Month: June 2014

Rape and conflict

The recently concluded summit on sexual violence in conflict-ridden areas in London may have been held with the best of intentions but any substantive impact...

HRCP dismayed at Panjgur schools’ closure

LAHORE: Dismayed at the forced and continued closure of schools by militants in the Panjgur town of Balochistan, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)...

Woman in Dera Ghazi Khan gang-raped

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A woman in Dera Ghazi Khan died after being gang-raped, DawnNews reported. According to reports, the girl had become friends with one...

Sorry plight of women

It is unfortunate that the state of Pakistan has failed to instil the fear of law into citizens. Because of this, time and again, we...