Non Governmental Organization draft on women policy in Punjab to go to government
By: Aliya Mirza LAHORE: In order to increase the protection of women and involve the Punjab government in this activity, the Aurat Foundation has prepared...
Pakistani women in the public and political sphere
By: Sumera Khan ISLAMABAD: Former premier Benazir Bhutto, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza are part of a small, but...
Media urged to highlight gender issues
ISLAMABAD: Chairperson of National Commission for Human Development Dr Nafisa Shah asked the media persons to play their role in creating awareness on gender policy...
Pakistan lags behind in meeting education Millennium Development Goals
By: Sumera Khan ISLAMABAD: Owing to the war on terror, slow economic growth and natural disasters, the government has fallen short of meeting the Millennium...
Violence, fear and suspicion imperil fight against polio
ISLAMABAD: Health worker Bushra Bibi spent eight years trekking to remote villages, carefully dripping polio vaccine into toddlers’ pursed mouths to protect them from the...