Fear of being a woman
By: Yasmeen Aftab Ali She sat on the floor, the tiles hard and cold under her feet. Her knees drawn up to her chin, arms...
Man guns down two sisters for ‘honour’
SHEIKHUPURA: Two girls, said to be sisters, were shot dead by their elder brother in the name of honour here in Mananwala locality, some 35-km...
Woman tortured to death over dowry
FAISALABAD: A woman was tortured to death for bringing insufficient dowry in the area of D-Type Colony here.A spokesman for the police said on Tuesday...
SHC grants pre-arrest bail to two more suspects
By: TAHIR SIDDIQUI KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday granted protective bail to two more accused persons in the Shikarpur jirga case. The seven...
The environment of rape
By: FE’REEHA IDREES A few years back, Pakistan’s former President Musharraf embroiled in an unprecedented controversy when he made an infamous statement on the prevalence...