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 […]
Addressing a large gathering of women in Karachi, MQM chief Altaf Hussain has spoken of their empowerment and of the significance of women on the national scene. His words to the all-female rally may count as nothing but rhetoric, for as far as the rights of women go and the tremendous problems they face in […]
FAISALABAD: The Ghulam Muhammadabad police have arrested the man who threw acid on four girls, from Bahmniwala village in the Khurrianwala police limits. Kashif alias Kashi had thrown acid on Uzma, Nadia, Farah and Nida who were seriously injured and shifted to Allied Hospital. Ghulam Muhammadabad SHO Waheed Shahid told The News that they had […]
Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously passed a landmark bill making domestic violence against any vulnerable person, including women and children residing in the federal capital a criminal offence and bringing it to public domain. The bill “Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2012″ received support from all the political parties having representation […]
SOME large political events have been organised recently at Karachi’s Bagh-i-Quaid, but the ‘women’s rally’ staged by the MQM on Sunday is noteworthy. First, the size of the gathering testifies to the party’s organisational and communications capacity. More striking, however, is the fact that the crowd of tens of thousands comprised mainly women. While Karachi’s […]
KARACHI – The participants at a writing skill training session noted that media could bring positiirechangein the society by sensitizing the youth about important issues being confronted by the country here on Sunday. The daylong training session was organised by Pàkistan Press Foundation (PPF) in collaboration with Jinnah University for Women to discuss the role […]
By Zehra Abid The reporting of rape is far short of proper standards. KARACHI: Sex sells. Sensational stories on sex crimes sell even better. And in the alleged gang-rape case of Uzma Ayub, the Pakistani media seems to have truly set up shop. The 17-year-old victim has been hounded by journalists from her house to […]
Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: Although over one year passed since Higher Education Commission (HEC) issued instructions to establish sexual harassment committees in educational institutions, 98 out of 138 universities and degree awarding institutes (DAI) in the country were yet to comply. National Defence University (NDU), Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Pakistan Naval Academy, King Edward Medical University, […]
A massive teaching programme on media literacy is highly needed at the moment By Muhammad Aftab Alam Citizens for Free and Responsible Media, Pakistan (CFRM-Pakistan), an online group of not more than 164 assertive citizens, has developed a “guide to anchoring and reporting on news channels”. The guide provides a basic checklist of what a […]
Saher Baloch Karachi: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) fears that investigations into the killing of MPA Bakhtiar Domki’s wife and daughter will prove inconclusive, just like previous attempts by such commissions. Zohra Yusuf of the HRCP said that in the past, forming a commission to probe such killings had been “futile attempts,” as […]
By Karamat Bhatty None of 140 female traffic wardens serve on the roads any longer. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ FILE LAHORE: On April 3, 2008, eight female traffic wardens on heavy bikes patrolled the city’s major roads as they became the first women to work as traffic cops. Today, the traffic police has a total of 140 […]
OKARA: A man threw acid on a woman he was allegedly having an affair with sometime ago in Mansoorabad Colony on Saturday, say police officials. Tasawar had an affair with his neighbour Shahida, a mother of six, and their affair came to an end sometime ago. On Saturday, Tasawar threw acid on Shahida with the […]
By Asad Farooq KARACHI: The community radio could provide great help in ending gender discrimination and empowering women. Sindh Women Development Minister Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto stated this while speaking as chief guest at a three-day training work-shop for journalists and civil society organisations’ workers, organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) here on Friday. Bhutto […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday hand over an 11-year-old girl to her French mother after recovering her from the Pakistani father’s illegal custody. The girl was recovered from a hospital at the time she was visiting her father who had recently suffered a heart attack. The matter had been before the court since […]
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