I came away from the movie understanding my country much better than I had when I went in. By Bina Shah The writer is an author, most recently of Slum Child (2010). She has written for numerous publications including Dawn, The Friday Times and Chowk Saving Face is one of the most difficult movies I’ve [...]
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Woman gang-raped, strangled
Posted by ppf.admin on May 17th, 2012
Karachi: The body of a young woman who gang-raped and then strangled to death was found in her residence in the New Karachi Industrial Area police limits on Wednesday. When Afzal, the husband of 25-year-old Rizwana Khatoon, returned home in Sector C-5/F in the evening he found his wife dead. He informed police, who carried [...]
‘Women cops be provided level-playing field’
Posted by ppf.admin on May 17th, 2012
ISLAMABAD: Women police officers should be provided level-playing field by giving them appropriate training and empowering them. Niaz Ahmad Siddiqui, former IGP Punjab, said this on Wednesday while addressing a seminar ‘Women police as change agents and gender-based police reforms’ organised by Individualland Pakistan with the support of Royal Norwegian Embassy. He said: “The police [...]
Helping 11,000 women read newspapers, write letters
Posted by ppf.admin on May 16th, 2012
On Tuesday, TCF and its partners organised an event to recognize the contribution of key individuals, the principals of TCF schools, who made Aagahi a success. KARACHI: As the chairman of National Foods Limited, Abdul Majeed was interested in the idea of providing his unschooled staff with basic primary education. He thought that if the [...]
Woman killed by family for affair with father-in-law
Posted by ppf.admin on May 16th, 2012
By Muhammad Sadaqat Killing was ordered by a jirga; family secretly buried body in local graveyard. HARIPUR: A woman was killed and secretly buried by her family after she was declared kari by a jirga for allegedly having an extra-marital affair with her father-in-law, police said. The incident occurred in the Panian Afghan Camp, after [...]
