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LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly Wednesday passed the Protection of Women against Violence Bill 2015. The bill features redress for female victims of violence, criminalises all forms of violence against women and provides them with special centres which remove the bureaucratic ...

By Muhammad Sadaqat ABBOTABAD: Ammara Aamir Khattak who has taken over as the deputy commissioner (DC) of the garrisoned city of Abbottabad is the first woman to step into this role. Previously, Khattak served as the Hazara additional commissioner. Local ...

Karachi: The National Accountability Bureau has initiated a new campaign titled “Accountability begins from home”, aiming to involve women and children to play a more active role to prevent their family members from getting involved in corruption. The new awareness ...

By: Abdullah Zafar Karachi – Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians is likely to witness overhaul in the party structure after Asif Ali Zardari replaced PPPP President Makhdoom Amin Fahim. Aseefa BhuttoZardari is also likely to be given a role in the ...

By: INAMULLAH KHATTAK Islamabad – Women will constitute more than 33 per cent strength of the total 77-member Municipal Corporation of Islamabad, making the federal capital exemplary district by giving maximum empowerment to women on grassroots level. After the revised ...