Month: April 2012

For women, it’s an unending struggle

By Gulmina Bilal For many it was the “Good Friday.” For others it was another day of struggle. More than 600 women gathered outside the...

Alleged rapists held

ISLAMABAD: Five men were arrested by Shahzad Town police on Friday for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of two schoolgirls on Wednesday. The accused...

Female heirs: public policy in Islam

Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq According to Islamic injunctions, a female is not bound to provide maintenance to anyone; her property is solely hers to be enjoyed...

‘Plight of women in public buses’

THIS is apropos of Squadron Leader S. Ausaf Hussain’s letter ‘Plight of women in public buses’ (March 30) in which he says that the state...