SUKKUR: A gang of armed men barged into a Hindu family’s house in Jarwar locality in Tangwani town late on Tuesday night and kidnapped a teenage girl at gunpoint. Police arrived in the locality after being informed of the incident, ...
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PESHAWAR: The Regi police on Friday arrested 20 people over torture of a female dancer during a party on Thursday night. The officials said the police were making raids to arrest the main suspect, Mansoor Khan, a local landlord, who ...
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By Ghausia Rashid Salam Discriminatory attitudes towards females begin at home, in the form of discrimination against the girl child. These are normalised cases of gender-based discrimination, as boys are told not to be a girl if they show ‘too ...
Read More »Raising awareness: ‘Journalist must be more proactive on issues of gender discrimination’
KARACHI: Although the Sindhi media is proactive in reporting the issues of child marriages and gender discrimination topics, the other mainstream mediums don’t make these subjects part of their agenda setting. These views were shared by speakers and participants at ...
Read More »Depicting women’s plight through theatre
Karachi: On the issue of gender-based violence in the country, Tehrik-e-Niswan in collaboration with European Union organised a theatre play, “Hum Aurtein”, in remote areas of Karachi. The performances were organised this past week in Ibrahim Hyderi and Koohi Goth ...
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