Gender equality
WOMEN in Pakistan are discriminated against due to deeply entrenched socio-cultural practices of society which are reflected in the widespread gender disparities that are quite...
Nazim opens handicraft institute for women
HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The Government Handicraft Institute for Women was opened in Affandi town on Friday. District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil while inaugurating it said...
Child marriage forestalled
KARACHI – A four-year old girl was about to be forced into matrimony with a seven-year-old boy, her cousin, when a complaint lodged at the...
‘Gender ombudspersons to check sexual harassment’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The government plans to introduce a bill to check incidents of sexual harassment under which “gender ombudspersons” will be appointed at provincial...
Tasleem’s brother hints at intimidation by ‘influential’
KHAIRPUR, Oct 31: Asif Solangi, the brother of Ms Tasleem Solangi, who was killed in March in the Hajna Shah area, has said that he,...