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ISLAMABAD – The National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) on Saturday recommended to the government to increase women’s quota of reserved seats in the parliament and also consider modalities for their direct election. The NCSW’s Law and Policy Committee ...

ISLAMABAD: The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Pakistan Regional Economic Integration Activity hosted a two-day round table discussion on January 11-12 on gender participation in Pakistan’s trade policy with support from USAID’s Training for Pakistan Project. Thirty-eight women ...

Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on Monday directed the authorities concerned to count transgender people in the national census to be held in March this year. The order was issued on a petition moved by ...

By SHIZA MALIK ISLAMABAD: For 29-year-old Ayesha Khan, learning to drive a car was a life-changing experience. “Being able to drive opens up so many possibilities because you are no longer dependent on other people,” she said. Ayesha began driving her ...

PESHAWAR: At least 90 cases of violence, assault and intimidation against transgender persons were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during 2016, says a non-governmental organisation. According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network working for the welfare of transgender persons, 21 ...