In the valleys of the Hindu Kush Mountains in northern Pakistan, the Kalasha tribe resides. Music is an indispensable pillar of their identity, serving as the primary repository of their unwritten history, religious beliefs, and social norms. Hymns are not decoration around their prayer; they are prayer. Their melodies are not secular art but a […]
While the rest of Pakistan’s major cities and most rural areas were inundated by monsoon rains, a group of children stood hand in hand, chanting in unison at Gwadar’s New Tobagh Ward, close to Koh-a-Bun Ward: “Pani do, bijli do, warna kursi chor do.” (Give us water, give us electricity, or vacate the seat.) As […]
As the campaign for immunisation against HPV began, a lot of objections to the vaccine came to the fore, raising doubts in the minds of even those optimistic people who usually see the bright side of things. The most common objection is why a girl as young as nine years old needs to be vaccinated […]
Two years into a brutal conflict that has reduced Gaza to rubble and killed tens of thousands, the state of Palestine is finally being recognised by a resounding number of countries — including some that armed Israel with the very weapons used in atrocities broadcast to a global audience. The recognition carries symbolic weight, but […]