‘Raped women should keep quiet’
By: Arafat Mazhar “If a woman gets raped and she doesn’t have four witnesses, she should stay quiet.” During a recent interview on a television...
Three killed for honour
By: Bari Baloch QUETTA – Three people including a woman were killed in the name of honour in Mastung and Jaffarabad towns of Balochistan in...
Gender discrimination
NATURE has always maintained a balance in this world in order to garnish it with beauty. It produces a balance factor for each and every...
8,000 acts of violence against women reported in 2010
Karachi: Over 8,000 incidents of violence against women were reported last year, says a report released by a non-governmental organization working for women rights. The...
Violence against women and legal snags
Samina Ijaz The Federal Shariat Court has struck down the clauses 11, 25 and 28 from the Women’s Protection Act 2006 and has ordered to...