Hassan Hakeem

Hassan Hakeem

  • The donor has left the room

    The donor has left the room

    Between 2010 and 2020, Pakistan received approximately $2.5 billion in USAID funding, covering healthcare

  • Missing women

    Missing women

    Limited presence of women in cabinet reflects a broader issue of gender underrepresentation and overall commitment to gender equality in country’s...

  • A gateway to rights

    A gateway to rights

    A CNIC serves not only as a vital document for identification but also as a key to unlocking social benefits

  • Are caretaker setups needed?

    Are caretaker setups needed?

    Understandably, caretaker govt is mandated to oversee smooth transition of power through free, fair and peaceful conduct of elections

  • The gender factor in elections

    As the country prepares for the upcoming elections, and political parties gear into electioneering mode, what remains missing from the mainstream...

  • Imperial feminism

    As the world celebrated International Women’s Day in March, it was also time to reflect on key wins and lessons. Just across the border since the...

  • Misogyny in politics

    In the backdrop of growing political unrest last month, on April 8, the then prime minister Imran Khan in his last address on national TV proclaimed...

  • Political toll on women

    With the ongoing political developments, constitutional crisis, and judicial intervention, ever wonder how severely this impacts the women of...

  • Women and politics

    As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Tuesday , Pakistan’s political landscape has yet another date to pay attention to – the...

  • Women in social cohesion

    The World Economic Forum's Global Gender Index 2021 ranks Pakistan at 153 out of 156 countries. Categorised on indicators of social cohesion...

  • Forced to marry

    Recent months have seen a spike in the reporting of forced religious conversion of abducted Hindu girls in Sindh, later married to their abductors....

  • Aid for politics

    The United States Congress recently passed the omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2021. An omnibus spending bill is a type of bill in the US that...

  • Women in politics

    Governments, civil society and rights advocacy groups around the world observe 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence .The 16-day...

  • Covid-19 and gender

    The Covid-19 pandemic has wide exposed structural inequalities in the social, economic and political roles women play; multiplied vulnerabilities...

  • Reimagining education

    In the federal budget for 2020-21, the government earmarked Rs83.363 billion for Education Affairs and Services against the revised allocation of...

  • Hybrid federalism

    In popular Arab literature, ‘Al Irhab wal Kabab’ is considered quintessentially Kafkaesque – the protagonist Ahmed, a suppressed citizen...

  • Protecting future generations

    The writer is a development specialist with expertise in parliamentary oversight and sustainable development.During last month’s Saarc...