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The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi hosted an event for the BBC titled The Conversation at the G&T auditorium main campus. The event comprised of a panel discussion and esteemed panellists included Pakistan's football captain Hajra Khan, award winning actress Mahira Khan, pioneer comedian Faiza Saleem and lawyer and internet activist Nighat Daad. The panel discussion was moderated by Kim Chakanetsa where the panellists probed into the challenges, frustrations and joys of being a woman in Pakistan.

The format of the recording followed a question answer manner in which the students in the audience put forth their questions and the panellist would then discuss the issue at hand. Kim began the recording by introducing the point of discussion which was to understand what it means to be a woman in a place like Pakistan which has stark contradictions from individuals like Benzair Bhutto and Malala Yusufzai to issues on gender parity, educational challenges and societal pressures.

Points of discussion included comments on lack of public spaces available for women, stereotypes associated with women within the country, moral policing and fat shaming, generalization regarding desi marriages, mental health and intersectional feminism.

Initiating the conversation, Faiza Saleem said, "I may be breaking boundaries but I am still expected to look a certain way".

She discussed the issues women face in the comedy industry where a man is considered to be funnier than his female counterparts. She shed light on the culture of body shaming that is done by relatives even if a woman is successful.-PR

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019


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