SHC adjourns petition seeking return of Dr Aafia
KARACHI: The hearing of a constitutional petition filed for return of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from US custody was adjourned to a date to be fixed...
Man gets 10 years for killing wife
KHAIRPUR: A man was awarded 10-years rigorous imprisonment by court on Wednesday. According to details the second Additional District and Sessions Judge Khairpur Syed Zulfiqar...
Police dispose of case despite court order
HYDERABAD, Dec 3: A team of senior police officers disposed of the case of a woman allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws despite the court...
Quetta women told to observe purdah
QUETTA, Dec 3: A shadowy but popular extremist organisation has threatened women with dire consequences if they do not cover their faces while outside their...
Women and democracy
THE relationship of women with the state in Pakistan appears to depend on three interrelated sets of relationships: (i) the relation between the state and...