Women brave chilly weather, participate in long march
By: Myra Imran ISLAMABAD: Supporting Allama Tahirul Qadri’s slogan of change, thousands of women belonging to all age groups enthusiastically participated in the ‘long march’...
What it means to be a woman in Karachi
By: RABEYA JAWAID IT has been two years since I have been to Pakistan. There is a longing to go back; it is as if...
Press Council of Pakistan, Women’s Empowerment Group sign accord promoting media ethics on portrayal of women
KARACHI: Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) and Women’s Empowerment Group (WEG) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to become strategic partners to collaborate on interventions...
Girl escapes rape attempt
By: Nazir Siyal LARKANA: A young girl, abducted for rape was brutally injured by armed men in a village of Kashmore District.The relatives of the...
Villager rescues women from brutal tribal custom
By: Umer Farooq PESHAWAR: The jirga’s bombshell did little to stifle Muhammad Nawaz’s hope. “No, not my daughters,” he said to himself. The aggrieved father...