Month: May 2012

No one to wish her a happy Mother’s Day

Ammar Shahbazi Karachi: It is International Mother’s Day and 82-year-old Farida Begum*, who gave birth to and raised seven children, does not have anyone to...

Teenage girl strangulated by fiancé

Karachi: A teenage girl was strangulated to death allegedly by her fiancée in the Surjani Town police limits on Sunday. Sughraan Bibi, 18, was found...

Fallout of gender imbalance

Huma Yusuf THANKS to Aamir Khan, the issue of India’s skewed sex ratio is making headlines again. In the debut of Satyamev Jayate — his...

Woman shot, daughter injured

LAHORE: A woman in her 40’s was killed and her 22-year-old daughter was injured after two persons opened fire on them near Ghazi Road in...

Women to get their rights, says Imran

Ahmad Hassan ISLAMABAD: Mother’s Day provided Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf an opportune moment to hold a convention of its women members in Islamabad that was as lively...