NA body terms minimum marriage age ‘un-Islamic’
By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The question of minimum marriageable age for girls reverberated in the National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs, where an amendment...
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS CRITICAL TO NATION BUILDING: AYAZ SADIQ
ISLAMABAD: Women empowerment is critical to nation building and holistic approach of BISP for this purpose is commendable. This was stated by Speaker National Assembly,...
MPs boycott sitting over gender ‘discrimination’
By: Azam Khan ISLAMABAD: Tuesday’s National Assembly session was marred first by thin attendance of lawmakers and then by the opposition parties boycotting the day’s...
Anti-rape bill
FEW would argue that Pakistan’s societal realities are such that render it a deeply hostile place for women and children in particular. Nevertheless, slow though...
NA salutes Malala, calls for girls’ education
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution congratulating Malala Yousafzai on getting the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. The resolution, moved...