Gender Issues

Acid attack leaves woman critical

MULTAN: A man on Tuesday threw acid on a woman over domestic issue here in Qasirabad area on Tuesday. According to police sources, Attaullah contracted

Call to reopen centers for women in crisis

PESHAWAR: Community members and women who worked with Benazir Bhutto Centres for Women since 2005 have called upon the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to reconsider its

Father hacks daughter to death

By: Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: A father brutally hacked his divorced daughter to death in the city suburbs because he could not countenance her working in

Minor girl found dead after assault

KARACHI: A minor girl, who had been missing for two days, was found murdered in Gulistan-i-Jauhar area of the city on Tuesday, police said. The

Elderly woman, daughter found dead

Karachi: The strangled bodies of a 75-year-old Fatima Bai and her daughter Shabana, 40, were found within Gulshan police remits on Monday night. SHO Gulshan

Parents decry girl student’s harassment

SHEIKHUPURA: The parents have demanded District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Haider Ashraf to arrange patrolling during school hours particularly around girl’s education institutions to stop