Karachi: A woman whose body was found in three pieces over the course of three days from Soldier Bazaar police limits was identified on Friday afternoon. Nasreen, mother of five children, went missing on March 10th. Pieces of her body were recovered over the next three days, and on Friday the body was identified by […]
Karachi: The decomposed body of 30-year-old Zulaikha, a mother of two, was found in a gunny bag in a nullah near Kashmir Colony on Friday. According to the police, Zulaikha’s aunt Sakeena had come from Mehrabpur to inform the police that her niece had been murdered by her second husband Waris and her brother Imran. […]
ALTHOUGH patriarchal society has assigned unpaid and reproductive work to women and kept productive or income-generating work in the hands of male members, women’s contribution goes unnoticed. In our society women are still discouraged from joining productive work. An analysis of developed nations shows that engaging women in the economic sector is a path towards […]
ISLAMABAD – Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Thursday that media needs trained professionals and media organisations should concentrate on training of their staff. She was speaking at a seminar titled “Media Ethics in Disaster Reporting” organised by Department of Media and Communication Studies, International Islamic University Islamabad. Dr. Firdaus Ashiq Awan was the […]
Saher Baloch Karachi: With the discovery of yet another female foetus from a sewerage drain in Sharafi Goth, Landhi Town, on Thursday, the number of “unwanted babies” — both foetuses and newborns — found in the city this month has now hit 20, Edhi spokesperson Anwer Kazmi informed The News. This is the second baby […]
SAHIWAL: Noor Shah police on Thursday foiled marriage of two minor girls under the Vani tradition in 71/4-R village (Jhoke Sanwal). Police also arrested nine people, including two bridegrooms, their father and the man who had been called to solemnise the marriage. Shah Baig (27) and Zafar (25) were being married to Musarrat (7) and […]
Faisal Quraishi KARACHI: In recognition of the impact women have on the economy of Pakistan, the 4th Ladies Fund Women’s Awards were held on the lawns of the Mohatta Palace Museum on Thursday. Among others, the awards ceremony honoured the world’s youngest certified Microsoft professional Arfa Karim and the Academy Award-winning documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. At […]
SUKKUR: Haleema is one of the three women who arrived at the women’s complaint centre on Tuesday night, fearing for their lives. They claimed that their husbands wanted to kill them over the pretext of karo kari. On Tuesday, Haleema, a resident of the Rato Shal village in Khaipur, overheard her husband and in-laws plotting […]
By Owais Jafri Panjayat in rural Punjab decides the girls will be forced into marriage. ROJHAN: Rasheed and Nasreen fell in love, got married and ran away. So far, this tale from the rural Punjabi district of Rajanpur is common, both in Pakistani life and soap operas. It becomes a sick genre of its own […]
KARAK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti on Wednesday announced 100 percent increase in oil and gas royalty for Karak and establishment of a full-fledged university in the district. Addressing a public meeting here, he said the provincial government was planning to establish Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company to explore the oil and […]
LAHORE: The minority women are facing severe problems in the Pakistani society and need a policy response, according to a study conducted in 2010-11 by the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP). The statistics were made public in a press conference by NCJP on Wednesday. MPA Najmi Saleem, IA Rehman, Justice (r) Nasira Javed […]
Every Pakistani who believes in the equality of gender is proud of Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Oscar victory. She is the first Pakistani woman film director who has honoured the nation. Recently the government has enacted a law against acid attackers with 14 years to life imprisonment and Rs one million fine. Even after this law, […]
THIS is with regards to the day upon day ordeals faced by women when it comes to commuting in public buses. Being a regular traveler, I have experienced a number of times that men who upon not finding any vacant seats for themselves occupy seats in the women’s region. The women compartment which is already […]
KARACHI: Another female foetus was found in a storm drain in the city on Wednesday exactly a month after five foetuses had been found in a garbage dump near a storm drain in Manzoor Colony. The six- to seven-month-old foetus was found in the storm drain passing through Rajput Colony of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Block 3, said […]
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