Marking International Day of Rural Women, speakers at a moot said the federal and provincial governments through bait-ul-mal funds were making rural women beggars instead of organizing them and boosting their capacity to earn their livelihoods. Through the Ehsaas and ...
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Feed SubscriptionGovt announces ‘50 percent plus benefits’ policy for women in Ehsaas
sania-nishter-1Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Senator Dr Sania Nishtar Monday said the government announced “50 percent Plus Benefits” policy for women in the framework of Ehsaas to empower them. She was addressing a ...
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A large number of people jammed a highway near Nasirabad in protest against the gang rape of a nomad woman allegedly by three policemen the other day. The rape victim was collecting firewood near the highway when three policemen forcibly ...
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