Monthly Archives: December 2022

Saving mothers

By Zubeida Mustafa

“A COUNTRY that has an atom bomb; whose armed forces have the most sophisticated and costly weapons; whose politicians are counted among the world’s richest men; also has underprivileged women who die in childbirth because their families cannot take a timely decision on when a woman in labour needs to be taken to a hospital.” These are Dr Sadiqua Jafarey’s words as quoted in Dr Shershah Syed’s recently launched book, Gulmohar. This publication is an account of the lives of the eminent couple, Drs Naeem and Sadiqua Jafarey.

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کالم: زبیدہ مصطفیٰ

افسوس اس بات کا ہے کہ دنیا کی بڑی طاقتیں اپنے اس کھیل میں دنیا کی چھوٹی ریاستوں کو اپنا شکار بنا لیتی ہیں، جس میں ان کی ترقی اور عوامی انصاف مار کھاتے ہیں۔ اب یہی کہا جا سکتا ہے کہ تاریخ کا خاتمہ بلکل نہیں ہوا بلکہ ایک نئے قسم کا تاریخی دور شروع ہوا ہے، جو پہلے سے زیادہ خطرناک ہے اور تیسری دنیا کے ممالک کے لیے زیادہ تکلیف دہ ثابت ہو گا۔

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‘Baji, let it be’

By Zubeida Mustafa

PAKISTAN is regressing; the extent of its decline can be measured by the treatment meted out to its women. What happened at Mujahid Colony in Karachi not too long ago has set new standards of ‘beastliness’ on the part of state functionaries in subduing women. The confrontation between women and the police took place when the authorities, having decided to widen a road in North Nazimabad, sent demolition teams to clear so-called encroachments. I will not go into the legalities of the issue as controversy surrounds it.

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