Tag: discrimination
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Dear male colleagues, Sherry Rehman has a message for you
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice President and Parliamentary leader Sherry Rehman has highlighted a very common and a misogynistic issue women face in the workplace. In her latest post on X (formerly Twitter), Rehman alluded to male professionals in Pakistan who discriminate in their manner of addressing female colleagues. “I am sorry but I cannot…
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Merub Ali shut down criticism on her visit to a gurdwara
It’s 2023, can we please stop prying into religious beliefs? On Sunday, actress Merub Ali shared pictures on Instagram of her visit to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Merub Ali (@meruub) Some users responded with hateful rhetoric. Instagram commentators trolled the actress by claiming she wasn’t Muslim enough…
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FIR registered against Muslim journalist for sharing video of Muslim boy slapped in class
Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, visited Khabbapur village to meet the family of the Muslim boy who was slapped by his Hindu classmates on the teacher’s directions. A video of the incident went viral on social media, causing outrage on a wide scale. “Today, the environment of the country has become so…
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CNN has exacerbated my ‘pain and suffering’, says Saima Mohsin
British-Pakistani journalist Saima Mohsin, has won the right to take her former employee, CNN, to a full tribunal at the London Central Employment Tribunal. As per her claims, she was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against following an injury she sustained on an assignment in Israel. Previously, CNN claimed that Mohsin cannot bring the matter into…
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Pakistani transgender comedian and activist barred from using Emirates
Pakistani transgender activist and stand up comedian Anaya Rahimi took to Twitter to share that she was preventing from boarding an Emirates flight to Tunisia because of the X gender on her card, which signifies that she is a trans woman. Describing the experience in an Instagram post, Rahimi said that the Emirates staff misbehaved…
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Two transgender activists barred from Fly Dubai plane because of X gender
Transgender activist Shahzadi Rai has said on Friday that Fly Dubai had barred her and another transgender activist from travelling on their flight.Rai took to Twitter to share her experience with Fly Dubai stating that she and her Project Manager Zarish were barred from travelling from Karachi to Dubai because of her X gender.The activist…
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‘Give me back my right to live,’ Indian Muslim woman Bilkis Bano fearful after release of 11 men who gang-raped her
Bilkis Bano, an Indian Muslim woman who was gang-raped in the 2002 Gujarat riots, said that her peace has been taken away after the Gujarat government released her 11 rapists on Monday. Her rapists were released on August 15, i.e. Independence Day of India. They were convicted in 2008. She has requested the government to…
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‘Censored for being trans’: Transgender rights activist barred from speaking at an event
Transgender rights activist Mehrub Moiz Awan was barred from speaking at TEDx International School Lahore (ISL) after some parents of students at the school came forward to complain about a transgender rights activist being included in the panel. In a Twitter thread, Moiz wrote how the TEDx ISL admin informed her that she was being…
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‘He looks small, she looks elder’: Sima Taparia under fire for ageist, insensitive remarks on Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas
Sima Taparia of Indian Matchmaking fame is back with the second season of her show on Netflix. While several original cast members returned to the show, such as Pradhyuman Maloo, Aparna Shewakramani and Nadia Jagessar, the highlight of the season was the matchmaker rejecting Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ pair. In the second episode of…
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LHC asks Punjab Govt to submit report over ‘discriminatory’ behaviour towards transgenders
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notices to the Punjab government, chief secretary, and inspector general ordering them to submit a report on Punjab police’s “discriminatory” actions toward transgender people, Arshad Ali reports for Samaa News. “Articles 4, 18, and 25 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, provide a shield…