PESHAWAR: Experts at a consultative session on Thursday called upon the government to make suitableamendments to the law to remove loopholes that caused an increase in honour-related violence againstwomen.The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women (KPCSW) convened the session todiscuss the alarming increase in honour killing incidents and related crimes in the region.Speakers … Read more
The third meeting of the Provincial Stakeholders Alliance (PSA) on August 1, 2024, marked a pivotal moment in empowering women agricultural workers in Sindh. Held in Karachi, the event was organized by the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) with support from women’s rights organizations like the NARI Foundation. The meeting gathered representatives from both government … Read more
SHANGLA: The district and sessions judge of Shangla, Nasrullah Khan Gandapur sentenced here on Wednesday an accused to life imprisonment and fined him Rs200,000 for killing a woman and injuring her husband in 2021 in Banjar area of Alpuri tehsil of the district. According to the counsel for the complainant party, Noor Khaista had shot … Read more
Rawalpindi:The body of a young woman, who drowned in a stream during heavy rain on Thursday was recovered from Swan River. Hamra, a 20-year-old woman, resident of Ghauri Town, tragically drowned in a seasonal nullah when the scooter, she was travelling on slipped, and was swept away by water stream into a nullah. She was … Read more
ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Rape Crisis Cell (ARCC) has been set up at the Federal Government ServicesHospital, known as Polyclinic, as part of the Tahaffuz project to combat sexual violence against womanand empower survivors in their pursuit of justice and healing.According to a statement, the ARCC has technical support from UN Women and funding from the USEmbassy’s … Read more
