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Articles for author: Sania Arif

July 5, 2023

Sania Arif

Accurate women’s data remains a challenge in census (Opinion)

According to data, as of 2022, women in Pakistan consist of 49.2% of the whole population in the country. Still, there is a huge question mark over the accuracy of the data, especially in light of the ongoing digital census in Pakistan. This is the second census of the country since 2017 and third since 1998. However, this one is different because it is the first digital one, to be taken through android-based smart devices, synchronized with GPS and GIS. As per experts it is much better way to count the population as UN Statistical Division 2011 report suggested that

June 2, 2023

Sania Arif

From sexual violence to forced conversions, women facing existential menace in Pakistan (Opinion)

Pakistan continues to prove itself to be unsafe for women. Recent incidents, as per a new report by the National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR), and statistics on rape in the country, are enough to prove that. The last month’s news which should shake the core of a human is that a 14-year-old girl from Azad Kashmir was found being raped by her own father and brother for several months. Once her mother took her to a doctor due to stomachache, she found that her daughter is pregnant and the baby’s DNA matched her brother. As per the data of

May 31, 2023

Sania Arif

Glamorisation of marital rape on TV continues (Opinion)

‘Tere Bin’ is undoubtedly the most popular drama serial in Pakistan in recent times. Not only has it amassed fans in our country, but it also has a huge fan following in India. The story of a couple with numerous differences, and how they are overcoming them, has become all the rage – for the right reasons for the first 45 episodes. However, fans are seriously unhappy with the last episode which ends hinting that the hero of the drama Murtasim (Wahaj Ali) will rape his wife Meerab (Yumna Zaidi), after they have a fight. The teaser of the episode

January 19, 2023

Sania Arif

Child marriages continue unabated in Balochistan (Opinion)

Last month, the father of a five-year-old girl registered an FIR in Khuzdar police station, Balochistan stating that he has been forced to give her minor in marriage to settle a dispute over a murder. As per details, the father was forced to do it under the local and tribal culture. The incident came in the limelight after it was reported in the media and then the Federal Sharia Court (FSC) took its notice. “This act is un-Islamic as well as against the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973,” said the FSC Chief Justice Dr Syed Muhammad Anwer.

December 19, 2022

Sania Arif

A woman raped every two hours in Pakistan over past four years, only 4% perpetrators persecuted (Opinion)

Rape cases are an open menace of Pakistani society about which everybody knows but a few are ready to talk about it. Due to social stigma, especially for women, and the “honour” – which interestingly only belongs to women as no man in the rape cases has been maligned or called a social stigma as much as women – a large number of such cases go unreported. The country’s rape problem has made this place an unfair and dangerous place for women and the data is to prove that. As per data from the home department and Ministry of Human

December 16, 2022

Sania Arif

Pakistan’s diplomacy adds to apprehension of Afghan women (Opinion)

Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, paid a one-day visit to Afghanistan amid tensions over the cross-border violence. The visit came a day after Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended a one-month-long ceasefire with Islamabad, raising security concerns, especially in Pak-Afghan border regions. During her visit, the Pakistani foreign minister met the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi as both sides discussed security issues. According to a statement by Pakistan Foreign Office, during the meetings, “a range of bilateral issues of common interest including cooperation in education, health, agriculture, trade and investment, regional connectivity, people-to-people contacts

April 5, 2022

Sania Arif

Newborn girls continue to face existential threat in Pakistan (Opinion)

In a harrowing incident on March 10, a father killed his seven-month-old daughter in Punjab’s Mianwali district because he wanted a son. The accused, Shahzaib Khan, got married two years ago and his wife gave birth to a daughter named Jannat. However, Khan was angry with wife for giving birth to a girl.He entered the house, snatched the girl from his wife, pulled out a gun and shot the girl. The suspect then managed to escape the scene. The baby was taken to DHQ Hospital where doctors declared her dead. According to the complainant, “the suspect was not disturbed over

March 6, 2022

Sania Arif

Judiciary, govt under spotlight in violence against women cases (Opinion)

On February 24, a court in Islamabad sentenced Zahir Jaffer death penalty in the Noor Muqaddam case. His servants were sentenced for 10 years in jail, while his parents were not charged and were acquitted by the court. The case was highly followed in Pakistan and its verdict was extremely anticipated in the country. The murder of Noor came in the spotlight after social media users and friends of the victim started a trend after her brutal murder by Jaffer in his house in Islamabad. After much uproar, the government announced a speedy trial for the murder. And the verdict

September 29, 2021

Sania Arif

Honour killings on the rise (Opinion)

With the plight of women in Pakistan aggravating in terms of gender-based violence, multiple reports and surveys have underlined that the menace of honour killings is growing in the country. Multiple reports underline that every year more than thousand women are killed in the name of ‘honour’ in Pakistan. Observers say gender-based violence persists across cultures affecting all women irrespective of their social standing. They experience various forms of violence such as physical, sexual, psychological, and emotional violence. Though the violence committed on women is not a new phenomenon, it was explicitly acknowledged by the international community the first time

August 30, 2021

Sania Arif

Tortured body of Bengali labourer underlines continued vulnerability of labour, ethnic minorities (Opinion)

On August 5, the tortured body of a labourer was found hanging from a tree in Karachi’s Machar Colony. The labourer had gone missing two weeks before his body was found. The victim belonged to the marginalised Bengali community, and worked at a fish cleaning and packing factory at the Karachi Fish Harbour. He had an altercation with his employer, after which he went missing. The suspects subjected the victim to torture before stabbing him to death with a sharp-edged object. Karachi the largest metropolis and commercial hub of Pakistan is also known as ‘mini-Pakistan’ by observers. This is a

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