PM for expediting draft bill on violence against women
By Asim Yasin ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Women Development to expedite the draft bills for legislation...
Army, Navy hesitant to consider women for combat, operation corps
By Azeem Samar Karachi: While there is growing trend of inducting women to different branches of the armed forces, paramilitary forces, and law-enforcement agencies, the...
Acid victim dies after 25 days in hospital
KARACHI: Maria Shah, the 22-year-old midwife from Shikarpur who suffered extensive burns last month, died here on Tuesday morning – nearly a month after acid...
Protest over police failure to recover girl
JACOBABAD: Police failure to recover a five-year-old girl from the clutches of kidnappers even after the passage of one week forced members of Hindu community...
Not enough women
Its presence is needed more than ever for staffing women’s police stations and to accompany male colleagues for house searches or for guard duties during...