Month: November 2008

Woman shot dead in name of honour

SUKKUR, Nov 1: A woman was gunned down by armed men reportedly over a karo-kari dispute in Ganj Ali Jatoi village in the limits of...

Marriage of minors: parents freed

KARACHI, Nov 1: Two men were released on Saturday after they were arrested on suspicion of organising the wedding of their young children to end...

Gender equality

WOMEN in Pakistan are discriminated against due to deeply entrenched socio-cultural practices of society which are reflected in the widespread gender disparities that are quite...

Nazim opens handicraft institute for women

HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The Government Handicraft Institute for Women was opened in Affandi town on Friday. District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil while inaugurating it said...

Child marriage forestalled

KARACHI – A four-year old girl was about to be forced into matrimony with a seven-year-old boy, her cousin, when a complaint lodged at the...