Month: October 2012

3 women stabbed to death

DASKA: An old man stabbed his wife and her sister to death for “honour” in Daska city’s Younasabad area while a farmer killed his wife...

Another acid attack

By: SANA AFRIDI According to the Acid Survivor Foundation (ASF), some 84 women have been disfigured by acid in Pakistan this year alone. The latest...

Project for skilled women

BAHAWALPUR: A project “Strengthening hand embellished fabric value chain in south Punjab” has been launched in Bahawalpur, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan and Lodhran. The launching...

Of Malalas and Amandas

By Ayeda Husain The writer has been a journalist for 19 years and has previously worked for The Friday Times Two young girls. Two different...