PESHAWAR: Terrified, locked up at home and courting death if they go out alone, women oppressed by Taliban extremists in Swat valley have nothing to

By Shahid Husain Karachi: While sex is determined biologically, gender is an ideological and societal concept. Since gender is not a divine concept, it can

ISLAMABAD : Speakers at a seminar on “Talibanisation and protecting womens right” have expressed concern over the rise in religious extremism and its impact on

ISLAMABAD : Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza has said that women should be given maximum participation in every field of life to bring them

By Shamim Bano Karachi: City courts have only two female staff in the lower grade among thousands of male staff. Moreover, of the 9,000 practicing

Karachi: Speakers at a seminar titled ‘Self-employed Women and their Families: Experiences from the Towns of Karachi’ reached a consensus that women should assert their

Although women activists claim to work for women’s rights, Friday evening’s protest by members of Women’s Action Forum (WAF) outside the Karachi Press Club presented