EXISTENCE ON THE MARGINS
September 17, 2017
IT was a pleasant day in 2006, with everything exactly as usual when, at their upmarket house in Hyderabad, Saba Haseen’s parents spoke to her
Gender Issues
Woman tortured for refusing to withdraw dower demand
September 16, 2017
Khairunnisa, a resident of Rawalpindi, had a spine-chilling tale of woe to narrate to the reporters at the Karachi Press Club on Friday evening, detailing
‘Legal gaps impeding effective action against gender-based violence, child marriages in Sindh’
September 15, 2017
Recently, a few cases have been filed under the Anti-Women Practices Act, 2011, and the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013. However, the Domestic Violence
Transgender people having no information about their parents can now obtain CNICs: Nadra
August 30, 2017
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has upgraded its policy for registration of transgender people and now even those who do not have
One held for blackmailing women
August 29, 2017
LAHORE: FIA Cyber Crime Circle Monday claimed to have arrested a man for extorting money from women by blackmailing them. Deputy Director, Cyber Crime Circle
Short hair, don’t care
August 28, 2017
As a society, you’d think that by now we would have moved on beyond certain basic prejudices—the earth is round, using a scissor during an eclipse won’t jinx
Transgender community rejects census figures
August 27, 2017
ISLAMABAD: The transgender community has rejected the count of transgender population revealed in the latest census carried out earlier this year by the Pakistan Bureau of
- RECENT NEWS
Tiktok influencer allegedly gang-raped in Jacobabad; one arrested, three suspects at large
February 19, 2026
On February 17, a Tiktok influencer reportedly subjected to gang rape by four men in Jacobabad,
Two sisters allegedly assaulted in Lahore using a marriage meeting ruse; Hotel owner, manager named in FIR
February 19, 2026
On February 16, two sisters were reportedly assaulted by three men under the guise of arranging a
Two men arrested in Lahore for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman
February 19, 2026
On February 15, Lahore police arrested two men accused of assaulting a pregnant woman in Kahna. The