“Marriages are making girls vulnerable,” remarked Khalida Ghaus of the Social Policy and Development Centre. KARACHI: Young women are safer in their parents’ homes, a study on the socioeconomic violence against women in Karachi has found. “Marriages are making girls vulnerable,” remarked Khalida Ghaus of the Social Policy and Development Centre as she presented the […]
By Aroosa Shaukat LAHORE: Displaying handicrafts produced by local women, the Children’s Library Complex echoed with music from the heart of the Cholistan Desert, as Krishan Lal Bhail performed folk songs on Tuesday at the Gypsy Mela and Women Expo. The mela has been organised by the Social Welfare Department in collaboration with Godh, an […]
By Asad Kharal / Zia Khan / Aditi Phadnis ISLAMABAD / NEW DELHI / LAHORE: Jamaatud Dawa fumed as India welcomed the announcement of up to $10 million bounty on its chief Hafiz Saeed and an associate on Tuesday. Islamabad, meanwhile, offered little response. The bounty was announced by US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman […]
ISLAMABAD: Unhealthy diets and physical inactivity are key risk factors for the major non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes in media persons. Consultant Cardiologist, Shifa International Hospital, Dr Saeedullah Shah told APP on Tuesday that due to work load, media persons are more vulnerable to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and advised them to […]
Ayesha Haroon A little more than four weeks ago, Rush Limbaugh, host of a right-wing radio talk show in the US, called a female university student “a slut”. In the weeks that followed Limbaugh’s show lost almost one hundred advertisers. With more than 14,000 radio stations and, an estimated, 80 per cent of the population […]
KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar stressed the need for economic empowerment of women and female literacy so they could get financial independence, be able to raise their voice and struggle for their rights. These views were expressed at the launching of two reports, `Socioeconomic cost of violence against women` and `Gender dimensions of development induced […]
Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: A new electronic SIM registration system has been launched to block the use of unregistered cellular connections by criminals. And in the three days since the system was enforced as many as forty thousand verification requests were rejected. The new automated procedure for sale of mobile SIMs was enforced from April 1 […]
NAUDERO: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference case presently pending before the Supreme Court has provided a golden opportunity to the court to do justice to the great leader. Addressing the Central Executive Committee meeting of the party held here on the eve of 33rd […]
KARACHI: Ethnic, sectarian and politically linked violence in the city has killed at least 300 people so far this year, a human rights organisation said on Tuesday. Parts of the city had become battlegrounds in the last week, with authorities unable to prevent spiralling violence blamed on activists from political parties representing competing ethnic groups. […]
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