Women-on-wheels programme determined to make difference
By Akram Shaheedi Women-on Wheels programme in Punjab is an assertion that women in Punjab has dared to take their destiny into their own hands,...
MPA’s nephew, 3 others booked
KASUR: The police yesterday booked nephew of a local MPA along with his three accomplices allegedly over kidnapping and raping a woman teacher and preparing...
Murder, not honour
By: HUMA YUSUF Another Oscar nod for Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy; another moment of introspection for Pakistan. Four years ago, Chinoy’s award-winning documentary on acid attacks...
Skills to self-sustain: FATA women to get vocational training
KHAR: The government will set up a vocational training centre for women in Bajaur Agency to help them learn income-generating skills and earn respectable livelihood,...
On militancy and child marriage
What a surprise! Apparently, when it comes right down to it, the much-maligned Pakistani state actually faces very little difficulty in establishing its writ. The...