Month: December 2009

Female MPAs in Punjab denied development funds

By Rana Kashif LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has not been issuing development funds to women members of the provincial assembly (MPA) despite repeated promises of...

Transvestites win right to inheritance

ISLAMABAD: Help finally came for the transvestites when the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered all the district administrations to assist them in getting inheritance rights...

Militants destroy girls’ school in Khyber

By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL: Militants destroyed another girls school on Tuesday night in Bara subdivision of Khyber Agency, officials said. They said that militants...

CM launches support programme for women

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah formally launched the Rs4bn Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women Support Programme on Tuesday at an impressive ceremony held...

Woman moves LHC over harassment by FBI

RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court has sought written comments from federal secretaries of the ministries of foreign affairs and interior on a petition filed by...