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Safety Jeopardised

Edit in The Nation, Sept 07, 2023Irfan Ghafoor Memon, a school principal of a private institution in Karachi was arrested for sexually harassing, blackmailing and threatening over 45 women under the pretext of giving them employment. This is just another incident amongst an alarming number of reports coming from within educational institutes, defying the perception that schools and universities are safe-zones where employees, and the students alike, are safe from such violations. The investigation officer…

Deprived and repeatedly duped, Musahars are losing faith in state

by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 15, 2022The huts made with mud, wood, and hay have been raised a little from the ground to ensure safety from the floods that inundate the Musahari tole every monsoon. The tole is a settlement of 22 poor Musahar families with a total of 131 members, and falls in ward 3 of Mukhiyapatti Musaharniya Rural Municipality, which is around 15 kilometres from the Janakpur Sub Metropolitan City.…