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KARACHI: The slash in women’s representation from 33 per cent to 22 per cent under the new local government bill adopted on Monday has not gone down well with the women’s rights organisations. The Aurat Foundation, the Women’s Action Forum ...

LAHORE: A 22-year-old woman was found hanging by fan in the Ghaziabad area on Tuesday. Police investigators said the mum-of-one committed suicide to “get rid of violence by her in-laws”. Her father Ejaz Ahmed blamed her in-laws for murdering the ...

Female voter turnout in Pakistan has less to do with militancy or terrorism and more to do with culture. We have a disturbing history of excluding women from the electoral process. Pakistan currently has 38.8 million registered male voters compared ...

SUKKUR: A man and a woman were killed over the suspicion of karo-kari in the Wahid Bux Lund village, Ghotki, in the Jarwar police limits on Saturday. According to the reports, Suhrab Lund suspected that his daughter-in-law was having an ...

FAISALABAD: A woman was allegedly beaten up in police custody and paraded on the streets of Toba Tek Singh. Her father, Siddique Masih, a resident of Chak No330-JB, told the media on Thursday that police had arrested his 22-year-old daughter ...