Educated women in Punjab’s Dhurnal barred from voting by husbands
DHURNAL: Perched on her traditional charpai bed, Naeem Kausir says she would like to vote in Pakistan’s upcoming election — if only the men in...
Old woman dies during police raid on house to ‘recover’ married girl
BAHAWALNAGAR: An elderly woman died allegedly because of police torture during a house raid conducted by a Bakhshan police station team here on Friday night,...
Woman killed by father-in-law in magistrate’s court
SAHIWAL: A young woman was shot dead on Saturday allegedly by her father-in-law in the courtroom of a judicial magistrate in Pakpattan, where she was...
Kohistani woman determined not to let ‘edict’ foil her election bid
The picturesque beauty of the Kohistan region, which connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Gilgit Baltistan, belies a darker side. The area has made headlines in the...
‘Mainstream parties have failed to award 5pc tickets to women
The Aurat Foundation, a civil society organisation striving to secure women’s rights in the country, has expressed serious concerns that some of the mainstream political...