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KARACHI: The number of reported cases of domestic violence and harassment is increasing as women in Punjab are becoming more aware of their rights. According to the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) data, in 2018, 3,860 women called ...

SARGODHA: In a gruesome incident, a man allegedly axed to death his wife and then took his own life over a domestic dispute in Sargodha, Express News reported on Wednesday. Police said that Akhtar Hussain, a resident of Qasba Pathan Kot, had married ...

KARACHI: Incidents of violence against women continued to make headlines in the departing year  2018. Throughout the year, several reports surfaced whereby women and young girls were either killed in the name of ‘honour’ or rape and murdered. Earlier this year, ...

Three unidentified motorcyclists on Saturday shot a mother and her daughter to death outside a court in Khanewal District’s Jahanian tehsil, Dawn NewsTV reported citing local police. The women had arrived at the court for the hearing of a murder ...

LAHORE: Socio-cultural biases against women where the patriarchy is deeply rooted and is a barrier to the socio-economic development of women. The gender based attitude is continuously prevailing in society. More than 10,000 women fall victim to violence every year; ...