Gender Issues

Towards women’s uplift

Like the National Assembly before it, the Senate gave unanimous approval to the National Commission on the Status of Women Bill, 2012, on Thursday. Two

Pro-women laws: poor implementation

THE Senate has finally approved the formation of the Commission for Protection of Women’s Rights in the country. Although it is praiseworthy to uphold the

Girls school named after Malala

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq on Monday named a school after Malala Yousufzai, who fought for the right of girls’ education in

Two killed over Karo-Kari in Khairpur

SUKKUR: A man shot his sister dead over Karo-Kari in Khairpur on Saturday. According to the police, accused Zanwar, alias Dado, a resident of village

Pro-women legislation

A THOMAS Reuters Foundation poll of gender specialists reported that Afghanistan in 2011 was the world’s most dangerous country in which to be a woman,

Against the wind…

Let it be a day of celebration for the so-called ‘inferior sex’ for their success in parliament of a country where they have been denied