Tag: Female

Amma, Didi, Behenji: India’s female kingmakers

The makeup of India’s next government could lie in the hands of a trio of women who command a massive following in their regional...

Peshawar tragedy: Probe committee suggests one suicide bomber was female

      An initial report prepared by a committee probing the Peshawar tragedy on Monday suggested that one of the suicide bombers was a female. According to...

Top Afghanistan female police officer dies

The most senior woman police officer in Afghanistan's troubled Helmand province has died in hospital after being shot by unidentified gunmen, officials said on...

Can female candidates equally win on general seats?

There were at least 60 women who contested in the 2008 general elections but only 13 of them could make their way to the...

166 government girls’ without boundary walls

At least 166 government girls’ primary and middle schools in Rawalpindi district lack boundary walls, causing troubles for the teachers and students. The absence of...

India moving toward more female police officers

India’s interior minister has ordered each police station in New Delhi to beef up the number of women officers to facilitate complaints from women....

First Afghan female rapper seeks reason with rhymes

Sporting a long leather coat and western jeans under a headscarf, Soosan Feroz looks like many modern women in Kabul. But she is a...

India rape suspects to be charged in court

A gang of men accused of repeatedly raping a 23-year-old female student on a moving bus in New Delhi are to appear in court...

Female touch ball team accorded warm reception

The Pakistan female touchball team was on Sunday night accorded warm reception for winning the first gold medal for the country in the ongoing...

Female smuggler, 80 accused nabbed

Liaquatabad police have nabbed a woman smuggler and 80 robbers of two gangs in a crackdown. Ringleaders of Sunny Emanual and Boby Shaukat gangs were...

Singaporean female teacher jailed for sex with student

A 32-year-old female Singaporean teacher was sentenced to a year in jail on Monday for having sex with a 15-year-old boy in her school,...

30 HEC scholarships awarded to female faculty from Balochistan

Under faculty development program of Higher Education Commission (HEC), 30 scholarships have been awarded to the female faculty of Sardar Bhaudar Khan Women University...

The importance of female literacy

An educated mother has the ability to lay the foundations of a healthy and enlightened society. The entire personality of a person revolves around...

Female MPA forms forward bloc for Khosas in PML-N

A female member of Punjab Assembly from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has formed an unannounced forward bloc in the party to garner other...

Nail Art, the last bastion of female-centric beauty

When historically female-centric practices—like cooking, baking, hair styling, clothing design, etc.—have been legitimized into celebrated careers, men typically end up being the stars who...

Pride beats disappointment over Afghan sprinter

Pride mixed with disappointment met the efforts of war-torn Afghanistan's only female athlete at the London Olympics when she ran but came last in...

Female runner makes history for Brunei

Teenage 400m runner Maziah Mahusin spoke of her pride Friday at becoming the first woman from Brunei to represent her country at an Olympic...