305 women to contest election on general seats of NA
ISLAMABAD: As many as 305 female candidates will contest on general seats of National Assembly in the election scheduled to be held on July 25, according to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).…
Online cabs: A boon for female drivers?
ISLAMABAD: Mother of three, 40-year old Rehana, had to continue her husband’s job of a cab driver as he got seriously ill and there was no one in their family to run…
Teachers’ protest for service regularisation enters 53rd day
Protesters say they have not been paid for nine months ISLAMABAD: The female daily-wage teachers’ protest entered 53rd day on Thursday in the heart of the federal capital for regularisation of their services…
Outrage at mutilation of Kurdish female fighter
AFRIN: Global condemnation has erupted after videos posted online revealed the mutilation of a body belonging to a female member of the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units at the hands of Turkish-backed militants…
E-commerce boom in twin cities increasing interest in online shopping in females
ISLAMABAD: The trend of online shopping is gaining popularity in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, as elsewhere in the country, due to a massive promotional usage of social media marketing as…
Behind enemy lines: Vietnam female spies who helped change war
HANOI: By day Nguyen Thi Hoa sold conical hats on the streets of Hue in southern Vietnam, at night she funnelled secrets to Communist army handlers who were poised to launch an…
Female journalists protest being ‘penned in’ during Pence Western Wall visit
JERUSALEM: Women journalists covering US Vice President Mike Pence’s visit Tuesday to the Western Wall criticised what they called discrimination after being forced to stand behind men under rules enforced by Jewish…
Iranian female skydiver to break down stereotypes
TEHRAN: For Iranian parachuting enthusiast Bahareh Sassani, skydiving is “a way to prove that women are just as capable as men” – a small step from a big height for women’s equality…
KMC performs special Hajj balloting for female employees
KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) announced on Monday to arrange special Hajj (Pilgrimage) balloting for its women employees so that the female staff could also avail the opportunity to perform Hajj. The…
Over 12m eligible female voters may remain unable to cast vote in 2018: report
ISLAMABAD: Due to National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)’s inability to make Computerised National Identity Card (CNICs) in limited time, around 12 million women will remain unable to cast votes in the…
Romania likely to get its first Muslim, female prime minister
Romania’s Social Democrat Party (PSD) proposed a leftist woman from the country’s tiny Muslim minority as prime minister on Wednesday, a close associate of PSD power broker Liviu Dragnea who was ruled…
Court hands police official life sentence for raping daughter
A sessions court in Islamabad charged a police official with raping his daughter, handing him a life sentence and fining him Rs100,000 for the offence on Thursday. Dilpazeer, a driver with the…
Female Muslim teacher among Brussels attacks victims
A Muslim teacher who had been working at an Islamic school was among the victims of brutal Brussels attacks a few days ago, Al Jazeera reported. The death of Loubna Lafquiri, a…
Year Review: Pakistani Women in 2015
2015 has been quite the year for women in Pakistan. Gender equality took the main stage as one leading lady after the other wowed us all year long. Pakistan Today takes a…
Female suicide bomber kills 12 in Nigeria mosque
A young female suicide bomber killed 12 worshippers when she blew herself up in a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, a witness and a vigilante aiding the military against Boko Haram said on…
Female suicide bombers threaten Nigeria elections
As the West African country of Nigeria prepares for presidential and general elections Feb 14 and 28, it is emerging that female suicide bombers are being prepared by the Islamic insurgency group…
Female suicide bomber hits police station in Istanbul
A female suicide bomber blew herself up inside a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, killing one officer and wounding another, the city’s governor and Turkish media said. The…