LAHORE – The office of the Women Ombudsperson in Punjab has been rendered ineffective as the deputy commissioners across the province are not taking administrative actions to enable women to get their inherited properties from their close relatives. Although most ...
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First woman station director at Radio Peshawar felicitated
PESHAWAR: Prominent businessman and president Abassin Column Writers Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Zia ul Haq Sarhadi, has congratulated Syeda Iffat Jabbar on assuming charge as Station Director Radio Pakistan Peshawar. “This is a great honour that Syeda Iffat Jabbar is first ...
Read More »No room for women’s harassment, promotion of ‘profanity brigade’: Sherry
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Sunday said there was no room for harassment of women which should be condemned at every forum as it could not be allowed to promote profanity brigade spewing venom against ...
Read More »‘Gender-based violence under-reported in country with very low conviction rate’
War against Rape (WAR) has mentioned in its latest report that incidents of heinous offences such as sexual harassment, gender-based violence, rape, domestic brutality, workplace harassment, child marriage, acid attack and honour killing are under-reported in Pakistan, with an extremely ...
Read More »Six dacoits rape two women
VEHARI: Six dacoits raped two women during a house robbery in Burewala’s Sahoka police limits, some 40km from here, early on Saturday. The incident took place in Chak 303-EB where the outlaws armed with weapons stormed into a house after ...
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