Month: February 2007

Inclusion of women’s rights sought in curriculum

ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Senate Standing Committee on Women Development has recommended the incorporation of material on women’s rights of inheritance into the national curricula...

Woman, her would-be kidnapper shot dead

TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 21: A divorced woman and one of her would-be kidnappers were killed in an exchange of fire between the suspects and...

A sorry tale

Two features of the national scene depict a sorry tale. One hundreds of citizens have disappeared allegedly at the hands of security agencies while state...

New law to protect working women

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) has decided to introduce in parliament a new bill ensuring the protection of rights of working women...