Guidelines on gender issues offered
ISLAMABAD: The USAID-funded Gender Equity Programme (GEP) of Aurat Foundation on Saturday formed a national advisory forum to get broad policy guidelines and align itself...
Gender equality: “These commitments are crucial”
Nighat Said Khan, women’s rights activist By Ammara Ahmad The News on Sunday: Though Pakistan is a signatory of a number of international commitments yet...
‘Domestic violence bill soon’
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Punjab Governor Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa has said the PPP-led government will soon adopt a bill against domestic violence to provide protection...
Rule of law: Senior lawyer beats up elderly woman ‘for not vacating his chair’
By Rana Tanveer Lawyer claims the woman had a bad reputation, he feared being tainted by association. LAHORE: A senior member of the Lahore High...
SC orders to increase widows pension to 75pc
Islamabad–Hearing a suo moto case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has ordered the Punjab government to raise pension of the widows of the Punjab government...