Month: February 2008

No women probation, parole officers in Sindh

KARACHI, Feb 25: The caretaker Sindh Minister for Population Welfare and Women Development, Nadira Panjwani, said that all steps would be taken to ensure the...

IWDS, WDD sign MoU

HYDERABAD (February 25 2008): The Institute of Women Development Studies (IWDS) University of Sindh and Women Development Department (WDD) Government of Sindh has signed a...

WSF moot called off as delegates denied visas

KARACHI, Feb 23: The caretaker government has refused visas to renowned Palestinian leader Leila Khaled and 16 other foreign delegates who had been invited by...

13 NA general seats won by women

ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Women candidates have clinched 13 general seats of the National Assembly as against 12 in the previous NA. Ten of the winners...

Women stopped from voting

PESHAWAR (Agencies) – Voting stopped at women-only polling stations in parts of Peshawar on Monday after elders decided that women should not cast ballots, police...