Senate passes bill to ensure rights of transgender persons
March 8, 2018
ISLAMABAD: In a major step towards protecting rights of the transgender persons, the Senate on Wednesday passed a key bill to ensure the third gender’s
Social Issues
Female enrolment doubled in three years: Tevta chief
March 7, 2018
Chairman Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Irfan Qaiser Sheikh has said that in last three years, TEVTA has doubled female enrolment from 23,000
Court asks Mardan police not to expel transgender persons
February 23, 2018
PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday ordered the Mardan police not to expel transgender persons from the district and harass them. Justice Ikramullah
Transgender voting rights
February 17, 2018
IT seems that in an increasingly intolerant Pakistan, not even legal protections are enough to safeguard the rights of the transgender community. When it comes
Equal opportunity? Transgenders persons running canteen at NCA sent packing
February 8, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The aroma and mouthwatering flavour of spicy chicken biryani, a variety of qeema dishes coupled with a cup of Cardamom tea was a major
Woman found dead two months after free-will marriage
February 7, 2018
BADIN: An 18-year-old woman, who had contracted a free-will marriage about two months back, was found dead with her throat slit in her room in
Malala Fund-In-Trust succeeds in enrolling 6,154 out-of-school girls: Senate briefed
January 27, 2018
The Senate was informed on Friday that Framework Agreement between UNESCO and the government of Pakistan on the Malala Fund-In-Trust for Girls Right to Education
- RECENT NEWS
Tiktok influencer allegedly gang-raped in Jacobabad; one arrested, three suspects at large
February 19, 2026
On February 17, a Tiktok influencer reportedly subjected to gang rape by four men in Jacobabad,
Two sisters allegedly assaulted in Lahore using a marriage meeting ruse; Hotel owner, manager named in FIR
February 19, 2026
On February 16, two sisters were reportedly assaulted by three men under the guise of arranging a
Two men arrested in Lahore for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman
February 19, 2026
On February 15, Lahore police arrested two men accused of assaulting a pregnant woman in Kahna. The