Famous Pakistani playwright and satirist Anwar Maqsood highlighted the absurdity of discussing women’s rights in a society where men’s rights are not ensured, adding that if men are granted their legitimate rights, society will be reformed.
In a recent interview, Maqsood spoke candidly on various topics. He said that although a father is traditionally responsible for raising a son, it is, in reality, the mother who shapes the child’s manners, etiquette, and character.
The father’s primary role, he said, is to provide for the family, including his parents, wife, and children.
Anwar Maqsood stressed that while much attention is paid to women’s rights in Pakistan, he has been advocating for men’s rights for the past seventy years. He explained that basic freedoms—such as the ability to speak, work, or write freely—should be granted to men.
He asserted that society would begin to improve the day men are truly given their rights.
Quoting Manto, he said: “I do not write filth, I write what I see in society. If my writing is vulgar, it is because society is vulgar.”
Maqsood advised men to work until their final breath, as protectors of their households, fulfilling their responsibilities with commitment.
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