‘Torture, deaths — most girl domestic child workers’ fate’
KARACHI: Some 19 child domestic workers (CDWs) of the 41 allegedly tortured by their employers had died across the country over 30 months till June...
Women in our society
THE news on Friday of sexual abuse and murder of a 13-year-old schoolgirl in Karachi was yet another horrifying episode in the process of improving...
Two commit suicide over marriage
Karachi: A young woman and a young man committed suicide over marriage issue on Sunday. Mehreen, 25, daughter of Shabeer, after quarrelling with her mother,...
Standing up for women’s rights does not make me a feminist: Azra Abbas
KARACHI: Literary critics call Azra Abbas a leading Pakistani feminist poet. She, however, finds them all at a certain distance to the work she has...
International Rural Women Day on Oct, 15
ISLAMABAD: International Rural Women Day will be observed on October 15 to highlight role of rural women in national development and raise their issues at...