The project was shared with five prominent nongovernmental organisations (NGOs). The News investigation revealed that the Sindh government has been facing strong criticism over poor perform1ance of its departments, especially in the rural areas and masses were the biggest victim. A World Bank’s report on the deteriorating performance of Sindh government institutions worried the rulers […]
The bench, comprising Justice Talat Qayyum Qureshi and Justice Aijaz Afzal Khan, observed that the petitioner had already moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the WPA “that’s why the petition is inadmissible before the PHC”. Petitioner Shahid Orakzai had moved the PHC on December 21 last against WPA, praying the court to declare it […]
UMERKOT – Basic amenities for development work would be provided to 26 out of 100 villages within a month under a programme sponsored by the Asian Development Bank, it was said in a meeting held under the chairmanship of District Nazim Faqir Maghan Mangrio. DCO Mushtaq Ahmed Shaikh, ED0s works and services department, Agriculture Department […]
Petitioners Imran Ali and Rashid Bin Zaid claimed the that Section 10 (4) of the Family Laws Ordinance, which was introduced in 2002, empowered the family courts to issue a decree of dissolution at the instance of a wife by way of ‘Khula’ under the Dissolution of Marriage Act without recording evidence if the parties […]
Petitioners Imran Ali and Rashid Bin Zaid claimed the that Section 10 (4) of the Family Laws Ordinance, which was introduced in 2002, empowered the family courts to issue a decree of dissolution at the instance of a wife by way of ‘Khula’ under the Dissolution of Marriage Act without recording evidence if the parties […]
The NGO staged a demonstration outside the press club in Sanghar. Activists Aslam Memon, Tahir Ahmed and Ms Tahira demanded exemplary punishment to the people who raped Ms Naseeban Labano and forced her to parade naked. They said that the government was paying only lip service to the rights of women. DADU: A large number […]
PARIS (AFP) – Worldwide newspaper circulation soared nearly 10 per cent in the five years to 2005, according to a study released that sharply challenges the widespread notion, the print media is moribund. The World Association of Newspapers said the number of paid for daily papers came to a record 10,104 in 2005, an increase […]
A press conference was held at the LHRLA office to present the report. It reported 7,564 cases of violence against women nationwide. Most were reported in Punjab where it recorded 4,457 incidents while 2,415 cases were recorded in Sindh. There were 552 incidents of violence against women in NWFP while Balochistan reported 140 cases. “Shockingly, […]
The protesters, under the banner of the Aurat Foundation, demanded to meet the governor to record their protest but officials at the Governor’s House told the protesters that the governor could not meet them owing to his busy schedule. Nuzhat Shirin of the Aurat Foundation said that the governor instead conveyed to them that only […]
The paper, Bride Exchange and Women’s Welfare in Rural Pakistan, conducted by the World Bank and authored by Hanan G Jacoby and Ghazala Mansuri, says a bride exchange accompanied by mutual retaliatory threats could be a mechanism to coordinate the actions of two sets of in-laws, each of whom wish to restrain their sons-in-law, but […]
Aurat Foundation, War Against Rape , HRCP, Sindhiani Tahreek, SPARK activists and women MPAs attended the rally. The procession then proceeded towards the Governor House where they staged sit-in on the outside of the main gate. The protesters demanded to meet to the Governor in order to resolve the issues. It was told that Governor […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) government in the NWFP has decided not to allow enforcement of the Protection of Women Act as long as it is in power. This was stated by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) secretary-general Maulana Ghafoor Haideri while talking to newsmen at the parliament house chamber of the leader of […]
A division bench of the PHC, comprising Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan and Justice Saleem Khan, was taking up a petition filed by one Wasil Khan, seeking production of her ‘kidnapped’ sister, Khalida. Assistant Political Agent Amjad Ali told the court that he had constituted a Jirga, with political tehsildar as its member, to probe […]
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