Month: October 2004

Bill to help eliminate Karo-Kari: Nilofar

ISLAMABAD – Adviser to the Prime Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar has said the bill against Karo-Kari will help eradicate the old tradition from the society and...

Girls’ enrolment in Upper Dir up by 20pc

PESHAWAR – Enrolment in government primary schools in the Upper Dir district has increased by 20 per cent in the year 2003 after parent-teacher associations...

PPP women reject honour killing bill

KARACHI – Rejecting the Karo-Kari (honour killing) Bill passed in the National Assembly on October 26; the women MPA of the PPP Parliamentarians, Humera Alwani...

Woman kidnapped, gang-raped

VEHARI – A woman was kidnapped and gang-raped allegedly by five people for 37 days in Mauza Gulhari, Mailsi. The victim told newsmen on October...