Online sexism is killing me
Online sexism is a thing. A deplorable monster that we created at one point in time; but should do away with now, before it...
خواتین صحافیوں کی آن لائن ہراسانی (سائبر بُلنگ)
By Mahnoor Qureshi
یہ عورت دو نمبر ہے۔ لڑکی ہاتھ سے نکل گئی ہے، آوارہ عورت ہے، یہ جملے ہم میں سے شاید ہی...
Cyber bullying: Senior Journalist, Saleem Safi, under attack on social media
Metro Creative Graphics
On 25th August 2018, a renowned journalist, analyst and anchorperson Saleem Safi said in an interview on a private TV Channel that...
Surviving trolls and emotional distress
Here’s some unsolicited advice in the age of social media:
“Don’t feed the trolls.”
“Stay low.”
“Ignore.”
Like most unsolicited advice, this too is ineffective.
In Pakistan, trolling is...
Harassment of journalists: a continuing and worrying trend
Pakistan is one the most dangerous countries for journalists and when we talk about women journalists, they are faced with additional risks and threats...
سیاسی میدان میں بلوچ خواتین کی آمد
بلوچستان جو سنگلاخ پہاڑوں اور قدرتی حسن سے مالا مال صوبہ ہے یہاںکے قوم پرست رہنماﺅں کا صوبے کی سیاست میں ہمیشہ سے ہی...
Bodies as Archives: The Weight of Living in a Woman’s Body
By Maryam Ahmad Kiyani
There are 7.9 billion bodies in the world right now. I see that as 7.9 billion archives. To put it simply,...
Does being a parliamentarian protect female politicians from online and offline harassment?
The ratio of women representation in the parliament of Pakistan is less than 25%. Women parliamentarians are often subjected to various forms of harassment....
The ‘fake news’ problem
Trust in state institutions, political parties and media outlets is at an historical low. In the post truth world, information disorder is the spectre...
On plagiarism in journalism
I am not too sure about what my take would be on plagiarism — an issue that has been plaguing the world of journalism...
