A couple of weeks ago, I was playing the videogame PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, popularly known as PUBG, when suddenly my device started acting up. I thought that something had gone wrong with the game so I restarted my phone and WiFi but nothing worked. …

“Eid-e-La-Binaria Mubarak!” and “Happy, happy happiness!” is how many of the genderqueer folx living in Pakistan wished each other ahead of the International Non-Binary People’s Day, celebrated around the world on July 14. Here, in the South Asian metropolis, Karachi, the Non-Binary Collective (NBC) officially launched with the Queer Poetry…

On September 5, 2018, while the attendees at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (IBA) waited for the Sabri Brothers to take the stage at the Sufi Night, DramaCulas—an independent theatre company—performed their infamous play “Pay Say Pakistan” for an audience that was divided in its reaction. While a majority…

The day the National Assembly passed the bill for transgender rights was a glorious one. It was a monumental moment for the gender minorities of Pakistan, a win for the progressive thinkers, and a milestone for the activists. It was crucial because of and after years of the transgender persons’…

As the debate on media censorship rages on in Pakistan, there’s another, smaller one that needs to be looked upon and analysed — that of how paid PR juggernaut is somehow successfully drowning the voices of the survivors of sexual harassment. By attempting to discredit them, labeling the calling out…

We may reminisce to the good old times as much as we like — with 90s music playing in the background, brightly-coloured clothes, and some romantic albeit unhealthy ideals — but the thing is, the year is 2018, we’re politically and socially aware, and we are in a position to…

Surprise, surprise! Patari, the once-up-and-coming music app akin to Soundcloud, is—AGAIN—in hot waters, only this time over reportedly giving in to the demands of an alleged sexual harasser and promoting his artistic work. …

Much to my surprise—or maybe not—I have realized that a majority of people are unaware of or lack knowledge as to what constitutes as harassment. …

It has been over two months since Meesha first spoke up about the sexual harassment she was allegedly subjected to at the hands of the ‘widely popular’ Ali Zafar, someone apparently so loved by the public that celebrities are dying to take selfies with him and media outlets are spending…