Girl allowed to file FIR in high court
KARACHI – A girl declared ‘kari’ by a tribal jirga was on November 1, allowed to file her complaint in the Sindh High Court for...
Women’s rights
KARACHI – Students of Women Studies Centre, Karachi University, launched a drive against harrasment of women. They distributed pamphlets and marched to raise awareness against...
Woman humiliated
MIRPURKHAS – A young woman was stripped, beaten and her hair was cut by her relatives on Saturday on the charge of having illicit relations...
Bill to help eliminate Karo-Kari: Nilofar
ISLAMABAD – Adviser to the Prime Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar has said the bill against Karo-Kari will help eradicate the old tradition from the society and...
Girls’ enrolment in Upper Dir up by 20pc
PESHAWAR – Enrolment in government primary schools in the Upper Dir district has increased by 20 per cent in the year 2003 after parent-teacher associations...