Lahore–Provincial Secretary Information Ashfaq Gondal has stated that media has assumed the status of front-line of defense in the present times. Armies launched attacks much later in all the wars of the recent past before the media had already built the public opinion about the reasons and fallouts of those military campaigns, he said while […]
By Gibran Ashraf Karachi:The optical disc business in the city has registered a decline as was revealed by various shopkeepers in a survey carried out at the Rainbow Centre, Karachi’s hub of pirated DVDs, VCDs, and audio cds. “Over the past one and a half years, business has slowed down,” said Nasir Ahmed of CD […]
KARACHI (September 25 2007): The full bench of Sindh High Court on Monday adjourned hearing of the May 12 incident and government’s failure to remove siege of High and City Courts buildings by mobs till October 22, 2007. Today, when matter was taken up Advocate General Sindh Anwar Mansoor sought adjournment saying he did not […]
IT is indeed strange that despite greater awareness about rights of women, data for the last two years indicates a sharp rise in crimes against women. According to details, about 17700 cases of violence against women were registered during the period. These included 612 cases of honour killing, 67 stove burst, 6 incidents each of […]
Islamabad–Federal Minister for Women Development Sumaira Malik has said the main purpose of Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP) is to promote a process that leads towards equal man and women participation in politics and political institutions. The programme stresses upon two key areas, information and active support by civil society organization on getting women to […]
Islamabad–Gender Justice through Musalihat Anjuman Project (GJTMAP) is providing conducive corridors to women to fight against gender based violence. Musalihat Anjumans are administering justice to the victims of various forms of violence alongside playing their vital role in resolving different types of disputes, which may breed violence, said National Project Manager GJTMAP Hamid Raza Afridi […]
ISLAMABAD: Even after the passage of decades, all attempts to eradicate gender discrimination remain a wishful thinking as male-dominating society is not ready to accept the role and talent of the women,” The Post learnt while conducting a survey on Monday. “We, as a nation, want to change our image from extremists to moderates and […]
Many school-aged young girls are kept at home to help their mothers with household chores. Providing incentives for schooling girls in these areas can help lessen local community reticence towards female education. International development agencies classify Pakistan as a food-deficit country, which means that malnutrition is an evident problem in a majority of our poor […]
ISLAMABAD (September 25 2007): The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), while suspending licences of five companies and serving show-cause notice to one on default in paying licence fee, directed PTCL to terminate all telecom facilities extended to them. Sources said that these companies had defaulted about Rs 6.75 million payment to the regulator in licence fees. […]
*Judge unavailable as he had to attend another bench LAHORE: Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court (LHC) did not hear the case of transsexual Shumail and his ‘wife’ Shahzina on Monday because he had to hear another case. The couple had filed for an exemption from personal appearance in the hearings of […]
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