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ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan has held that it is mandatory for men to give Haq Mehr (the entire amount of dower) to their wives before marrying for the second time. In a five-page order of the apex ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ranks as the third worst country in global rankings for gender equality, says a report published on Tuesday. The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) in its Global Gender Gap Report 2020 showed Pakistan is just ahead of Iraq ...

Discussing the challenges that Pakistani women belonging to the minority communities face, speakers at a session of the Women of the World (WOW) Festival on Sunday said that lack of social and economic empowerment further deprives the most vulnerable among ...

KARACHI:Speakers at a seminar, titled ‘Role of Women in National Economy’, organised by the Home Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF) on Sunday, lamented that on average, wages paid to females were 40% less than what was paid to their male ...

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the chief secretary of Sindh to form a high-level committee to develop a mechanism to address all issues pertaining to women by one department with complete autonomy. A single bench of the SHC ...