Gender Issues

Poems for Malala from India

By: Pratap Somvanshi Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, continues to inspire people around the world with her courage and her message

Man jailed for 10 years in rape case

By: Ishaq Tanoli KARACHI: A session’s court sentenced on Tuesday a man to 10 years in prison in a rape case. The man, Khurram Shahzad,

Police rape — a grave failure

By: Sahar Bandial A first encounter with criminal law is expectedly disconcerting. But mine has been exceptionally so. The gang-rape case of a 13-year-old female

Women rewarded for innovative business plans

LAHORE: Women entrepreneurs were rewarded for coming up with innovative business plans in a programme sponsored by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) here. A total

Women to Pakistan’s rescue

By: Shahid Javed Burki The writer is a former vice-president of the World Bank and a former caretaker finance minister of Pakistan Often, it is

Our gaping gender disparities

By: Syed Mohammad Ali The Malala incident provided stark illustration of the distorted mindset, which seeks to supress half the population in our country, while

Three women killed over Karo-Kari

SUKKUR: The ugly tradition of Karo- Kari claimed three more lives in Sukkur on Sunday. Police said an accused Waheed Sheikh in Shah Jo Bhello