Gender Issues

Pir accused of rape arrested

RAWALPINDI: Local police on Friday arrested a Pir for allegedly declaring a sick teenage girl possessed by djinns and raping her to free her of

Jamrud killing

“LOCAL officials said the family of Fareeda had not informed them about the threats…” So reads a sentence from Dawn’s report on the horrendous killing

Two sisters commit suicide

MUZAFFARGARH: Two sisters on Thursday committed suicide as their parents did not allow them to get higher education.According to hospital sources, Saima (16) and Riffat

Gender insensitivity

THIS is apropos of the editorial ‘Gender insensitivity’ (June 22). Some recent tirades, especially against women, remind me of the saying, ‘Our ability to talk

2 minors slaughtered by maternal uncle

LAHORE – A 35-year-old man stormed into his sister’s house situated in the Baghbanpura area on Wednesday afternoon, slaughtered her two minor daughters, wounded another

Women Platoon Commanders

Sir: According to a report in The Times of India, the border security forces of Pakistan and India, Pakistan Rangers and India’s Border Security Force