{"id":12370,"date":"2018-02-09T11:54:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T10:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axfoundation.misc.jishi.se\/intervjuer\/a-change-is-taking-place-in-pakistan-2"},"modified":"2025-04-17T11:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T09:40:25","slug":"a-change-is-taking-place-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"interview","link":"https:\/\/www.axfoundation.se\/en\/interviews\/a-change-is-taking-place-in-pakistan","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A change is taking place in Pakistan&#8221; \u2013 Saira Akhtar"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-id=\"block_5d8b2836349de\" class=\"video   align col-lg-12 col-12\">\n    <div class=\"video__content  col-lg-12 col-12  \">\n            <div class=\"video__container\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/axzSQn_M8t0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section data-id=\"block_5d8b2816349dd\" class=\"text   align col-lg-12 col-12  \" >\n    <div class=\"text__content  col-lg-9 col-12   text__content--center \">\n            <div class=\"text__content\">\n                  <p>Saira Akhtar is Associate Professor in sociology at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in Pakistan. 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