Wara Irfan Dawn

Apr 3, 2024 | asianews.network | Wara Irfan |Wara Irfan Dawn

April 4, 2024 ISLAMABAD – “Do you know why we eat gutka so much?” a woman from one of the low-income neighbourhoods where the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has established antenatal clinics (ANC) asked the doctor. “So we don’t feel hunger.”This is not a rare occurrence.

Dec 13, 2023 | asianews.network | Wara Irfan |Wara Irfan Dawn

December 13, 2023 ISLAMABAD – Almost half of Pakistani women are married to their first cousins, according to the Pakistan demographic and health survey. “I just want to have a normal child,” said 30-year-old Shazia from Jhelum. She had travelled miles across the country in the quest for a baby that would survive beyond the age of seven. Married to her second cousin, she has experienced two miscarriages, one induced abortion, and the loss of two children who died at the ages of seven and three.

Nov 20, 2023 | asianews.network | Wara Irfan |Wara Irfan Dawn

November 20, 2023 ISLAMABAD – Walking has to be one of the most mundane things any human being can do. Yet around half of our population — women and other marginalised bodies have to think twice before engaging in this seemingly simple act. Having been born and raised in Karachi, I have always associated public spaces with diverse groups of people, meaningful interactions, and of course, the constant fear of things going awry.

Aug 1, 2023 | asianews.network | Wara Irfan |Wara Irfan Dawn

August 1, 2023 Politicians and rulers, whether of the more democratic dispensation or otherwise, have a habit of going out of favour with the status quo. When that happens, every attempt is made to malign their character and delegitimise their narrative in the eyes of the public, whether by highlighting their misdeeds or by completely wiping them from the mainstream narrative. The act of erasing or tainting the memory of a political opponent has been happening for eons.

Jun 13, 2023 | asianews.network | Wara Irfan |Wara Irfan Dawn

June 14, 2023 ISLAMABAD – “Garmi bohot hai” — if you’ve lived in Karachi, you’ve probably said and heard this phrase one too many times. Rising mercury levels impact our lives everyday. Like many other issues, however, heat does not affect us all the same way, with those on the lowest rungs of the socioeconomic ladder bearing the brunt of the impact. “There is neither water nor electricity at our house, where does one go?” asked Dilshad, a domestic help working in Karachi.