投稿者: Shah Meer Baloch in Karachi

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‘She chopped her hair off’: Pakistani women’s struggle to play cricket

In such a conservative country, young women often have to fight their own families first just to play the sport they loveBisma Amjad plays cricket. She aspires to play internationally and was picked for Pakistan’s under-19 World Cup squad.But when the …

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‘A haven for free-thinkers’: Pakistan creatives mourn loss of progressive arts space

‘Tragic’ closure of Sabeen Mahmud’s community venue T2F in Karachi comes as PM Imran Khan accused of fostering censorship and intoleranceDanial Shah turned to Sabeen Mahmud, for help with his first photo exhibition when all other organisations refused …

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‘Where should we go?’: thousands left homeless as Karachi clears waterways

As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no proper plans for residentsMaqsooda Bibi, 62, did not know the house she had lived in all her life would be demolished, forcing her whole family to be…

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‘They fired at everyone’: peril of Pakistani villagers protesting giant luxury estate

Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with forceMuhammad Anwar was not aware of any danger when he took the day off work to join his friends at a demonstration …

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