16,000 women die every year
May 26, 2013
KARACHI: President National Committee for Maternal and Neonatal Health (NCMNH) Prof Sadiqua N Jafarey said on Saturday that around 16,000 young women die of pregnancy
Gender Issues
Ostracized: The avoidable life sentence
May 25, 2013
ISLAMABAD: She is 36. It is almost 14 years since her life changed for the worse. What was supposed to be the happiest moment of
Female officer transferred
May 24, 2013
One must laud the courage of the female officer who took a principled stance and resisted illegal appointments in the Ministry of Industries and Production.
Disenfranchising women
May 24, 2013
BEFORE the advent of Islam the position of women was not enviable, neither in Arabia nor in other parts of the world. In many of
’22 percent of women population contributing towards national development’
May 24, 2013
Due to lethargic attitude of the government and absence of implementation of international labour laws in Pakistan, there is about 22 percent female workers of
SMS-based literacy programme: Education may be just a text message away
May 23, 2013
ISLAMABAD: For 1,500 women in Pakistan, an SMS message will soon be a tutor, textbook and school all rolled into one. On Wednesday, Mobilink Foundation
Transferred: Woman officer pays the price of resistance
May 22, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Industries and Production Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf Sheikh has transferred a grade-20 officer for resisting illegal appointments and corruption in the explosive
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