Month: November 2012

Legal aid to women prisoners promised

HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqir Fatima Bhutto has said that women who are imprisoned in jails are being provided legal assistance under directives...

Minister for according women due status

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mian Ifikhar Hussain has called for granting women due status and economic opportunities to ensure development of the country....

Protest by family of missing girl

SUKKUR: The family of a missing 12-year-old girl staged two protest demonstrations in Ghotki on Tuesday to demand the arrest of kidnappers. The relatives of...

Cleric arrested for torturing wife

By: Mohammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: The prayer leader of a mosque was arrested on the charge of trying to strangle his wife and chopping her ear,...

Man ‘rapes’ daughter, ex-wife

By: Nabeel Anwar Dhakku CHAKWAL: A father is alleged to have led a gang of 24 men of his clan to rape his daughter and...