Month: August 2011

Empower women

According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, around 800 women became victims of ‘honour’ killings in the country in 2010 alone. This figure only...

Punjab tops with 3,035 cases against women

ISLAMABAD – A biannual report released Tuesday has observed a sharp increase in the reported cases of violence against women from January to June 2011...

Two women killed for honour

JHANG: Six people including four women were killed while another seven received critical injuries in various incidents and mishaps in different parts of Jhang over...

Girls’ school blown up at Karnal Sher Killey

SWABI: Unknown miscreants blew up Government Girls School & College at Karnal Sher Killey with explosive material on Monday morning, police said. The buildings and...