WHILE there were several flaws in the July 25 polls, modest, yet consequential, achievements were nonetheless made. One is that, in Dir, Kohistan and Waziristan,

Women voters in Dir made history by casting their ballots in the July 25 elections after many decades of disenfranchisement. For many female voters in

The 25th of this month is an important day for more than one reason: not only will a new government be elected that day for the

Making it mandatory for all political parties to allocate 5% of their tickets to women and at least 10 percent women voters in each constituency,

The media has permeated our lives so much that now we cannot live without it. It gives us information, entertainment and views on personal and

There is a severe paucity of women participation in the electoral process at both end of the spectrum – the political representation of women and

When we look at the stark gender disparity in our cultural milieu, a number of barriers to girls’ education visibly stand out. Most of these