Empowering women and girls everywhere
March 8, 2017
By Antonio Guterres Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women
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Supreme Court tells Sindh govt to appoint new ombudsperson in three weeks
March 8, 2017
By Naeem Sahoutara KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) directed the provincial government on Tuesday to appoint a new ombudsman to hear cases of harassment of women
Pakistani women in UK paid least compared to men
March 7, 2017
LONDON: Pakistani and Bangladeshi women in Britain are paid the least compared to men while white Irish women have overtaken male peers in terms of
Seminar on ‘Avian Influenza and its Prevention’ held
March 6, 2017
By Myra Imran Islamabad: Proper hand washing, appropriate handling of poultry birds, covering coughs and sneezes, and vaccination are some of the most effective means to
Senate body to take up bills for protection of rights of children, transgender persons
March 6, 2017
By AMIR WASIM ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights will take up two bills for protection of rights of children and transgender people in
‘Pakistan can’t progress without providing opportunities to women’
March 5, 2017
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Implementation of anti-dowry law a challenge for KP
March 4, 2017
By Tariq Butt ISLAMABAD: Implementation of an otherwise commendable proposed law, tabled in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly by a Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker, forbidding dowry, will be
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