World Bank to support Pakistani women entrepreneurs
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank will pay more attention to women entrepreneurs in Pakistan by providing them additional support at the technical, academic and policy levels,...
Women’s polling: some suggestions
By: S. SAJJAD Q. ASHRAF THE Election Commission of Pakistan has finalised a draft bill suggesting re-polling at polling stations where less than 10 per...
Women participation: a challenge for employment in Pakistan
While a colossal 77 percent of both men and women participate in the labour force in Vietnam, women participation rate in Pakistan is a skimpy...
To preserve honour, uncle kills niece
By: Zahid Gishkori ISLAMABAD: There may be nothing honourable about cold-blooded murder but in some tribal pockets of southern Punjab, honour trumps life, unabashedly. A...
Cleric among six held in Mansehra vani case
MANSEHRA: Police have arrested six persons, including a cleric and jirga members, for handing over a minor girl as vani to the rival party of...