The present article presents the results of a recent (2009) survey of understandings and attitudes to heritage and culture in Chitral, Pakistan. Chitral has two main ethnic-religious groups: the Muslim Kho and the Kalasha, who are the largest non-Muslim minority group in the Hindu Kush. Very little is known formally of Chitral history and prehistory beyond the last 200-300 years, and this has led to a relatively set list of heritage and cultural events or traits being iterated by local people and outsiders alike. With a growing emphasis on tourism and development in Chitral we think that it is important for local people to have understanding and control of what is and is not presented as heritage here, and also how heritage might be appropriately preserved. We also touch on the tensions between a powerful majority and a less powerful minority group, and the impact such an unequal relationship has on heritage.

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The present paper examined the association between women's socioeconomic status and their exposure to domestic violence in urban Lahore, Pakistan. The data was collected from married women through household survey of various socioeconomic neighbourhoods of Lahore in 2012. The findings of the present study showed significant relationship between women's socioeconomic status and their exposure to domestic violence. Women's age, educational attainment and economic dependence were associated with their exposure to domestic violence. The findings of the present study underscored the importance of women's educational attainments and increased access to employment opportunities in lessening their vulnerability to domestic violence.