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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the district and sessions judge, Rahim Yar Khan to probe into the incident of acid-throwing by a man on his wife, belonging to Khanpur. The LHC took notice of the news published ...

LAHORE: I have been following the Malala debate and I am pained by some of the comments. Let us not humiliate a brave young child simply because she expressed her desire for female education. She has fought for her life. ...

By: Afiya Shehrbano Politically speaking, Malala’s gravest error was to survive the attack by the Taliban gunmen who shot her in the head on her way back from school in 2012. Had she succumbed to her injuries or deteriorated to ...

By: Zahrah Nasir During their years of occupation of Afghanistan, America has, repeatedly and at every single available opportunity, declared the urgent need for ‘women’s rights’ in a country where, be it inside or outside the home, women and girl ...

KARACHI: “Girls in our village are now educated and trained on a number of matters which, though so basic to life, were never addressed by their parents. These issues are related to our bodies, reproductive health, women’s rights and gender,” ...