’
Women workers from across Sindh participated in a convention held to commemorate the International Home Based Workers’ Day in the city on...
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October 21, 2018
‘It’s difficult but not impossible to quit plastic’
A hackathon was held at the National Incubation Centre on Thursday evening to spread awareness about curbing the use of plastic, a substance...
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October 18, 2018
Rights activists demand lifting of Section 144 from Gadani shipyard
In light of the recent fire incident at Gadani ship-breaking yard that left seven workers injured, labour rights activists and unions held a rally...
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August 28, 2018
Conurbations – exploring Karachi’s expansion
With protruding iron slates and scrap lying around, the third floor of the Arts Council seemed like an ideal site for artist Haider Ali Naqvi’s...
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July 29, 2018
Jibran Nasir’s Aik Awam Movement to be a stepping-stone for his future party
Social activist Jibran Nasir, who contested the General Election 2018 as an independent candidate, has announced a countrywide movement -- Aik Awam...
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July 25, 2018
Vying for general seats, minority candidates battle discrimination and intolerance on ground
Mangla Sharma sits among her community members at Laxmi Narayan Mandir, next to the Native Jetty Bridge, answering questions while campaigning in...
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July 24, 2018
With their members on ground, transgender community looks forward to inclusive elections
Nisha, a representative of the Gender Interactive Alliance , a transgender rights organisation, is excited to be playing an active role in...
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July 14, 2018
What is keeping women from participating in elections?
The high cost of running for elections, fear of violence, discrimination and lack of support from political parties, and outdated social norms are...
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July 12, 2018
From press club to parliament: Two independent candidates with atypical narratives
A short walk from DHA Phase-VI’s Nishat Park, the unlocked door of a small basement with a poster stating ‘Hum Mein Se #Aik,’ greets visitors....
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June 19, 2018
Giving Achhro Thar access to water can help Shazia Marri win Sanghar’s NA-216
Just an hour before sunset in Kaak, a village in Achhro Thar , 12-year-old Meena tries to pull her mule towards the water source from a reservoir,...
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June 01, 2018
24 Christian men picked up in a span of 40 days: HRCP
Twenty-four men went missing from Youhanabad, a Christian colony in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, in a span of 40 days. Ten of them were allegedly picked up on...
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May 24, 2018
Sabika laid to rest in Karachi
KARACHI: The morning of Wednesday proved to be another test for Abdul Aziz, who laid his 17-year-old daughter, Sabika Shiekh to rest at Azeempura...
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May 21, 2018
'Biryani, Pakoray, Chat': Sabika's wish list upon her return
It has been a day since the news of the untimely death of 17-year-old Sabika Sheikh reached her family in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. Abdul Aziz, her father,...
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May 09, 2018
Community activists hail passage of landmark transgender rights bill by NA
The transgender community has hailed the passing of the landmark Transgender Persons Bill 2017 which sailed through the National Assembly on...
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May 04, 2018
A space for Lyari-based filmmakers to tell their stories
The spacious room of the Sindh Tech Skills Development Centre in Khadda Market, Lyari, was packed with visitors last week with many queuing in the...
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May 02, 2018
Rally demands abolishing contract system to ensure job security
Participants of a rally held in connection with Labour Day on Tuesday demanded abolishment of the contract system in order to ensure job security of...
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March 23, 2018
Family of ailing one-year-old awaits Indian medical visas
Rushing from one doctor’s appointment to another and amid an agonising wait, last week went by in a jiffy for the parents of one-year-old Muhammad...
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March 19, 2018
Painting murals to start a conversation about organ donation
A few feet away from the Dow Medical College, a group of women are busy painting four side portraits on a wall, between them speech bubbles emerging...
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March 18, 2018
Transgender community hopes NA will pass rights bill before elections: Bindiya
Entering its fourth year, the AKS International Minorities Festival reached Karachi after being held at Lahore and Islamabad earlier this month.The...
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March 12, 2018
Civil society celebrates the life and work of Asma Jahangir
Asma Jahangir’s commitment to different issues singled her out because she believed in now, veteran rights activist IA Rehman said of the first...
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March 09, 2018
Holding ‘patriarchy’s funeral’, Aurat March celebrates Women’s Day
Balancing little Haroon who sat with his elder sister Fariya on the edge of the stage, lady health worker, Salma was enthusiastically enjoying the...
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March 05, 2018
Sheedi Mela celebrated in Manghopir as militancy threat weakens
As a spot of the colour orange rose to the surface of the pond’s still green water, 15-year-old Aazar excitedly pointed to the aged crocodile...
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March 03, 2018
Parents of ailing two-year-old plead for Indian medical visas
With each passing night since late December last year, 32-year-old Jawwad and his wife have been earnestly hoping for a phone call confirming their...
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February 27, 2018
Civil society calls for transparent inquiry into Shahdara incident
Members of the Christian community and the civil society gathered once again at the Karachi Press Club on Monday to protest against a Shahdara...
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February 20, 2018
The poet who outgrew rhetoric: Mustafa Zaidi remembered
Usually decorated with colourful paintings or portraits, the walls of The Second Floor were adorned with art of another kind, poetry of the late...
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February 12, 2018
‘Balochistan has no say in national policy making’
Given that many often question the truth about the conditions in Balochistan, economist Kaiser Bengali’s ‘A Cry for Justice: Empirical Insights...
