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Standard Chartered, in partnership with INNO Ventures Global (Pvt) Limited, has announced the five winners of this year’s Standard Chartered Women in Tech Programme 2019. Standard Chartered launched ‘Women in Tech’ in Pakistan in March 2019. This programme aimed to ...

LAHORE: Former Pakistan Television (PTV) General Manager and daughter of prominent poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Muneeza Hashmi has been appointed Chairperson of the Board of Governors Lahore Arts Council. She becomes the first woman to hold this position which was ...

KARACHI: Women, when countering extremism, typically broach the subject with more focus on reconciliation, economic development, education and transitional justice – consisting of judicial, non-judicial measures implemented to redress legacies of human rights abuses. This view was expressed by participants at ...

PESHAWAR: Even after 10 years, the Social Welfare Department and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women have not notified the District Committees on the Status of Women (DCSWs). The KP Commission on Status of Women (KPCSW) was formed ...

PESHAWAR:It’s no secret that a lot of brave police officers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) have lost their lives during the War on Terror (Wot). While many of the martyrs were acknowledged for rendering their sacrifices for the sake of the country, ...