Month: March 2008

Criminals make video while raping girl

A girl was raped by two men who kidnapped her at gunpoint from the Khokhrapar police limits. They also made a movie while raping the...

Two sisters killed by brother, uncle

KHANEWAL, March 8: Two sisters were killed by their brother and uncle early on Saturday morning in the name of honour in 9-A/8-R village of...

Much ado about women’s rights

THE Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006 enacted on Dec 1, 2006 was the culmination of more than twenty-seven years of protests against...

What to celebrate?

IS it a day of celebration for women in Pakistan? You would ask. What would a woman celebrate in this country, with its entrenched patriarchy,...

Women’s day

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day, one of the few surviving legacies of the socialist values of yore, seeks to commemorate the unacknowledged contribution of women to the...