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ISLAMABAD: Two widow sisters, both above 70, who had been running from pillar to post for the past two decades, finally got their inheritance right last month, only after the intervention of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Even when the matter ...

LEGISLATION is only as effective in so far as it is implemented. On that score, women’s rights legislation in Pakistan has not fulfilled its potential despite the passage of several years. National Women’s Day on Feb 8 saw a number ...

TAXILA: A woman was shot dead allegedly by her brother-in-law over a domestic dispute in the limits of Wah Cantonment police on Tuesday. Mohammad Ishfaq while lodging the first investigation report (FIR) stated that his daughter Saniya Bibi was married ...

Islamabad: The panel of experts speaking at a webinar said that Pakistani women’s struggle for equal rights has continued over the decades despite all odds. The democratic governments have done ample legislation but the implementation lacks that deprive women of ...

The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has found in its initial assessment that cases of gender-based violence and other human rights abuses increased across the province during the lockdown imposed to restrict the spread of Covid-19. The SHRC held a ...