Month: December 2006

Women’s law won’t be changed: Musharraf

LAHORE: President General Pervez Musharraf has categorically stated that the women’s rights act will neither be repealed nor changed. “The law has been passed; it...

Govt to bring ordinance on women’s rights

ISLAMABAD: The government is considering promulgating an ordinance on women’s rights, with content similar to the Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Bill 2006 submitted by Chaudhry...

Woman press photographer passes away

KARACHI: One of the first women press photographers in Pakistan, Mrs Rasheeda Afghan, passed away on Wednesday after a four-day illness. She was 58.She was...