Month: October 2011

NA passes amended bill to help jailed women

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday unanimously passed ‘women in distress and detention fund (amendment) bill, 2010’ aimed at providing financial and legal assistance to...

Man tries to sell off teenaged daughter

By Qurban Ali Khushik DADU: The height of poverty in rural areas, especially after this season’s rains and last year’s flood, has reached to an...

Protecting a woman

By: Tammy Swofford To face punishment in this life to avoid punishment in the next is the Islamic model. There is an innate fear regarding...