Muashara

(2 mins read) A few weeks ago, one of the most famous religious scholar, Maulana Tariq Jamil was again in news. During the PM Imran Khan’s live telethon on the national television, he had held women of Pakistan responsible for the corona-virus pandemic. This invited a great wave of outrage a cross Pakistan.  It’s not the first time that Tariq Jamil(or any orthodox religious leader for that matter) has blamed the women for bringing in a disaster. Earlier women were responsible for earthquakes and now a pandemic.  Their version of religion starts and ends on women’s bodies but sometimes it serves as a mirror when you realize how women’s bodies have historically been used as a political tool against a whole segment of society.  When Tariq Jamil or any religious/political leader calls women the nation’s daughters and puts the burden of modesty on their shoulders, it’s a reminder that the state has created an idea of womanhood and failing to adhere to that will resul...

(2 mins read) There are a lot of reasons that are cause of major stress all around the world like misinformation about the virus on the internet, rise in the number of cases, changes in our lifestyle, staying home alone, social distancing and many more. If we try to list down the causes there will be huge list of the stressors because of COVID-19. All of the us are focused on erasing the virus and we are not seeing how it’s affecting the mental health of the people. Everyone has a fear of going out in public and getting exposed to the virus. Once the virus is eradicated from the world the new problem is of the psychological issues that people are going to face. As all of the governments have ordered their people to stay at home and stay in isolation is going to affect the mental health of the people a lot. Longer periods of physical isolation, especially if experienced as involuntary, without an adequate and convincing explanation, or accompanied by financial losses can c...

Ever since the start of this century, Pakistan has seen many ups and downs. There were positive and negative things that happened and shaped the collective conscious of the Pakistani people. Starting from 2010 on wards, the following are some of the positive things that happened in Pakistan. (Not exactly in chronological order) 18 th Amendment: When Pakistan People’s Party came to power in 2008 after former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, Pakistan had a semi-Presidential system where a lot of key powers were constituted in the presidency. One of the most celebrated constitutional amendments in the history of this country was the 18 th amendment conducted by the PPP government in 2010. Then President Asif Ali Zardari handed over his powers to the parliament in this historic amendment passed unanimously. The 18 th amendment also dissolved powers from the federation to provinces, making Pakistan a complete constitutional democracy. End of terrorism: ...