Month: December 2011

Female juvenile offenders

ISLAMABAD: Too many women are still serving short prison sentences, often for breaching community orders for crimes that do not themselves carry a prison sentence,...

Maryam for exploiting women talent

LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said women can play a significant role in changing the destiny of the nation. Talking to a group...

PTI assures women of end to discrimination

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Lahore Women Wing organiser Dr Nosheen Hamid Miraj assured party workers on Sunday that the party would end all discriminatory laws against...

Women’s equality means business

By: Bina Shah THE controversial Veena Malik cover has got Pakistanis talking – about women, about sexuality and about empowerment – and it seems everyone’s...

Girls’ school destroyed in Charsadda blast

CHARSADDA/LANDI KOTAL: Unidentified militants blew up a government school for girls in Sardheri area of Charsadda district in the small hours of Sunday, police said....