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...