Month: February 2007

Violence against women rising: Mai

KARACHI: A Pakistani rape victim who became a prominent women’s rights campaigner said on Thursday violence against women was increasing in Pakistan because authorities were...

Woman gang-raped, sold; judge seeks report

MAILSI: Five people have been accused of selling a married woman after raping her. In a petition filed with Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry...

US filmmaker visits Sindh sites for documentary

HYDERABAD, Feb 1: Indian-born US filmmaker and freelance journalist Sarah Singh arrived here on Thursday, visited the Institute of Sindhology, interviewed veteran intellectual Ibrahim Joyo...

The right to divorce

This can be gauged from the increase in the number of women who sought to dissolve their marriages in Rawalpindi. According to a recent report,...