<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site 3]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/all-articles</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:50:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Researcher’s Disappearance in Lahore Triggers Investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian doctoral researcher Hamza Ahmad Khan, who arrived in Pakistan earlier this month for academic work, was reported missing on February 19 after leaving his residence in the city’s Defence Housing Authority area late at night. Police registered a kidnapping case against unidentified persons after his friend filed a First Information Report (FIR, police complaint) alleging he had not returned home. The case drew attention from human rights groups and activists, who urged authorities to...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/canadian-researcher-s-disappearance-in-lahore-triggers-investigation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699e28c391604ab56c32d8bc</guid><category><![CDATA[News/Current Events]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:57:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0c861e_d2e64876a9594ac5a4e88ffd60933ea1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_863,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q&#38;A: Zahrah Ahmad — A Pakistani Psychologist on Belonging, Barriers and Breaking In]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zahra Ahmed is a trainee clinical psychologist in Scotland. In this conversation, she speaks about representation, growing up Pakistani in the UK, and what it means to enter a field where people like her are still rare. Q: Can you tell us about your background and how you ended up in psychology? Zahra Ahmed: I actually wanted to be a teacher at first. But as I learned more about mental health, I realised how much stigma there is in our culture; we don’t talk about depression, we don’t talk...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/q-a-you-re-the-only-one-in-the-room-a-pakistani-psychologist-on-belonging-barriers-and-breakin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697a4e6855d806ef8a1d4b23</guid><category><![CDATA[Interviews/Features]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0c861e_29b264168e3f449b92877a990ad7450b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_836,h_978,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Raises English Requirement for Work Visas, Leaving New Families in Limbo]]></title><description><![CDATA[New UK immigration rules that will be raising English language requirements are beginning to hit Pakistani workers and families, particularly those who have recently moved or are in the middle of bringing relatives to the country. From the 8th of January 2026, applicants for major work visas, including the Skilled Worker route, must now prove B2-level English, up from the previous B1 standard. While the government says the change will improve integration and workplace communication, many...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/uk-raises-english-requirement-for-work-visas-leaving-new-families-in-limbo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697a458931977ebcf5b787f7</guid><category><![CDATA[News/Current Events]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:22:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0c861e_173582085135468a84c5e8d23caaeac6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Visa Rules Reshape Pakistani Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Pakistani families, visas aren’t just paperwork. Behind every rejected application or delayed renewal is a family forced to adapt. Parents living apart from their children. Spouses starting marriages on FaceTime. Grandparents are growing old without seeing their grandchildren in person. This is what immigration policy looks like on the ground. For many Pakistani couples, marriage doesn’t automatically mean living together. Spouse visas can take months or years, with income thresholds,...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/how-visa-rules-reshape-pakistani-families</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697a4272d8141148d401eb13</guid><category><![CDATA[News/Current Events]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:08:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0c861e_c0089e4b79cf44c9b20a6b0cb2f30e35~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_964,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Double Standard of Modesty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up Pakistani means learning very early that what you wear is everyone’s business. At home, it’s: “Dupatta lo.” “Change that, guests are coming.” “You’re Pakistani, not goray log.” Outside, it’s: “Why are you so covered?” “Are your parents strict?” “You’d look better if you dressed more normally.” So basically, you can’t win... Pakistani Girls Are Raised to Self-Police... Pakistani girls are taught to think three steps ahead before leaving the house. Is the top too tight? Are the...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/the-double-standard-of-modesty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697a3d1fd8141148d401e02b</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:49:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0c861e_46fcc498fda4469da6ddee9f25290197~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing Up ‘Too Foreign’ at School and ‘Too Western’ at Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[For many second-generation South Asians, identity is not something you discover; it’s something you constantly negotiate. At school, you’re reminded that you’re different. Your lunch smells unfamiliar. Your name is mispronounced, then shortened without asking. Your parents’ accents become a punchline. You’re asked where you’re “really” from, even though you were born down the road.  At  home, the message quietly shifts. You’re told you’ve changed. That you’re becoming “too Western.” That your...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/growing-up-too-foreign-at-school-and-too-western-at-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69791131c81bade1ddc17961</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:29:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ICE Enforcement Tactics Under Scrutiny Amid Protests and Legal Challenges in the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing scrutiny as enforcement operations expand across several states, prompting protests, legal challenges and growing concern from civil rights groups. Recent weeks have seen an increase in high-profile ICE operations in major cities, with federal authorities saying the actions are aimed at enforcing immigration law and maintaining public safety. Officials have defended the agency’s tactics as lawful and necessary. However, rights advocates...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/ice-enforcement-tactics-under-scrutiny-amid-protests-and-legal-challenges-in-the-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69790f96e9e3448a1cd73e7b</guid><category><![CDATA[News/Current Events]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:19:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0c861e_db0de0092fe2401c975ff175d4e24e22~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The “clean girl” aesthetic is hitting a little too close to home.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The slick bun, oiled hair, minimal makeup look is everywhere right now... It’s being called the “clean girl” aesthetic, and it’s framed as calm, put-together, and effortless. For a lot of Pakistani girls who grew up in the West, it doesn’t feel new. It feels familiar, in a slightly uncomfortable way. Growing up, many of us went to school with oiled hair and tight braids because that’s what our mothers did. It wasn’t about trends or aesthetics. It was about care, routine, and looking “proper”...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/the-clean-girl-aesthetic-feels-familiar-and-a-little-strange</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697900e666503bc679d15845</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:17:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who really is the "Magazi Khuda?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let’s talk about a sentence we’ve all heard: “Shohar tumhara magazi khuda hota hai.” People say it casually like it’s advice, like it’s religion, like it’s normal. But think about it for a second. Why does marriage in our culture keep slipping into the language of worship? There is a hadith people love to quote: If Allah had allowed worship of anyone other than Himself, He would have commanded women to worship their husbands.   This hadith can be found in Jamiʿ at-Tirmidhi and Sunan Ibn...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/magazi-khuda</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6978fe3866503bc679d15219</guid><category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:06:43 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer Imaan Mazari Sentenced to Prison over cyber-terrorist remarks]]></title><description><![CDATA[A district court in Pakistan has handed down a lengthy prison sentence to human rights lawyer and activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, fellow lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha, in a case tied to social media posts that authorities described as “anti-state.”  Imaan Mazari is known for her work as a human rights lawyer, particularly on issues involving minorities, enforced disappearances, and state institutions, and she is the daughter of former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, which...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/pakistani-human-rights-lawyer-imaan-mazari-sentenced-to-long-prison-term-in-controversial-social-med</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6978fdba042aa3bcbc74046d</guid><category><![CDATA[News/Current Events]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:03:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0c861e_6ba731087f084b10959df9d966ed6760~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_549,h_309,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aamani, The Older Sister Everyone Turns To…]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before Aamani ever posted a video on TikTok or Instagram, she was already playing a familiar role. She was the older cousin younger girls felt comfortable talking to, the older sister figure people turned to because she had already been through similar family dynamics, expectations, and pressures... When speaking to Aamani, she explained that, “I never wanted to be somebody who goes through something and doesn’t tell their younger sisters what’s to come” She listens without judgment and...]]></description><link>https://parchayiuk.wixsite.com/parchayi/post/aamani-the-older-sister-everyone-turns-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6978fd3c66503bc679d14fa8</guid><category><![CDATA[Interviews/Features]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:01:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0c861e_34a5dce3ccd748ce96820477ef644aeb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_200,h_200,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>parchayiuk</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>