What these writers observed about the country they live in — class, family, who gets heard. Published here rather than abroad, which changes what an author is willing to say.
“Not even if I sold everything in the house; not to mention, the house and car were already on a mortgage.”

“Men mostly had a very stern facial expression; they never let that expression melt for they were men.”

“Twelve people, including five guys, all from the same class as him and her, are singing the Birthday Song in unison.”

“For what, Pikes cannot confirm, but Pikes says we need Zoe if we are to have any chance of breaking into the Houses of Parliament.”

“To make him better understand that this is how life is for some people, how life is not fair and how one cannot easily have what they wish for.”

“Before I could make a move the flash of white light transported me back to my own people, in my own time.”

“When one is poor; lacks skill and has been abandoned by society; selling one’s body seems a good bargain for life.”

“Sex positivity is an attitude that celebrates sexuality as an enhancing part of life that brings happiness, energy, and celebration.”

“A moment later the keys came free and she hurried back, manipulating light to make them invisible as well to avoid being spotted.”

“If she is rich, they make her wear sleeveless and to represent a middle/low class girl, you mostly see her wearing a dupatta.”

“Arc Welding: In this process, power supply is used to create an electric arc between the workpiece and electrode to melt them at the welding point.”

“Usually the power of woman rises with the wealth of a society, for when the stomach is satisfied hunger leaves the field to love.”

“The pursuit of justice is justified not without the element of peace, for the time is to come when chaos shall pickup into fashion, and then shall the world need men, truly deserved by the wars they have fought within.”

“Our village wasn't anything out of this world; just a small shabby settlement filled with people with dusty faces and houses with rusty doors.”

“Rape against men is a taboo topic, and Faris saw why his parents had told him to pretend nothing had happened.”

“Everything about our circumstances is transitory, but what most of the people believe in and seek is a higher power or creator.”

Our authors, in their own words and in the press.
سیکس ایڈ پاکستان کی جانب سے پیش کردہ یہ کتاب بچوں کے لیے ایک بہترین تحفہ ہے۔سی کے بارے میں تعلیم عام کرنےکے لیے کام کررہی ہے۔یہ تنظیم بچوں میں گڈ ٹچ اور بیڈ ٹچ میں فرق کرنے کا شعور پیدا کرتی ہے ۔پچھلے کچھ سالوں میں پاکستان میں جنسی تشدد کے واقعات بڑھتے ہی چلے جارہے ہیں۔ بچوں میں بڑھتےجنسی تشددکے واقعات کو کم کرنا بے حد ضروری ہے۔اس برے کام میں ملوث لوگوں کو سزا دینے کی ہرممکن سے ممکن کوشش کرنی چاہیےتاکہ ہمارے بچےبھرپور طریقے سے اپنے بچپن کو جی سکیں۔کس ایڈ پاکستان، پاکستان کی پہلی غیر سرکاری تنظیموں میں سے ایک ہےجو 2020 ءسے جنسیت
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ناصر خان نے اس کتاب میں عمدہ اشعار بھی قلم بند کیے ہیں۔ ناصر خان کے اشعار میں تعلیم کے حوالے سے غیر معمولی جوش و خروش پایا جاتا ہے۔ ان کا شعری اسلوب بےحد رواں اور منفرد ہے۔ اس کتاب میں ان کی یہی خوبی نمایاں ہے
”یہ ڈھاکہ کالج کے قریب ایک پُرہجوم بازار تھا۔یہاں ضروریاتِ زندگی کی تمام چیزیں دستیاب تھیں۔یہ ہر طبقے کے لوگوں کی خریداری کے لیے سب سے مشہورجگہ تھی۔ایک بہت اچھی مارکیٹ تھی جہاں زیورات، بیگ، کپڑے، اسٹیشنری کی اشیاء، بیڈ شیٹس اور تکیے وغیرہ ملتے تھے۔“