Gender Issues

Girl moves court for divorce in Gilgit

GILGIT: An eleven-year-old girl, who was forced to marry a man, reached a local court and sought divorce, officials said here on Tuesday. Fairoza requested

‘Kari’ shot dead by husband

LARKANA: A farmer shot dead his 20-year-old wife Gulzar Khatoon on Tuesday after branding her Kari, in village Hussain Magsi in the jurisdiction of Behram

PM approves Rs 1m grant for Reshman

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday approved a Rs one million grant for medical treatment of ailing folk singer Reshman. The decision has

Aafia rejects govt’s offer for lawyer

By Masood Haider NEW YORK: The government of Pakistan on Monday renewed its offer to Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist who is US prison in