Book launch thwarted
January 29, 2014
IT is never advisable for governments to get into the business of banning books. And if the literature in question is written to counter the
Social Issues
Malala’s book launch issue triggers heated debate
January 29, 2014
PESHAWAR: Though the decision of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to stop the launch of Malala Yousafzai’s book shocked Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, yet
Women, higher education and leadership
January 28, 2014
By: Muhammad Hamid Zaman Pakistan has been fortunate to have women in high leadership positions, which is both exciting and inspiring. From the head of
We can have it all!
January 28, 2014
By: Sheher Bano You! takes a look at the struggles that women of the United States of America initially faced before they became powerful figures…
When ‘awareness-raising’ isn’t enough
January 28, 2014
The needs of women have changed at different levels to different degrees. There was a time in the mid-seventies, when it seemed that Pakistani women
Capital working women caught by residential problems
January 27, 2014
ISLAMABAD: The working women employed in different government, private organizations and students are facing residential problems due to lack of hostels in federal capital. A
Society forces mothers to abandon, kill babies
January 27, 2014
By: Fawad Hasan KARACHI: When Sumaira* came to know about the abnormality of the child she was carrying in her cradle, she immediately opted for
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