Gender Issues

Family hopeless despite PM’s assurance

By: Azam Tanoli ISLAMABAD – The pressure developed by British journalist Yvonne Ridley-led civil society’s campaign for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqi forced Prime

Rs80m for establishment of girls schools

PESHAWAR: NWFP Minister for Schools and Literacy Sardar Bussain Babak has said Rs80 million has been allocated for establishing girls model schools in the province,

Rally slams violence against women

KARACHI: Activists and supporters of several civil society organisations, including the Aurat Foundation, staged a rally outside the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday to mark

Conserving women

Zahrah Nasir Movements for saving the earth, for saving wild life, saving seals, saving trees, saving energy, saving water, and so on, proliferate at the

Arrest of rapists demanded

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: A protest was staged by “Children’s Rights Committee” (CRC) here on Sunday against the failure of the police to arrest two teachers who