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Articles for author: Mehmil Khalid

May 26, 2022

Mehmil Khalid

Baloch women at forefront of the fight against marginalization of Balochistan (Opinion)

The Baloch have always felt the sense of deprivation when compared with the rest of the people of Pakistan. The lack of peaceful management of resources, poor infrastructural development, rising energy and water crisis, illiteracy, inadequate hospitals, security issues, and menace of abductions, all have combined to lift up the resentment of the disgruntled Baloch towards the state. Baloch people have been struggling and fighting for their rights since decades in order to alleviate their sufferings and accelerate the rapid development of the province. However, in recent times, Baloch women who have been facing barriers to come at forefront and

May 25, 2022

Mehmil Khalid

Women vulnerable to sexual violence even after death (Opinion)

A terrible incident of sexual violence occurred this month on May 5, when some unidentified men dug out a teenager’s corpse and raped it in a village in Gujrat. It has been reported that 17 suspects are under interrogation and an investigation is being carried out against them. This is not the first incident of such kind that has happened in Pakistan. Last year, some unknown men were found in carrying out a similar immoral practice near the coastal town of Ghulamullah. In 2019, a woman’s grave was dug up by some men in Karachi who raped the body of

May 19, 2022

Mehmil Khalid

Transgender community continues to fear for their lives (Opinion)

The transgender community in Pakistan has been facing multiple social and cultural constraints that hinder their independent existence in the country. With no availability of basic necessities provided to them, the law of the land has failed to protect them, not granting them safeguards against widespread discriminatory attitudes. Rape, sexual assault, on-road harassment, blackmailing, chopping off hair, honour killings are some of the common crimes targeted against the transgender community. Colloquially known as “Khwajah Sira”, the transgender community feels ostracized from the society as it does not provide them separate rights to live independently. There are a few schools that

May 14, 2022

Mehmil Khalid

Sexism mars Pakistani politics (Opinion)

The political history of Pakistan is replete with numerous incidents where women political leaders are targeted with sexist remarks and subjected to character assassination from their male counterparts. Women politicians possess a meagre percentage in the politics of Pakistan and are barred from taking part in decision-making roles merely because of their gender. Whenever a woman struggles to achieve a dominant status in her working environment, she is often pushed back on the basis of her limited capabilities, sense of dressing, choice of words in her speech. At times, her character becomes suspicious for public who leave no stone unturned

May 12, 2022

Mehmil Khalid

Countering abuse (Opinion)

One of the most common issues haunting the society of Pakistan is child abuse. The constant surge in the cases of child abuse makes it evident that the state is not taking the matter seriously. The apparent delinquency on its part to control this menace has prevented children to learn, live and survive in a safe environment. Child abuse manifests itself in various forms. A great number of people believe that threatening a child verbally or hurting him physically is all what child abuse is about while several other phenomena equally combine to increase the vastness of this concept. Child

August 18, 2021

Mehmil Khalid

Peril at home (Opinion)

Last month, a 22-year-old woman was forced by her in-laws to drink acid for allegedly breaking a mobile charger in Lodhran’s Dunyapur. The in-laws beat her and tried to electrocute her, putting her life into danger. She ran for her life and got rescued by her niece. As per the police report, the victim’s family has submitted a complaint and a FIR will be registered soon. Domestic violence has now become a story of every one out of five households in Pakistan. Observers note that a new incident gets reported every other day where woman undergoes a harsh treatment from

July 29, 2021

Mehmil Khalid

Why is Pakistan still languishing behind South Asian states on the labour rights index? (Opinion)

The Labor Right Index (LRI) has given Pakistan 51 points out of 100 that covered a total of 115 countries across the globe. The index gauges labor standards in terms of minimum wages, general working hours, annual leaves, public holidays, parental leave, right to strike, child labor etc. Essentially, it proves to be beneficial for the workers to attain full rights and exposes the state’s policy and practices to ensure those rights. Experts say the poor ranking of Pakistan among the regional countries calls for effective policymaking and implementation of labor laws in letter and spirit. Pakistan became a member

July 27, 2021

Mehmil Khalid

Free speech continues to be suppressed in digital spaces (Opinion)

Freedom of speech or expression is one of the core elements of democracy. In democratic countries, the citizens choose the government and also possess the right to express their opinions and debate on the issues that affect them. Unfortunately, despite being a democratic state, Pakistan has not permitted its people to take part in the working of the state by way of deliberations and highlighting verbally the pitfalls of the state. The world is experiencing a digital revolution rapidly but, in our country, digital rights seem to be jeopardized by the state, depriving the citizens of a resourceful channel for

July 25, 2021

Mehmil Khalid

Killing of transgender person highlights the growing violence against the community

On May 27, a transgender person was found dead at their house in Faisalabad. It was discovered that the windows of their house were broken and there was also blood present on their walls. The transgender community in Pakistan remains to be marginalized despite government efforts to pass court rulings on recognizing the third gender back in 2009. Observers say the subjugated demographic has not been readily accepted by society due to which they are forced to live miserable life. Pakistan is a signatory to various international conventions that demand an end to all sorts of violence and discrimination to

July 6, 2021

Mehmil Khalid

Pakistan’s women journalists facing wide array of threats (Opinion)

Pakistan is one of the most dangerous places for journalists. Many journalists are charged with the offence of maintaining “anti-state” rhetoric and provoking the public against the military and elected officials. Rights activists, especially those championing free speech, maintain that strong and free media is sine quo non for good governance and upholding the democratic values in a state. But, in Pakistan, the picture appears to be different. We frequently see a journalist being shot or murdered for exercising their freedom of speech and disseminating their views publicly. Even so, the condition of women journalists is even more appalling. Women

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