PTV launches special programme for working women
TAHIR AMIN ISLAMABAD: To highlight the problems of working women and help improve their working condition in offices, Pakistan Television (PTV) has launched a special...
Girls school blown up in Mardan
MARDAN: A government-run girls school was blown up by suspected militants here on Friday. The militants planted improvised explosive device near the wall of the...
Women, ulema and fatwas
THIS letter is in response to Asghar Ali Engineer’s article, ‘Women, ulema and fatwas’ (Jan 30). Much as many would be expected to be lauded...
Woman arrested for cop’s murder
Karachi- Investigators arrested a woman suspected of being involved in the murder of a police constable whose body was found from a car in Saudabad...
‘Emigration policy’ stresses overseas jobs for women
ISLAMABAD: The draft of Pakistan’s first ‘emigration policy’ mentions the possibility of substantially increasing the number of women going abroad for suitable jobs. The policy...