ESHAWAR: The Individualland Pakistan (IL-Pakistan) successfully concluded a three-day training workshop for local journalists on Saturday. The workshops were held at a local hotel in partnership with Aurat Foundation under the USAID-supported Gender Equity Programme (GEP), which is the second of its series of workshops on sensitisation of media on gender equity in nine districts […]
The main office of daily “Mashriq”, a leading Urdu newspaper of Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, was attacked by Police on August, 6, 2011. They tortured the staff members including senior journalists Sohrab Khan and Asif Nisar Ghayasi. Saif-ul-Islam, the president of Peshawar Press Club told Pakistan Press Foundation that about […]
Sir: I was shocked to read about the incident at Nairang Art Gallery, Lahore. Apparently, an SHO from the Shadman Police Station visited the art gallery with his team and beat up a female curator because she was wearing sleeveless shirt. Since when have our policemen taken up the role of moral policing? They are […]
RAWALPINDI: Honour killing in the country has increased alarmingly in the first half of the current year compared to the previous year as every fifth woman across the country is being targeted by her husband. A fresh study carried out by Global Foundation, an international network of human rights groups, has revealed that honour killing […]
By: Peer Muhammad ISLAMABAD: Saeeda Mir, who came first at the International Book Writing Competition-USA in June, dreams of becoming a lawyer to fight for women’s rights in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). She completed against 1,900 people of all ages, as there was no age restriction, and stood first. “My accomplishment has made me and my family […]
MULTAN: With all the three overall top positions, the girls completely outshined boys in BA/BSc annual examination, 2011 as the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) announced the result here on Sunday. Declaring the result, BZU Controller (Examinations) Malik Munir Ahmad said that 45189 candidates appeared in the BA/BSc examination out of which 17148 were declared successful […]
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Village Development Programme (PVDP) with the assistance of international welfare organisation of TROCAIR has launched skill development project for the residents of the flood-affected localities of the Union Council Mohib Banda, district Nowshera. The project initiated under Community Empowerment and Livelihood Improvement Programme (CELIP) and will provide skill to the women of Jaba […]
LAHORE: Chairman Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), Raja Muhammad Anwar has said that educational stipend worth rupees one billion will be distributed among the girl students belonging to the remote and far-flung areas. This programme is aimed to encourage education as well as helping deserving girls receive education. He stated this while addressing the function organised […]
The people of Pakistan have to face different problems every day. From rising inflation to the energy crisis, from lawlessness to heightened terrorism, from sectarian violence to religious fundamentalism, the lives of Pakistan’s citizens have become an endless tale of woes. One thing that has remained constant in Pakistani society over the years is the […]
I WOULD like to draw the attention of women towards their reproductive rights. Included in these rights of women are their rights to enjoy life with a sense of security of health. However, women in our society face a lack of rights in making decisions about reproduction, ignorance about reproductive healthcare and breastfeeding, unintended pregnancies […]
By: Hajrah Mumtaz THE distilled experience of a society is produced by a society’s artists. Through their work can we initiate a debate about the identity of a society, its roots and history and future. Yet so many in Pakistan feel that the arts are a more or less redundant field, good for some entertainment […]
By: Ibrahim Sajid Malick It is a common practice in Pakistan to invoke Turkey as a model state, a perfect role model for Pakistan to follow. Our proclivity, however, is often to demonstrate how a predominantly Muslim country became a tolerant and secular nation. While it is plausible to study Turkey’s growth model from the […]
By: Fahhd Husain For millions across the world, social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are a blessing. Many use these webpages to interact with family and friends, but if used carelessly, the same tools that have proven to be such a convenience could well leave the user exposed to unwanted elements and, in […]
By: Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani approved on Sunday de-notification of five judges of Lahore and Sindh high courts who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO). An official handout said the prime minister had approved de-notification of Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi, Justice Syed Hamid Ali Shah, Justice Hasnat […]
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