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By Riazul Haq ISLAMABAD: The government and opposition parties are likely to evolve consensus on two pro-women bills and plan to present them in parliament after the budget debate. Progress on the two important bills on violence against women and ...

By: Jawed R Awan LAHORE – Punjab Assembly women members yesterday raised hue and cry over discrimination with the female MPs while dealing minor rules of the house by the chair. Assembly Speaker Rana Iqbal had directed woman MP Dr ...

By: Azeem Samar Law passed by PA also restores five percent representation of youth, religious minorities and labourers Karachi The Sindh Assembly unanimously passed into law the Sindh Local Government (2nd Amendment) Bill-2016 on Tuesday, increasing the representation of women ...

ISLAMABAD – Ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) decided to contact Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to win his support on two bills relating to the women rights now pending with Parliamentary Committee on the Joint Sitting Bills. The ...

PESHAWAR: The government has planned to extend the Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2010, to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to ensure a safe and non-discriminatory working environment for the local womenfolk. The sources told Dawn that ...