Treasury benches oppose 33pc job quota for women
KARACHI – Sindh Assembly on Thursday rejected a private resolution for reserving at least 33 per cent jobs for women in provincial and Federal govt...
Legislators mull free-will marriage laws
KARACHI: Karachi legislators proposed on Thursday that new legislation and an altered mindset was necessary to prevent the murder of women who want to marry...
Aafia Siddiqui refuses to appear in court in protest
WASHINGTON: Dr Aafia Siddiqui refused to appear in a New York court on Thursday in protest against the humiliating treatment to which she is being...
Police ordered to recover girl
KARACHI, Sept 4: A district and sessions court on Thursday directed the station house officer of the Shahrah-i-Noor Jehan police station to recover a 17-year-old...
Girl’s counsel for trial under ATA: Sahiwal court killing
SAHIWAL, Sept 4: The Civil Lines police on Thursday refused to entertain the plea of ‘honour-killing’ victim Saira’s counsel that a murder case should be...