Category : Opinions
Governments Increasingly Use Sensitive Data to Influence Behavior
An increase in the use of sensitive user data in order to influence decisions has been recorded in the past years. Governments have been accused...
Afghan Women and Taliban: A Battle that Never Ends
The fall of Kabul stirred the world into a frenzy of speculations and blame game, but the one people that got ignored constantly were Afghan...
Feminism: A movement to end sexism I don’t know why a lot of people are afraid of women’s and girls’ rights. So many people send me messages on messenger not to speak for (بے حیائی). Demanding equal rights for the oppressed women is not (بے حیائی). This is the fight against harassment. And dear men, harassment isn’t confined to work place only. Women & girls are even harassed in the so-called educational institutions by the educated misogynists. Can you identify an organisation, university, or any other social platform that ensures or provides safe environment to girls & women? The answer is surely No. The problem with a lot of people who call themselves so-called feminists is that they misunderstand the meaning of feminism. Feminism is the belief in social, economic and political equality of the sexes. In other words, feminism is a movement to end sexism. There are a lot of reasons of harassment that women go through. Among them, the primary one is the patriarchal society. A society where men are dominant. Patriarchy cannot be eradicated completely. However, we can struggle to fight for the rights of women by educating our youth. People ask for girls education. Girls are already pursuing education in different institutions. The problem is that they are repeatedly harassed by the nasty patriarchal mindsets that exist here. Unless we endeavour to end the system that prejudices people based on their sexes, we cannot think of a safe environment for our mothers & sisters at any type of work place. Remember, book reading plays a pivotal role in this regard. Majority of our youth are not truly sincere with themselves. Being a student of honors at Balochistan University Of Information Technology Engineering And Management Sciences (BUITEMS), I see a lot of youth in university sitting in different canteens, waisting their time being indulged in useless conversations with each other. Most of the students are concerned about marks. Getting a desired CGPA satisfy them. Majority of the students say that they just attend classes for the sake of passing time. However, there are very few ones who come to university with full enthusiasm and are truly sincere with their studies. They are the real ones who realise the importance of girls & women in this world. Apart from teaching text books, our teachers should also promote the importance of reading researched books. Teachers can play a significant role in promoting book reading culture. They can help our youth how to think critically, and how to take critical approache while reading something. Let’s not squander our time. Let’s struggle to ensure a better and safe environment to our sisters. Let’s struggle to fight for the rights of oppressed ones. Unless we the youth come out of our comfort zones and take the primary responsibility of educating each other through promoting the book reading culture, we cannot think of a better and prosperous society.
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We, the Pakistani Lab Rats!
Dialogue Times Special: Major General Amir Ikram – Executive Director, National Institute of Health (NIH) – has recently disclosed that Pakistan made around Ten Million...
The decline of reading books
George Raymond Richard Martin, who is an American novelist and short story teller, has rightly said that: “A reader lives a thousand lives before he...
Kithon Aayan Ae, Sohnia?
When my grandfather attacked Pakistan in 1947 commanding an army of four sons and two daughters who had marched from Raja Sansi, a village near...
A bar of chocolate! A favourite shampoo!
And why not? What is wrong with it? We are humans. We all have a place in our hearts, the teeny-tiny shrine whose goddess likes...
The Kitten
My elder brother was fond of holding hands, so much so that no one could get out of his grip without crying and yelling....
My Beloved…
It happened on days when such things usually don’t happen. I was in a superstore trying to buy a razor because it was the ritual...
Zard Paneik Dair-
Book: Zard Paneki Dair Genre: Poetry Author: Nighat Sahiba Year of publication: 2016 Published by: Siyaq Publications ISBN: 97881931169-5-1 Pp: 145 Price: INR200 Reviewer: Perveiz...
State, A Bad Joke
PTM has recently emerged as a movement that has somehow shown the true colors of power players in the state. We can call this state...
The Great Warrior?
I woke up in the morning and Allah o Akbar then Offered two Nafils, since AlhamduliLLAH I am – Alive and moving, talking and...
False celebrations, fake independence : Muhammad Farooq Khan
Life in Balochistan is not less than a punishment. You are Pakistani, but you can not go to the beautiful beaches of Pasni and...
Our Norms or Arms? by SHUJAAT ELIA
In my early student life in University, once we were assigned to present a presentation on any topic. I suggested a topic related to our...
