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KARACHI: If you are not aware of the Anti-Women Practices (AWP) Act, 2011, you need not worry. Even the parliamentarians, police officers, medico-legal officers and prosecutors have no idea about this law that was passed three years ago. Researcher on ...

LAHORE: The Women Development Department on Thursday launched a helpline [0800-933-72] to address problems faced by women across the province. The service has been introduced in collaboration with the Enhanced Democratic Accountability and Civic Enhancement (EDACE) and IBEX Global. “The ...

By: Fasahat Mohiuddin Karachi: Pakistan Muslim League-Functional MPA Nusrat Seher Abbasi expressed deep concern over the injustices being meted out to women irrespective of the laws, resolutions and bills passed in assemblies. While talking to The News on Sunday she ...

By Fouzia Saeed Elitist NGOs, some high-flying consultants and the top brand of development donor agencies still miss the Federal Women’s Ministry. It was so nice to have that small club for women’s issues, mutually beneficial to all players — ...

By: MARVI SIRMED Ever since women’s reserved seats have been introduced in the legislative houses, women occupying these seats have become a thorn in many eyes. Not a day has passed when in the corridors of the parliament sarcastic remarks ...