Equal economic rights for women urged
By: Mansoor Ahmad LAHORE: Women will remain deprived of the fruits of any economic growth until they are not treated as equal earning partners, said...
Discussion on draft bill: ‘Police need to be made gender-responsive’
By: Sehrish Wasif ISLAMABAD: The credibility and trust in the police department could be improved by initiating gender-responsive policing (GRP) in the country. This was...
Education mandatory for both men, women: Ulema
LAHORE: Scholars and clerics belonging to different schools of thought have said that education is mandatory for both men and women in Islam. Sharia does...
14-year-old Christian girl abducted, forcibly converted, married
By: Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: A Christian family in Rawalpindi had many plans for a cheerful Christmas last year until their 14-year old daughter went missing,...
Cases of acid attack
THIS is apropos the news report ‘Acid thrown on stepdaughters’ (Jan 4). Incidents of throwing acid are common in Asian countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh,...