KARACHI: Some 437 female police officers of the Sindh Police have been trained in different ‘capacity building courses’, including 46 in gender-based violence courses to get substantial results of the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021. As per the official ...
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KARACHI:The Sindh government on Thursday announced its decision to launch a Pink People’s Bus service for women in Karachi. The decision was made in a meeting chaired by Provincial Minister for Transport Sharjeel Inam Memon. The minister stated that the Pink People’s Bus service ...
Read More »Anti-harassment laws play important role in providing safe environment for women: Nabila
A divisional dialogue regarding the implementation of anti-harassment laws in offices and workplaces was organized at a local hotel in which Provincial Woman Ombudsman Nabila Hakeem Khan and Technical Specialist United Nations Tania Durrani specially participated. Officers from other departments ...
Read More »Government reconstitutes anti-rape special committee
ISLAMABAD: The federal government dissolved the anti-rape special committee formed by the previous government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and notified a 26-member special committee comprising lawmakers, legal experts, bureaucrats, lawyers and medical experts. As per the notification, “in pursuance of ...
Read More »Female Councillor Demands Skills Training Centre for Women
Mardan – Tehsil Council Rustam female councillor Sunny Mukhtiar appealed to the concerned KP authorities for establishing craft skills’ training centre for the unemployed and skilled women of tehsil Rustam and to provide them with opportunities for decent employment and ...
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