Month: March 2008

In-laws torture, poison woman

BAHAWALPUR, March 17: A pregnant woman was allegedly physically tortured and then poisoned by her in-laws at Chak 60/DB near Yazman, here on Monday. Police...

Policemen suspended for assaulting woman

NAWABSHAH, March 17: The DPO of Nawabshah on Monday suspended an ASI and a head constable after an inquiry found them guilty of criminally assaulting...

Polls & women empowerment

DISCOURSE on the Feb 18 election tends to be coloured more by self-adulation and premature optimism than by realism. Hyperbole abounds. The election is described...

Need to educate women stressed

YDERABAD, March 16: Speakers at an open house dialogue organised by the Institute of Women Development Studies, University of Sindh, in collaboration with the National...

Female textile workers paid peanuts

MUZAFFARGARH, March 16: About 8,000 women working in textile and jute mills in Muzaffargarh district are deprived of their rights and they have sought support...