Efforts urged to empower women
ISLAMABAD March 29,2005: Pakistan ranks 120th among 177 countries in terms of social and economic indicators and stands at 64th in gender empowerment measures, with...
Killing of Dalbandin girls condemned
KARACHI,March 29,2005;The cold-blooded murder of two real sisters at Dalbandin, Balochistan has been strongly condemned by the Human Rights lawyer Zia Awan. He said that...
Protest held against killing of two sisters
QUETTA, March 28,2005: Activists of the four-party Baloch alliance burnt tyres and shopkeepers observed strike in protest against the killing of two sisters in Dalbandin...
Man kills wife, relative over domestic dispute
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 27,2005: A woman and her cousin were killed and three other relatives were injured in the Majeed Soomro village in the Naushahro...
Mukhtar Mai, Hallaj and modernity
Suroosh Irfani A combination of hyper cruelty, public spectacle and the victim’s perceived innocence has always helped turn an obscure victim into a compelling icon...