By Anwar Abbas “[IN matters of civilised behaviour] women have the same rights over men as men have over women” – Al Quran (2:228). The

KARACHI: Despite its political and financial stability, India lags behind all other South Asian countries in making laws to protect the rights of home-based workers,

ISLAMABAD: The government’s Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is designating $750 million, nearly half from US coffers, to create jobs and alleviate poverty by providing

KHARAN: Two of the four policemen, who allegedly raped a female medical technician at Washak District Headquarters Hospital (DHQH), were arrested on Wednesday. “Four policemen

Rabia Ali Karachi: A week ago, when cases of child abuse were unheard of in the remote Bhakkar Goth, people carried on with their daily

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