Student Grantees 2025
Genetic Engineering and Reproductive Genomics: Ethical and Religious Perspectives under Shari’ah Law
Ali Abbas Gilani & Mahnoor Sakina Naqvi
Given the rise in infertility and the growing promise of genetic technologies like Clustered Regularly Interspaced..
Labouring Bodies and Gendered Burdens: Feminization and Emotional Labour in Lahore’s Family Planning Work
Anaya Javed & Khizra Jamil Khan
At first glance, the Falahi Markaz (Welfare Center) has the unremarkable presence of a government facility in a military..
Reclaiming Space: The Politics of Dance in Pakistan’s Public and Private Sphere
Aymen Hashmat and Samar Waqas Qureshi
To dance in Pakistan is to trace hope in the air, to carry stories in silence, and to resist with beauty. Classical or contemporar..
Kis Ki Kahani: Approaching the HUM Drama through the Female Viewer’s Gaze
Mina Shoaib
My grandmother’s voice crackles over the landline, her previous inquiries about my health and daily..
Between Virtue and Visibility: Beauty Parlours as a Site of Subversion for Working-Class Women of Chungi Amer Sidhu
Minahyl Haider
Occupying space whether a classroom, park, or marketplace demands adherence to specific, often unspoken..
‘From 4-star to 5-star: Heera Mandi and the Suburbanization of Baba Syed Safdar Ali Bukhari’
Kaki Mishaal
It was an early evening, and I was interviewing a few devotees of Baba Ji within the Mast Mast Healers’ ..
On Flowers and Swarah - Pashtun Women and Custom through Literature
Muzna Syed
When I chose to write about the Tappah, I was initially surprised at the great grief present in the poems when heard..
It’s Not Just About Having a Phone: Why Many Pakistani Women Still Can’t Use Mobile Wallets
Hafiz Hamza Mubashir, Mahnoor Nasir, Muhammad Hamza, and Zernab Akram
Imagine you have a bank account in your name, a phone in your hand, and you even know how to use apps..
Reintegration at Risk: The Gender Divide in Juvenile Justice
Zawar Hussain
The rehabilitation and reintegration of juvenile offenders as compared to adult offenders is more challenging as juvenile offenders..
