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Rabya Kulsoom Critiques Aurat March For Its Anti-Men Stance

Rabya Kulsoom shared her thoughts on feminism and the Aurat March movement in Pakistan during a recent episode of the Adnan Faisal Podcast. She expressed concern over the way feminism is perceived and conveyed in the country. She said, “I think feminism is being mistreated here.”

Kulsoom lamented the misunderstanding and misrepresentation of feminism in Pakistan, pointing out that it is often women who mistreat the concept rather than men. She emphasized the importance of feminism as a vital topic but expressed dismay that its message fails to reach its intended audience. Kulsoom criticized certain placards seen at Aurat Marches, citing examples such as “Find your own sock,” which she believed could perpetuate harmful stereotypes and lead to increased violence against women.

Ranya Kulsoom’s View on Feminism

“I feel that feminism is a very important topic,” Rabya began. She added, “Feminism is not reaching those whom it is for. If a man in the interior sees a placard that says, ‘Find your own sock’… what impression will it give him? Do you think the right message has been conveyed where it is needed? And if it did reach there, it went in a way very wrong way. He will beat his wife three more times reading that placard.”

Rabya stressed that feminism extends far beyond domestic chores and should encompass broader issues such as women’s rights to education and career advancement. “Come out of picking up socks and warming your own food. Please. Feminism is beyond this. It is vast and bigger than this. You’ve changed the meaning at the start,” remarked Rabya.

She voiced her support for the Aurat March but expressed disapproval of its current direction, which she felt focused excessively on hating men rather than advocating for women’s rights. According to Rabya, the essence of Aurat March should revolve around empowering women rather than vilifying men. She questioned the efficacy of messages urging women to neglect their domestic duties, arguing that such rhetoric deviates from the true essence of feminism and Aurat March.

Rabya Kulsoom expressed her willingness to support Aurat March but voiced her concerns about its current trajectory. “Aurat March should not revolve around animosity towards men,” she emphasized. “It should focus on women’s rights, such as the right to education. We should empower our daughters to pursue education and careers without hindrance. However, I disagree with the notion that our feminism and Aurat March should center solely on disdain for men. Messages like ‘neglect your husband or refrain from household chores’ do not align with the true essence of feminism,” she criticized.

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Jawad Ahmad Calls Society’s Tolerance of Profanity ‘Dangerous’

Singer-turned-politician Jawad Ahmad raised concerns about society’s growing tolerance for vulgarity and profanity.

He recalled his upbringing, saying, “In the household I grew up in, using curse words was unthinkable—whether on my mother’s side or my father’s.” Jawad explained that both of his parents, being educators, taught him respect, and he never heard foul language in his family.

Defining profanity, the Hamain Tum Se Pyar Hai singer said it includes using hateful or false labels to insult someone, such as calling them something they are clearly not—like comparing them to an animal.

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Jawad Ahmad and His Music

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Although he never received formal training in music, he writes and composes most of his own songs. He takes inspiration from a wide range of musical legends, including Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Mehdi Hassan, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Tufail Niazi, Pathanay Khan, Hamid Ali Bela, Madam Noor Jehan, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Kishore Kumar, the Eagles, Elvis Presley, and Mohammed Rafi.

To date, Jawad Ahmad has made his mark in the music industry with three solo albums and several drama OSTs.

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Sania Mirza On How Mothers Do More Than Fathers

Sania Mirza is a global tennis stars. She has achieved a lot for tennis in India and she has always also received love from Pakistan. She was married to cricketer Shoaib Malik and the ex-couple had a son together. She was also loved for how she represented women fiercely in sports. She was a guest on Masoom Minawala’s podcast and she shared her journey and thoughts.

Sania Mirza spoke about her pregnancy challenges. She shared that overall having her baby was a breeze. Yes, she like other women had to go through a lot physically but what actually affected her was breastfeeding. The career she has, a busy lifestyle as a working mom and how she had to go through mom guilt was difficult. She left for work for the first time after six weeks of having Izhaan. She was pumping milk during flight and she had so much mom guilt when she left him behind.

The sports star also shared how it is never 50-50 between both parents when it comes to parenthood. A mother always ends up doing more and this is not an equal world. This is a norm everywhere in the world and it is not bound to one place or one country. A mother gives more in terms of taking care of the child.

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Ghazal Siddiqui Shares Life Threatening Incident Involving Her Son

Ghazal Siddiqui is a senior PTV artist who has worked in numerous plays including her claim to the fame project Marvi. She has also busted Hum TV’s morning transmission for a longer period of time. Her other notable dramas are Dhoop Kinaray, Sij Girhan, Woh Kon Hai and Chaand Tara. Ghazal Siddiqui is happily married and has grown up kids. Her family is settled in Canada.

Recently, she appeared in ARY Digital’s morning show Good Morning Pakistan. In the show, she opened up about a life threatening incident involving her son.

Talking about it, Ghazal Siddiqui said, “There was an important occasion on which my kids requested to light firecrackers, so we arranged firecrackers and distributed them among the children. My son was very young, he took all his firecrackers from and put them in his pocket. Although I was supervising everything but someone lit a firecracker nearby, and one in his pocket caught fire. The firecrackers in his pocket started bursting one by one. I don’t know where I got the courage, but I immediately tore off his shirt and threw it away. It was such a scary incident — my son was in shock, watching me tear his shirt like that”.

Nida Yasir also shared a related incident. She said, “I caught a bullet in my car because someone at a wedding fired it into the air which hit our car and the wind screen was all broken and the next day I picked the bullet from the car.”