All stakeholders consulted on women protection bill: Sufi
LAHORE: The approval of the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Bill 2015 will help curb incidents of violence against women, said Salman Sufi, a...
Pakistan’s untapped resources empowered by e-commerce boom
ISLAMABAD .: In the Hindu Kush mountains craftswomen painstakingly stitch flowing scarves, skilled artisans who were unable to sell their products beyond the remote region...
22-year-old girl critical after acid attack
LAHORE – Only a few days after the Punjab Assembly passed Women Protection Act, a 22-year-old girl came under acid attack at her house in...
Police foil bid to kill ‘Kari’ woman
SHIKARPUR – WAHEED PHULPOTO – The New Faujdari police have recovered an ill-fated injured woman, who was declared as Kari by her husband, from the...
Gender politics
BY RAZESHTA SETHNA AS the conflict between gender politics and the religious right in Pakistan takes off in a seriously damaging direction, there appears to...