Month: March 2011

Gender discrimination cause of decline in HDI

THE United Nations Development Programme has released a report about the development of Pakistan. Pakistan’s ranking on the Human Development Index has changed from 123rd...

Call to end violence against women

ISLAMABAD: Ending violence against women is not a matter of a one-off celebration; rather it is an attitude that has to be taken back to...

Women`s land rights hindered by customs

By Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The 11th Hamza Wahid memorial lecture delivered by Dr Saba Gul Khattak on the topic of `Friction between customs and religion...

MWPJO’s website launched

KARACHI: The Media Women Publishers and Journalists Organisation (MWPJO), in collaboration with the Arts Council of Pakistan launched its website on Saturday to provide latest...