KARACHI: The INSEAD Alumni Association of Pakistan and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, jointly arranged a roundtable discussion on ‘Access to Finance for Women Entrepreneurs’. The moot was hosted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) at a local hotel, an IBA official said on Saturday. Uloma lke, IFC’s specialist on Women in Business […]
LAHORE: Emotions ran high as the families of Rinkle, now Faryal, and Lata Kumari attended a press conference by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Saturday. The press conference was organised over the rising trend of abducting Hindu women and then forcing them to convert, a situation which has rung alarm bells among the […]
Mazhar Tufail ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has so far distributed a total of Rs17.81 billion among 711,130 flood-affected households countrywide since Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani inaugurated Phase-II of the Citizen Damage Compensation Programme (CDCP) a few months ago. “The government has not forgotten the flood-affected people and the damage compensation […]
Jawwad Rizvi LAHORE: Women worldwide, on an average, are paid 18 percent less than their male counterparts at work, according to a new report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The fourth Gender Pay Gap (GPG) report also reveals that women workers in manufacturing have a rather low relative wage level. The report, “Frozen […]
Inamullah Khattak RAWALPINDI: A mother seeking police help in arresting the killers of her two daughters fell victim to the brutality of police here on Saturday. Talking to reporters, Shahjehan Begum alleged that her daughters Saima Naz and Saira Naz were killed and another was injured by one Asad in a hostel in the limits […]
For the first time in the history of the Oscars, there were five Pakistanis in attendance. All five of them were dressed in traditional Pakistani attire, and as they walked down the red carpet, the audience at the event wondered to themselves which country these exotic people belonged to. At a press conference held at […]
Syed Irfan Raza ISLAMABAD: All speculations about the Senate’s new chairman ended on Saturday when the ruling coalition unanimously named Nayyar Hussain Bukhari of the Pakistan People’s Party for the slot. The coalition sprang a surprise by naming a PPP man for the deputy chairman’s slot, too. The nomination of Sabir Baloch, who represents Balochistan, […]
THIS is apropos of the editorial ‘PBC in dire straits’ (Feb 26). Radio Pakistan was converted into the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation through an Act in 1973 to ensure effective operation and growth of broadcasting as a function-oriented public service medium, general improvement in the quality of programmes, speedy implementation of projects, and better utilisation of […]
Gulzar Baig VEHARI: A man threw acid on his wife over a money dispute here on Saturday, burning the left side of her face and shoulder, police and doctors said. The sources said that Intizar Husain, the second husband of 30-year-old Firdos Bibi, went to her house in Union Council-1, along with his brother Sarwer […]
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