Stories by Shyema Sajjad

Keeping quiet on sexual abuse is hurting your children

Imagine not having the means to do anything upon finding out your child has been a victim of abuse — it's paralysing.

Updated 21 May, 2016 01:18pm

When security guards become the very threat we fear

Private security guards have joined the list of people and things our children remain unsafe from in Pakistan.

Updated 24 Mar, 2016 11:54am

When will Pakistan's clergy celebrate our women?

The mighty Council of Islamic Ideology is standing in the way of progress ... again. Who is surprised?

Updated 07 Mar, 2016 03:50pm

After all, what is the big deal if a few of them die?

"How is the government expected to know about every death in Thar?" Qaim Ali Shah asked. Figure it out, chief minister.

Published 21 Jan, 2016 11:47am

Lynched by the system

Mr. Chaudhry Nisar, the solution does not lie in placing four policemen outside mosques and churches.

Updated 17 Mar, 2015 06:05pm

If one of them gets Tuberculosis, it's on us

While blame games continue to make headlines, infants in Pakistan will be going home without the life-saving BCG vaccine

Published 26 Feb, 2015 03:25pm

Who is at fault when 62 people die on our roads?

Aren’t the lives lost to terrorism enough for this country to deal with?

Updated 14 Jan, 2015 04:35pm

Curing thalassemia... with tainted blood

Our children no longer seem to be safe at hospitals and treatment centres.

Updated 05 Dec, 2014 04:35pm

Beyond dharnas: The forgotten numbers of Waziristan

If the UNHCR can’t work there and the government isn’t doing much either – who will help our IDPs?

Updated 30 Aug, 2014 02:30pm

Azadi is here! But what does that mean?

What matters more right now? Not derailing democracy, or not allowing another corrupt government to take us for a ride.

Updated 20 Aug, 2014 06:19pm

Greed and desire: The new face of Ramazan?

Forget teachings of charity and brotherhood – it’s time to win a pair of Servis shoes and perhaps a ‘Voice ki gari’.

Updated 26 Jul, 2014 02:00am

Who will be responsible for 8 deaths?

As clashes erupted, Pakistani politicians were busy playing hopscotch over the dead bodies.

Updated 18 Jun, 2014 07:55pm

More peace talks? Anyone?

The attacks are no longer confined. They have smoothly arrived where their penetration should have been hardest.

Updated 09 Jun, 2014 08:40pm

Virtual piety, Real sins

Our officials are the champions of monitoring porn sites but failures when it comes to protecting basic human rights.

Updated 27 May, 2014 06:20pm

Forced conversion, real terror

Do abductors believe that the forceful conversion and marriage of a minority woman may win him rewards in the afterlife?

Published 15 Apr, 2014 02:10pm

If it's not the TTP... ?

Could dialogue have saved the lives of the 21 people killed in the Islamabad blast today?

Published 09 Apr, 2014 04:03pm

Don't you know who I am?

We happen to host some of the most corrupt bureaucrats in the world – they are perhaps some of the most confident too.

Published 04 Sep, 2013 03:16pm

To hate thy neighbour

Nothing impacts emotions faster than a clip showing evil Indian media and how it is out to get us vulnerable Pakistanis.

Updated 16 Aug, 2013 12:53pm

The annual surprise

It is about time this state looks at its citizens as more than mere tax payers and vote banks.

Updated 05 Aug, 2013 04:22pm

PML-N: For the people or by the people?

I still haven’t been able to vote - therefore, I still have the right to say these elections were not free and fair.

Published 13 May, 2013 06:07pm