By: Akhtar Amin PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday took suo motu notice of murder of the brother of a rape victim and protest by armed policemen against the judiciary and in favour of three cops accused in the rape case. The court also directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police to […]
By: Zubeida Mustafa DECEMBER 10 was human rights day. That was the day 63 years ago when the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was hailed as the international magna carta. Much to their chagrin, people soon discovered that governments pay lip service to good causes as long as their […]
By Qaiser Zulfiqar / Rana Yasif ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed yet another petition against actress Veena Malik following her controversial photo shoot in an Indian magazine which has triggered a countrywide debate. Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi, who previously had struck down an identical petition of advocate Saleemullah Khan, again […]
KARAK: District Police Officer Sajid Ahmad Mohmand Monday claimed that security of the alleged gang-rape victim Uzma Ayub had been increased and vowed that the killers of Alamzeb would be brought to justice. Chairing a meeting of the district police officers, the DPO directed the Takht Nusrati police to intensify the search to arrest the […]
Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: A woman was burnt alive in Ganjmandi area on Monday, allegedly by her in-laws in a dispute over Mehr. The woman’s parents-in-law and husband’s younger brother were booked by the police on the complaint of the brother of the deceased woman. However, no arrest has been made. Ms Irum, 19, a daughter […]
Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously passed two landmark bills providing for deterrent punishment for anti-women practices and acid crimes. Both the bills amend the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 and have already been passed by the National Assembly. The prevention of acid crime bill provides […]
KARACHI: A workshop was organised to emphasise a code of conduct for the media with regard to violence against women, under the aegis of White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan here at a local hotel the other day. Raana Malik of the University of Punjab Gender Studies Department conducted the workshop having several segments including multimedia presentations, […]
ISLAMABAD: Too many women are still serving short prison sentences, often for breaching community orders for crimes that do not themselves carry a prison sentence, according to media reports. In the absence of a female probation officer, several juvenile offenders have had to stay in jail for far longer than they should have. This is […]
LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said women can play a significant role in changing the destiny of the nation. Talking to a group of women party workers here on Sunday, she said Pakistan could not make desired progress because the talent of women could not be exploited in a proper way. She said […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Lahore Women Wing organiser Dr Nosheen Hamid Miraj assured party workers on Sunday that the party would end all discriminatory laws against women after coming into power. She was addressing a PTI women workers convention of PP-150 held at Awan Town. PTI Lahore President Sadia Sohail, PTI Lahore Vice President Sobia Kamal […]
By: Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: Senior civilian and military leadership will brief the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Human Rights here on Monday (today) in an in-camera session on why efforts had failed so far to lift the militants’ nearly five-year- long siege of Parachinar in Lower Kurram. Insiders have told The News it was quite […]
By: Inder Kishan NEW YORK: After the killing to two British children in a drone attack on tribal areas of Pakistan on Oct 31, Human Rights organisations have unleashed a new wave of criticism. These organisations have said that a wide campaign would be launched in courts of Pakistan, America and Europe against drone programme […]
By: Bina Shah THE controversial Veena Malik cover has got Pakistanis talking – about women, about sexuality and about empowerment – and it seems everyone’s got an opinion concerning Ms Malik’s decision to pose for the men’s magazine across the border. Some Pakistanis think her actions are shameful and un-Islamic, while others hail them as […]
By: Amanullah Kasi QUETTA: The Balochistan Bar Association, Voice for Baloch Missing Persons and Aafia Release Movement held rallies and seminars on Saturday to mark the International Day of Human Rights here. Activists of the civil society organisations taking part in the rallies and processions taken out to mark the day said the government had […]
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