Islamabad: Pakistan has been lagging behind in the region in terms of promoting gender equality, especially in education particularly in terms of enrolment of girls to boys’ ratio at primary and secondary education’s, according World Development Indicators report 2012 launched by the World Bank. Analysis of the report titled “Gender Equality and Development” covering the […]
Karachi: Five girls, all of whom were married off at the age of 13, were specially invited from remote areas of Sindh to share their stories in a programme held by the Rehnuma Family Planning Association Pakistan (RFPAP) on Thursday. Though they appeared fragile and vulnerable, they gave a hard time to the speakers at […]
KARACHI: Police on Thursday arrested a suspected midwife, said to be posing as a lady doctor, in the case of the five foetuses found in a garbage dump in Manzoor Colony on Feb 14. The foetuses, two in jars and three in plastic bags, were found in a garbage dump in Sector E, Street 11, […]
By Rabia Ali KARACHI: The additional law secretary was hard to please. What was supposed to be a consultation among parliamentarians and activists on an upcoming bill against domestic violence, turned out to be a heated discussion as Aslam Sheikh frowned, raised his eyebrows and his objections. “We will not allow [through] anything derogatory against […]
LAHORE: Leading media professionals, executive bodies of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA), South Asia Media Commission (SAMC), South Asian Women in Media (SAWM), editors and press club representatives across the country condemned the accusations that Zaid Hamid was levelling through social networking sites against the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA), a mainstream […]
Karachi: Women representatives of the Sindh Assembly clarified that the landmark domestic violence bill passed by the Senate on Monday was not just restricted to cases between husband and wife, but also extends to other immediate family members such as brothers, fathers and sons. A consultative meeting of women MPAs and members of civil society […]
ISLAMABAD: Instead of playing a constructive role in bringing peoples of Pakistan and Afghanistan closer, media was creating differences between the two nations. Journalists from Pakistan and Afghanistan castigated the counterproductive role of a certain segment of media at an interactive session arranged at the National Press Club on Wednesday. A delegation of Afghan journalists […]
By Jahanzaib Haque The writer is web editor of The Express Tribune and tweets @Jhaque_ [email protected] Welcome to 2015. Pakistan has 3G and 4G mobile services active, with millions of subscribers ranging from the elite, all the way down to the lower classes, since now, cheap Chinese manufactured smart phones and tablets have flooded the […]
QUETTA: A man reportedly shot dead his wife and mother-in-law over a petty issue in Pishin district of Balochistan on Tuesday. Sources said that Muhammad Afzal, a resident of Qilli Tarata, opened fire on his wife, Bibi Zhora, and mother-in-law, Bibi Feroza. Both the women reportedly died instantly, while the accused fled. Local authorities rushed […]
GUJRANWALA: Magistrate Yasir Hayat sent the father of a 12-year-old girl, who was forcibly married to a 45-year-old man, and three others to jail on Tuesday. Earlier, the police produced the girl’s father Arshad, former husband Saleem and witnesses Siddique and Latif in court. However, the Nikkahkhawan is still absconding. Arshad had married off his […]
NAWABSHAH: A man burnt his wife badly when he and his father and two friends sprinkled petrol and set the woman on fire on Tuesday in a village near Daur. Dur Mohammad Mahar and his father Atta Mohammad Mahar, and two friends Wahid Bux and Abdul Jabbar barged into the house of his estranged 18-year-old […]
Governing body faces wrath of members over election delay. ¬LAHORE: The Lahore Press Club turned down proposals for reserved seats for women in a stormy council meeting on Monday, as the governing body faced the wrath of members angry at a delay in elections. A resolution for a dedicated women’s VP seat was presented before […]
Her boss denies the charge claims she ran a brothel at the police station. By Aftab Ahmed Soomro Court holds police and HMC administration responsible for negligence. The daily Kawish reported that Bhan, along with her children, held a protest outside the Moro Press Club on Sunday and demanded that a case be registered against […]
Ahmad Noorani ISLAMABAD: Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan director of a US NGO, Human Rights Watch (HRW), was the only Pakistani who appeared as a witness on Balochistan issue during the illegal hearing of US House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs and gave testimony against Pakistan by presenting wrong facts and figures. Leading politicians from […]
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