Girls’ school, shops blown up in Swat
MINGORA, July 25: A girls’ school and 13 shops were blown up in a fresh wave of bombings in Swat on Friday. Local people said...
AHRC demands probe into detention of Pakistani woman at US base
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has demanded that the UN investigate the alleged detention of a Pakistani national, Dr Afia Sadeeqi, at a US...
Give women their Islamic right to land: Researchers suggest
ISLAMABAD, July 24: A research on the denial of land rights to women in Pakistan has suggested to the government “to rely on religion” to...
‘Women be apprised of their rights’
KARACHI – There is a need to apprise women of their rights. This was stressed by Sindh Minister for Women Development, Ms. Tauqeer Fatima Bhutto....
200 Hindu women looted at Jacobabad temple
JACOBABAD: Three unidentified bandits looted more than 200 Hindu women when they were worshiping at a temple here on Wednesday. The bandits barged into the...