Sindh textbooks tainted by gender stereotypes Sindh textbooks tainted by gender stereotypes KARACHI: In the last several decades, the left-leaning Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has come to fore as a strapping advocate for gender equality in Pakistan- at least in comparison to other mainstream political parties, whose agendas and tenures have largely remained shy of any service to women’s liberation. This image has also allowed the Bhutto-spirited party into the good books of many, including the country’s various apolitical factions. Yet however, there appears to be something greatly amiss in the party’s visual representation of women, which by contemporary standards, seems to be stuck in the past.