DADU: Influential landlords of the village of Hoot Khan Shahani declared a teenage girl as kari in a meeting on Wednesday and decided to kill her if her family did not leave the village ‘within 24 hours’, according to a written complaint submitted to Dadu SSP by the girl’s father. Mehmood Shahani, the girl’s father, […]
ISLAMABAD: Speakers on Wednesday stressed the need for strict enforcement of recently-enacted legislation on women’s rights. They also urged the civil society to come forward and play its role in changing the mindset in this regard. These views were expressed at a national consultation on ‘Gender-based legislation and issues of implementation’ organised by Aurat Foundation […]
By Abdul Khaliq Qureshi ABBOTTABAD: Benazir Bhutto (BB) was a democratic socialist who served Pakistanis as prime minister for two terms from 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996, said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Provincial Assembly Member Dr Faiza Rashid on Tuesday while talking to media persons on the occasion of BB’s 4th death anniversary. PPP […]
By Noman Ahmed KARACHI: It’s a call that few children could have found believable. Fatima Hussain, 15, felt the same when she received a call from Zehra Ali, an assistant manager at the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco), who asked her to pack her bags for an international competition in Singapore. Fatima […]
LAHORE: The 2011-12 budget had 20.9 per cent of allocations for the protection of social, economic and human rights, which is only 4.65 per cent of the GDP – an amount less than the desired expenditure on education and health. Releasing its post-budget Economy Watch at a press conference, HRCP officials said they hoped that […]
Nadeem Ul Haque I write only to clarify economic reform and it’s role in our society. I have no issue with any other agenda in the country. A reporter from The News called me and to tell me that I am scheduled to talk against the nuclear program at the NDU on the 26th of […]
By: Tanveer Jahan This month, both Houses of parliament unanimously passed two bills to further bolster legal protection for Pakistani women against nefarious practices, denoting gender-based discrimination in society. The first bill has increased the punishment of acid attacks against women to a minimum sentence of 14 years that could extend to life imprisonment, besides […]
KARACHI: A young man who had allegedly thrown acid on two girls within the remit of the Surjani Town police station on Sunday night was arrested by police on Monday. Police said the man reportedly tried to avenge on one of the girls who had rejected his proposal. He missed the target and instead hurt […]
THIS refers to Nadeem F. Paracha’s column ‘Let it bleed’ (Dec 11). According to him, it is believed that whenever the establishment wants to drive a hard bargain with the Americans, it whips up anti-Americanism with the help of sympathetic voices in the populist media and political circles. Pakistan is probably the most anti-American country […]
By: Kashif Zafar BAHAWALPUR: A young girl was allegedly gang raped and murdered two days ago in Kot Ludan. Police officials have arrested one of the accused in the case and are searching for the other accused who fled the area. According to police officials, Mohalla Javed Kot Ludan resident Manzoor was working as a […]
Besides Pakistan, gender bias is present, more or less,in every developed and developing country. It is a fact that women haveand are being been exploited, regardless of whether they are housewives or working women, even in the 21st century. Nevertheless, their problems remain the same. Generally, it is assumed that after a woman gets a […]
PINGRIO: One Waqar Jatoi of village Dost Muhammad Jatoi falling in the limits of Khoski police station of district Badin, shot dead his niece Mayfal Jatoi and a 19-year boy Ali Gul Buledi suspecting illicit relations between them on Saturday evening. Later the accused surrendered at Khoski police station along with gun and the bodies […]
Sidrah Roghay Karachi: Alishba, aged six, went missing from her house in Dastageer on December 10. The family registered an FIR but investigations did not begin. Four days later, the girl’s tortured and raped body was discovered in some bushes off University Road. A day after Alishba’s case was reported by the media, another case […]
PESHAWAR: A flood-affected widow having five minor children has appealed to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to provide her support through the Watan Card, as she could not be registered. Talking to The News, Ayesha Bibi, a resident of Hospital Koroona in Dag Ismail Khan village of Nowshera district, said her house was damaged and all […]
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