Achievers honoured at LadiesFund Awards
Karachi: The Dawood Global Foundation held the 8th LadiesFund Women’s Awards for Pakistan 2016 at the Governor House, where five hundred of the most dynamic...
Women protection law yet to be enforced
By: Jawad R Awan LAHORE – The much-reviled women protection law, passed by the Punjab Assembly on February 24 and signed by the governor on...
Religious parties ask govt to withdraw women law by 27th
LAHORE: Religious parties have warned the government to withdraw the “un-Islamic” Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act, 2015, by March 27 or face a...
Equal representation for women, minorities urged
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians and civil society have stressed the need for reforms based on international conventions ratified by Pakistan ahead of the 2018 general elections to...
Women empowerment must to alleviate poverty, says USAID official
FAISALABAD: USAID Deputy Mission Director Miles Toder has said that women empowerment and agricultural development are essential to alleviate poverty from Pakistan. Chairing a function...