ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has said the government is committed to women emancipation and protect them from all kinds of exploitation and discrimination. In his message on the International Women Day being observed worldwide including in Pakistan, the President ...
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SHAHEED BENAZIRABAD: The Forum for Human Rights Pakistan has said that 5,000 girls would remain out of schools as the Education Department has miserably failed to rehabilitate damaged schools in the area even after two years of floods and rains. ...
Read More »As elections draw closer, (Trans) gender equality is nowhere in sight
By: Rabia Ali KARACHI: The process of voter verification is in full swing in the city but one group – which had been led to believe that they would be standing in a separate line to put their thumb on ...
Read More »Women in the firing line
By: Irfan Husain THE recent cold-blooded murder of six young women charity workers in Swabi confirms a change in Taliban tactics. While never hesitating in their slaughter of undefended civilians, they now see that killing women volunteers is not just ...
Read More »United Nation day for elimination of violence against women today
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women will be observed on Sunday (today), November 25 across the globe. According to a statement issues here, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, marking the International Day for ...
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