Couple among three shot dead
PESHAWAR: Three people, including a husband and wife, were gunned down in Per Bala village on Tuesday, police said. Police said two brothers, identified as...
The parallel justice system in rural Pakistan – a close scrutiny
By: Neha Ansari KARACHI: The council of elders, or jirga/panchayat, is believed to offer cheap and speedy justice in rural Pakistan. Yet, this is not...
Laws against harassment
By: Riaz Ahmad The issue of sexual harassment of female students at the educational institutes of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) province has resurfaced once again. This...
Elderly woman strangled by ‘family’
Karachi: An elderly woman was murdered by her son and grandson at their Gulshan-e-Ghazi residence on Tuesday, said the Ittehad Town police. Seventy-year-old Gulab Jan...
Pioneering sex education in Sindh village
JOHI: In neat rows, the girls in white headscarves listened carefully as the teacher described the changes in their bodies. When the teacher asked what...