Mansoor Malik With doctors, nurses and paramedics already vying for service structure and pharmacists campaigning for creation of posts in public hospitals, clinical psychologists too have entered the arena, starting with demand for improving their service structure but pledging to remain peaceful. Under the banner of Pakistan Association of Clinical Psychologists (PACP), they last week […]
Huma Yusuf THANKS to Aamir Khan, the issue of India’s skewed sex ratio is making headlines again. In the debut of Satyamev Jayate — his take on Oprah Winfrey’s iconic issue-based talk show — the Bollywood star emphasised the fact that one million girls are prevented from being born in India each year. Through a […]
Huma Yusuf THANKS to Aamir Khan, the issue of India’s skewed sex ratio is making headlines again. In the debut of Satyamev Jayate — his take on Oprah Winfrey’s iconic issue-based talk show — the Bollywood star emphasised the fact that one million girls are prevented from being born in India each year. Through a […]
LAHORE: A woman in her 40’s was killed and her 22-year-old daughter was injured after two persons opened fire on them near Ghazi Road in Factory Area on Sunday. The police said Nafeesa Bibi of Firdaus Park, Chungi Amar Sidhu was going to a church by a rickshaw along with her three daughters when unidentified […]
Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD: Mother’s Day provided Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf an opportune moment to hold a convention of its women members in Islamabad that was as lively and as colourful as its jalsas. Amid songs and music, Imran Khan, the chairman of PTI, promised his party would ensure that women got their due rights under law and […]
Javed Aziz Khan PESHAWAR: The federal and provincial governments have been moved against a former lawmaker of Kohistan district for his threat to forcibly marry the female staff of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to local men if they entered the district. “I talked to the Kohistan district administration. Officials told me that the former lawmaker, Maulana […]
KARACHI: Another batch of 340 community midwives from across the province took oath at a ceremony on Friday with the inspiration to play their complementary roles in the care of the poor and marginalised pregnant women under the Sindh government’s maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) programme. This was the third batch of midwives, who […]
LAHORE: “If you were alive today, Manto Sahab, you would be writing about the Ahmadis, those who are being killed in the name of religion and women who are being terrorised in the name of culture and honour.” And your stories would revolve around the lives of those who are affected by…groups of fanatics. Kishwar […]
By Afiya Shehrbano Zia The writer is an independent researcher who has also written for The News, Dawn, The Friday Times and EPW. She is also a member of the Women’s Action Forum It’s an accurate observation by Mazhar Abbas (who wrote on these pages some days ago), that the only force that can rightfully […]
JHANG: The City police registered a theft case against a rape victim and her family instead of registering a case against the influential rapist. As per details, Nasir Ghaffar, a hotel owner and a resident of Millat Colony, tried to develop illicit relations with Rabia, daughter of a shoemaker. On his failure, he kidnapped the […]
LAHORE: Long after the bashing he got from the left, right and the centre, an uninhibited bash celebrating the genius is still in the making exactly a century after the birth of the ever-ironic and crafty, and ‘controversial’, Saadat Hasan Manto. Today marks the master storyteller’s 100th anniversary. As the big day neared, the momentum […]
Rana Tanveer LAHORE: An elderly woman left with broken bones in a brutal beating and robbery two weeks ago has alleged that Ghalib Market police are refusing to register a case against the perpetrator, another woman, because she is backed by local clerics. Shehnaz Khan, 65, told The Express Tribune that her former neighbour, Samina, […]
Glow by Warid continues supporting young leaders by presenting Media Fest event at Kinnaird College for Women, which was aimed at helping Media students unleash their talent and expose their inner journalistic skills. Kinnaird Media Society, the college’s Mass Communication department, organised this festival in which over 550 Kinnaird College students participated in four competitions. […]
Karachi: In a fit of rage, a man strangulated his wife to death after a heated argument at their residence on Wednesday, police said. Siddiqa Bibi, 25, wife of Ghulam Qadir, was killed in her house in Ayub Goth. Later, Qadir informed his wife’s relatives about her death. The family informed police, who took the […]
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