By: Carol Khan With Malala Yousufzai’s global popularity before and after her Nobel win, it seems that the international media has left behind countless Pakistani women, who paved the way for Malala’s brave will. Earlier this year, I had the ...
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By: Shagufta Alizai When I shifted to Islamabad with my husband and two boys in the winter of 1979, I never did fathom, that my time, my house and my life in general would be overtaken by what became ‘the ...
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The most appalling aspect of the recent murder of teenager Sughra Brohi from Sanghar was not just her alleged live burial for the crime of marrying of her free will. The more inhumane response is that such criminality is normalised ...
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KARACHI: Women’s Action Forum has demanded that the provincial government establish the Sindh Commission on the Status of Women to uplift the status of women in the province. The demand was part of a resolution forwarded by the Women’s Action ...
Read More »Perween Rahman’s murder: Apex court asks Sindh govt to give ‘full’ progress report of case
By: Peer Muhammad ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has summoned the Sindh Inspector General Police (IGP) and Advocate General (AG) to appear before the court along with complete details on the progress in the murder case of Perween Rahman. ...
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