Month: March 2009

Girls’ school bombed in Mardan

PESHAWAR: The bombing of the Government Girls’ Higher Secondary School in the Hathian village in Mardan on Sunday night was the latest in the growing...

Training programme for 500 women

KARACHI: The women development department is making arrangements to impart apprenticeship training to some 500 women under the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Youth Development Programme. This...

Blast damages girls’ school

MARDAN: Explosives devices planted beside the boundary wall of the Government GirlsÂ’ Higher Secondary School, Hathian, went off on Saturday night, partially damaging the school...

Affluent women elected to NA directly

By Muhammad Bilal ISLAMABAD: Almost all directly elected women parliamentarians belong to affluent families, most of them being feudal landowners or close relatives of influential...

Woman faces acid attack

A man threw acid on a widow after he allegedly failed to convince her to develop a relationship with him in Shikari Mohalla in Ahmedpur...