Women rangers not to be assigned combat duty
KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers have ruled out the possibility of women recruits being inducted into combat force. A spokesman for the paramilitary outfit told this...
More powers sought for women’s rights bodies
KARACHI: Speakers of a workshop asked the government to take necessary steps including giving more powers to women’s rights protection bodies, to safeguard women’s rights...
Discriminatory laws against women to be repealed: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said the government would remove all man-made discriminatory laws and discriminatory practices that militate against the rights of...
Releasing women on bail termed discriminatory
ISLAMABAD: A petition filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenged the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Ordinance 2006 that was promulgated to facilitate...
Blast damages another girls’ school in Fata
KOHAT: A bomb explosion damaged a girls’ school in the Noor Ali Kalay area in the Darra Adamkhel late on Monday. Extremists had earlier sent...