PESHAWAR: The speakers at a seminar on Friday stressed collaboration to promote gender mainstreaming in access to economic resources as that would help address all forms of discriminations and violence against women. The views were shared at an event jointly ...
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Video song acknowledges men standing up for women’s rights
Islamabad: A video song acknowledging the men, who stand up and speak up for women’s rights in Pakistani society, was formally launched on the premises of the Pakistan National Council of Arts here on Friday. ‘Sar Buland’ was composed and ...
Read More »Over 2,000 cases of violence against women reported in 2020
ISLAMABAD: From January to December 2020, 2,297 cases of violence against women (VAW) were reported in 25 districts of Pakistan despite a challenge of under reporting due to COVID 19. Month to month analysis of the data shows that at ...
Read More »First-year girl gang raped, three suspects held
KARACHI: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested three suspects over allegation of gang raping a first-year girl student in Gulshan-i-Hadeed. Malir SSP Irfan Bahadur said that the girl was kidnapped by the suspects in Gulshan-i-Hadeed. She was subjected to ...
Read More »Two women allegedly murdered
DIJKOT: Two women were allegedly murdered in separate incidents in Dijkot on Friday. Police said a woman, who ran away from her home, was killed by her brother and buried in a nearby graveyard. Police arrested the suspect and registered ...
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