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Armeena speaks up against cyber bullying

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LAHORE – At a time when women in showbiz are opening about facing sexual abuse, Armeena Khan has called out a guy who abused her on Twitter by sharing screenshots of his tweets “So I’m attaching the tweets because such persons should be exposed for being a menace to society,” she wrote. “This man has zero […]


Horrors of the past haunt Kasur’s children

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By: Akbar Bajwa KASUR: Mustafa was molested, filmed and tortured five years ago. He left school soon after and now works at a roadside stall in Hussain Khan Wala village, Kasur. He is among the victims of sexual abuse in the village. Since the news of the child abuse scandal broke, it has become harder […]


Hidden workers

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IN the morning hours when you leave for office you find women, young and middle-aged, sitting in groups at the edges of the streets of several localities in Karachi — North Nazimabad, Gulshan, Garden, PECHS, Clifton — some chatting, a few ruminating, a couple doing needlework. These are domestic workers waiting for bajis, their employers, […]