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Attacks on women

IF THE recent attacks on women in Wah Cantonment are anything to go by, it seems that with each passing day, women in Pakistan have

196 Hudood cases reported in four months

KARACHI, May 10, 2005: Despite the attempts of successive governments to resolve the controversy surrounding the Hudood Ordinances, the Madadgaar database cell reports that 82

Data shows miserable plight of women

KARACHI, May 04, 2005 A survey data collected by the Aurat Foundation has shown the pathetic state of human rights during last four months.At least

The invisible woman

Afiya Shehrbano One of the best descriptions of a liberal can be summed up in these lines: “The problem with sitting on the fence too

Need for Islamic media urged

PESHAWAR, April 10, 2005: Speakers at the launching ceremony of monthly magazine “Nida-ul-Islam” stressed the need of a powerful Islamic media not only to counter

Marathon without women tomorrow

AHAWALPUR, April 8,2005: A mini-marathon without women’s participation will be organized here on Saturday (tomorrow). The mini-marathon will be held in four phases which have

Force will be used to stop marathon: Fazl

LAHORE, April 7,2005: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has urged the government to abandon its plan to hold women’s marathons in various cities and issued a