Government high schools for girls face shortage of teachers
Islamabad: One in every 10 sanctioned teaching posts in monitored government girls’ high schools is lying vacant nationwide, where one teacher has to teach, on...
Woman labelled ‘Kari’ accepted by family
Karachi: A woman previously termed ‘Kari’ was accepted by her family after an NGO, ‘Gosha-e-Aafiat’, successfully arbitrated and removed misunderstandings. Rasheeda Bibi belonging to the...
A disaster for Pakistani women
By Shakil Ahmad The Pakistani women are trapped in a web of dependency and subordination due to their low social, economic and political status in...
Nafisa Shah gets Ph.D from Oxford
KARACHI: The University of Oxford has awarded a Ph.D degree to an MNA from Sindh and former district nazim of Khairpur Nafisa Shah for her...
Man murders wife
SUKKUR: A young woman and a man were gunned down in Ajab Lohar village, district Jacobababad, on suspicion of having an extra-marital affair. Farmer Israr...