Muhammad Amir Rana Published October 6, 2024  Updated a day ago FOR long, religiously motivated bigotry has assumed a dangerous form in Pakistan, and countering it has never been a genuine priority for the state despite its hollow...

Zeba Sathar | Published July 11, 2024 TODAY is World Population Day and the theme this year is ‘Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope’. While the world is becoming increasingly interconnected, it has, paradoxically, also become...

Listen to Article The crushing burden of unplanned families Raheela, my housekeeper for ten years, appeared visibly fatigued today. At age 26, a mother of three, the weight of her responsibilities was etched on...

The writer is Country Director, Population Council SUGGESTIONS for policy reforms and inputs for party manifestos are surfacing as we move towards the evolving reality of the February 2024 election, which is expected to...

Aisha Khan Published November 18, 2023  EIGHT years after the Paris Agreement, the global community is nowhere near reducing emissions to keep temperature increase within the safe threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030. According to...

October 2023 (Islamabad): “Veeru was a courageous woman leader who inspired others to stand up for the rights of the weak and the vulnerable”, said Sameena Nazir, executive director PODA. The Rural Women Leadership...

Zeba Sathar Published August 19, 2023   RIZWANA, a young teenager and uneducated sister of nine siblings, is just one of millions of girls born into poor households across Pakistan. While the tragedy that is now flashed...