KARACHI: A hurriedly called meeting of the syndicate of Karachi University (KU) scheduled on Thursday failed to decide a sexual harassment case on account of lack of quorum, sources told Dawn. The meeting was held following orders of the provincial ...
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday approved appointment of prominent human rights activist Rukhshanda Naz as the first anti-harassment ombudsperson of the province. Briefing journalists following a meeting of the provincial cabinet, Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said that the ...
Read More »Transgender community demands implementation of rights bill
LAHORE: Lauding the government for passing a bill on the rights of transgender persons, the representatives of the transgender community have urged the government to ensure the implementation of the same. During a press conference held at the Lahore Press Club on ...
Read More »Ombudsman finds KU lecturer guilty of harassment
KARACHI: The provincial Ombudsman has ruled in favour of Shifa Imtiaz on December 20 in the case of sexual harassment and intimidation against Hassan Abbas Zaidi, a lecturer at Karachi University’s (KU) Petroleum and Technology Department. “Accused Hassan Abbas Zaidi ...
Read More »Police foil child marriage
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The police thwarted a child marriage attempt and arrested four persons including the child bride and groom in Basti Golay Di Goth, situated in UC Kot Sanjar Khan near Kot Sabzal in Tehsil Sadiqabad, some 53km from ...
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