Interactive workshop to train midwives ‘15,000 women dies of pregnancy-related complications annually’
Karachi: Around 15,000 women die each year in Pakistan due to pregnancy related complications, which is the fourth highest maternal mortality rate in the world....
PNCA to focus on classical, folk dance forms
LAHORE: The Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) will expand the area of activity for its Lahore-based National Performing Arts Group (NPAG) and the number...
‘Ban bride price, make laws to prevent trafficking of women’
PESHAWAR: Legal experts Sunday demanded that the NWFP government immediately ban bride price and effectively implement the National Plan of Action 2005 to combat women...
The cost of feeding empty stomachs
By Rabia Ali On the afternoon of September 14, 2009, in the holy month of Ramazan, around 700 women rushed off to a warehouse in...
Dr Aafia’s release: Treaty document barring govt access to ICJ sought
LAHORE: Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday asked the federal government to produce the treaty document under which Pakistan could...