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PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan has prepared recommendations for the federal government to ensure the effective enforcement of the election law by the political parties, especially for the award of five per cent of the total tickets to women ...

Islamabad: Women parliamentarians on Tuesday demanded an increase in the quota for the chairpersons of standing committees and in the cabinet so that they would play more effective role in legislation and development of the country. They were speaking during ...

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Thursday declared handcuffing of accused by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is not only against the law of the country but also against the Islamic Sharia. The CII also declared that defamation ...

KARACHI: After forming ‘Anti-Women Harassment Committee’ for protection against harassment of women at workplace at its head office, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is going to form four ‘Zonal Committees’ in its all the four provincial zones in Lahore, Karachi, ...

HYDERABAD: A petition was filed on Friday in the Sindh High Court Hyderabad bench, seeking punishment for the real killers of Saima alias Bibi Marri, a first year medical student who was found dead under mysterious circumstances from Jamrao Canal near ...