The surge in the violence against women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the dysfunctional KP Commission on Status of Women (KPCSW) has put a question mark on the attitude of the KP government towards the eradication of violence against women in the provinc ...
How to Cope with Psychological Impact of COVID-19
Since the first case of novel coronavirus disease was diagnosed in December 2019, it has swept across the world and spurred a global response. It has brought abrupt changes in our life style and behavior. The entire world is right now experiencing so ...
Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program
In March 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the Ehsaas program with much fanfare terming it an important step closer to his promised ‘Riyasat of Madina’ in which the poor and downtrodden would be taken care of, in an elaborative welfare system ...
First ever Women Police Reporting Centre in Tribal Districts
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has fulfilled another promise in term of empowering women in KP and especially in tribal districts after it has established the first women police reporting Centre in Kurram district of KP in the history of trib ...
Corona virus and lockdown impact on Pakistan economy
The entire word right now is in partial or complete lockdown in order to contain the spread of the virus. Economies all over the world, including Pakistan, have come to a standstill. Pakistan economy, that has just started recovering from an external ...
Marginalized Sanitation Workers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus pandemic has lead Pakistan to a mix of partial and complete lockdown. Over 13,328 positive cases have been confirmed as of late April with 292 conform coronavirus deaths. The government of Pakistan has further extended countrywide lockdow ...
Ehsaas programme underway transparently
The Ehsaas emergency cash Programme, a historical move of the PTI-led government is a new initiative and one of the most comprehensive welfare programmes ever undertaken by any government in Pakistan with an underlying ambition to create a social saf ...
Impact of smartphones over our social/daily life:
The pace of adopting smartphones all over the world has been very rapid. Various surveys have shown that popularity of smart phones has escalated to new heights over the past few years. According to the surveys, the number of smart phone users in the ...
Pink bus project failed in KP due to lack of planning and political meddling
The Pink Bus service was started by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in Mardan and Abbotabad district in April 2019. It was touted as a game changer enabling women to travel independently within city acquitting them from the hassle of public transpo ...
Challenges faced by women politicians in KP
Pakistani society is male dominated, where women face numerous challenges to pursue a professional career in any field including politics. In order to ensure equal opportunity and due representation, government has allocated specific seats for women ...