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Call for Social Change :: Social Activism

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Child Prostitution in Arizona

Sidra Omer   Mar 22, 2007

Although the Task Force is focusing its efforts on the supply, mainly prostitutes and pimps, there’s a practical problem of how to help these children.

Sex and Censorship in the Cinema

Abdul Mustafa   Dec 7, 2006

There is a growing trend in cinema, especially so-called Independent and World Cinema, to show real sex on screen. This trend is especially true in Europe and raises the interesting question of censorship and its value and place in a civilised society.

On Sexual Liberation, Extremism and Simple Hypocrisy

farrukh kamrani   Sep 8, 2006

Mr. Ishtiaq Ahmed’s article Convoluted Hypocrisy and Extremism published in the Daily Times on May 30, is a curious read affording us a unique opportunity to see the capacity some people have to retain and propagate wrong and distorted ideas!

My Summer of ’69

ahmad hayat   Jun 20, 2006

It all happened three years ago, not quite a long period, but to me it seems like it happened, perhaps, an hour ago. I seem to be stuck in a moment I can’t get out of...

Internet Relationships – Blessing or Curse?

Khalid Sohail   Mar 9, 2006

As a student of human psychology I feel that the mystery of internet relationships stimulates people’s imagination and they start the relationships where reality merges with fantasy

Could I Handle Two?

Atif    Dec 7, 2005

As I buckled down to receive simultaneous massages from two girls, my thoughts drifted back to the previous summer

The Ultimate Betrayal

sajal javid   May 26, 2005

She sobbed as he put his hands around her and whispered in a hushed voice, “Don’t cry honey, I am here and I love you, its ok! Don’t worry, I am here”, as his hands drifted all over her body making her cringe with revulsion.

Sultan Mints

Nadeem F Paracha   May 12, 2005

Yes, sir, she sure felt like living in a pornographic film. A film made by sex fanatics.

A Journey Through Our Conscience

sajal javid   Apr 7, 2005

Up to eighty percent of the thousands of women incarcerated presently in Pakistani jails are facing charges related to the Hudood Ordinance, and most cases involve women being charged with adultery after they have allegedly been raped.

America’s Moral Compass

Omar Mirza   Jan 30, 2005

The Western social contract is far more tolerant and fair than the Islamic social contract rooted in 7th century notions of intolerance.

Let’s talk to Mallika Sherawat’s Breasts

Farzana Versey   Jan 4, 2005

Does that reduce her in any way? Do you know of any woman who has got silicon implants to help in research or because she wants to be a well-padded mamma to her nursing infant? Was Paula Jones wrong in posing nude to support her kids?

The Porno Paradox

Rohit Gupta   Dec 22, 2004

Pornographic websites were some of the first to make the Internet a business, and they are still the largest conduits by which new users are exposed to the Internet. The same pattern is being seen in cell phones.

When Vagina met Viagra

Farzana Versey   Dec 8, 2004

The moment he puts you in his mouth, I can feel her anticipation. And we wait. When it works they say it’s because of you, for when it doesn’t they can say the same too!

Losing It

Fitaa Feeraz   Dec 3, 2004

The beloved Lahori culture known only for its eating and ‘Heera Mandi’. This is the city where I spent my youth. There is no denying here that losing it in Karachi can be quite different from losing it in Lahore, and a hell lot different from

Bus

Sucheta Potnis   Mar 30, 2004

What is it, she wondered, her eyes still closed. ’Feels like an elbow’ - the answer came up in her mind. ’Maybe the owner of the elbow doesn’t know it is there’, she thought.

That Whore

Urstruly    Mar 29, 2004

'Angraizi chummi?…ughh… that is gross' she raised her eyebrows 'you didn't tell me that…'

To Love or to Like?

Temporal    Oct 15, 2003

Cross gender and cross generation friendship is an under explored subject in literature and in movies. Yes, we have Sugar Daddies and Mammas and Trophy Wives and Girl Friends. But that is exploitative and not the norm.

So Far Away From Me!

K Anish Pokharel   Oct 13, 2003

in today’s world where people get their would-be spouse to sign an affidavit of compensation lest they cheat on them, chastity is indeed expensive!

Sex and the Saudi

Haroon Moghul   Oct 12, 2003

Imagine you’re a Saudi man, tired from a day of beating your Bengali worker...

Reproductive Health Education

Sadaf S Kamwani   Sep 4, 2003

Reproductive health education or sex education is considered as a taboo subject in our society. To know its reason for being called taboo, I took an interview of ten educated young people (excluding health professionals) regarding their understanding

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Swat: Paradise Lost

  • Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
  • In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
  • In memory of the Swat valley
  • The Nightmare Must End
  • In Honor of the Heroes of Swat
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