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India’s financial and entertainment capital Mumbai is to get its first female lifeguards as part of an equality drive, reports said on Wednesday. “Women...

KARACHI - The number of female smokers in the colleges and universities of the country has jumped from six percent to 16 percent in a matter of a few years, disclosed healthcare experts during 12th Biennial Convention of Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) on the topic of 'Tobacco Control - Key to Disease Prevention'. They expressed grave concern over the popularity of cigarettes among the youth due to their lower prices, saying that cigarettes are cheaper than a loaf of bread

LAHORE - Panic gripped through the female population of University of the Punjab hostels when a number of varsity guards led by Chief Security Officer (CSO) Major (r) Arif raided a female professor's official residence to get it vacated.
Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA), female students and faculty members residing in hostels condemned Major (r) Arif's commando-style action. Students said the retired major has no regard for women and has converted the varsity

FAISALABAD - The story of APWA Faisalabad is, in fact, the story of care, help and patronage of the women in need spreading over a period of 60 years. It dates back to 1951 when a group of kind-hearted women, responding to the formation of All Pakistan Women Association (APWA) by its founder Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, founded its Lyallpur chapter (that was renamed Faisalabad in 1979) to extend their contribution to the cause of humanity in the newly established country facing the

ISLAMABAD - To many's shock, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly has two of the richest male and two of the poorest female legislators and a chief who has all his wealth under his wife's name.
A through study of the details of assets declared by KP to the Election Commission of Pakistan for the year 2010 reveals that Shazia Aurangzeb Khan, elected on a reserved seat, has no property, no vehicle, no jewelry, and even no cash in her only bank account no 75202-0. MPA Zarqa also has

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a private resolution to ascertain the root causes of domestic violence against women. PPP's Aisha Khoso presented the resolution that demanded constituting a special committee comprising female members of the assembly, eminent female social workers and legal experts for conducting a study to find out the root causes of domestic violence against women. Various MPAs expressed concern over the situation of women in Sindh and

LAHORE - A clash between the bar and the bench took place in Aiwan-e-Adl on Wednesday, as the legal fraternity observed March 9 as 'Iftikhar Day'. The clash took place when a female civil judge, Najia Batool, dismissed a civil suit filed by the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO). After the decision, counsel for the petitioner Sajid Tabassum flared up and called other lawyers in the court, who insisted the court reverse the decision. Najia left the courtroom after directing Sajid

Lahore - The launching ceremony of the book "A Treatise on the Civil Service of Pakistan: The Structural-Functional History (1601-2011) by a young DMG Officer Kiran Khurshid was held at PILAC Auditorium on Wednesday. Former Punjab Chief Secretary Javed Ahmed Qureshi while addressing at the occasion said, "civil Service of Pakistan is the most distinguished national institution that has produced public service and integrity icons who served the country with absolute courage, dedication

LAHORE - Sajida, 43, suffers from a heart disease, but does not have enough money for treatment. Not with pending financial expenditures that have to be done - expenditures that in her opinion have more priority - such as getting her daughters married. Sajida is a widow and along with her daughters works from home, making embroidery on clothes to sell them off through a middleman.
Unfortunately even after ten years of long hours of labour, she has not been able to save much. "I

LOS ANGELES - The movie-viewing public lost three powerful, Oscar-nominated actresses in 2010. They weren't superstars in the sense of an Angelina Jolie or (earlier) Elizabeth Taylor, but each brought a depth and believability to her work that will be sorely missed.
Lynn Redgrave - A member of Britain's talented Redgrave family, Lynn Redgrave was the daughter of actor Sir Michael Redgrave; the sister of actor Vanessa Redgrave; and aunt to actors Joely Richardson, Natasha

LAHORE - Burcu Cetinkaya, a female racing car rally driver and a Red Bull athlete will tour Pakistan (Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad) from Feb 25 to Mar 5. Cetinkaya is chief guest of an exclusive Red Bull Dakar Rally 2011 screening in Karachi and will also be hosting the event. A special media event will be held in Lahore where people, including media and celebrities, will get a chance to compete against Burcu in a go-carting race.
She is coming with an aim to encouarge and

PESHAWAR: The women legislators of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly staged a walkout Friday when Deputy Speaker Khushdil Khan snubbed a ruling party female member to avoid cross talk during the proceeding, saying he could exercise his powers to send her out of the house.
The protest was triggered after Khushdil used harsh words while asking Munawar Sultana of Awami National Party (ANP) to follow the rules of the house. "I will kick you out; don't make the house the jock," he remarked

LAHORE - The Punjab chapter of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society imparted emergency response training to students at Government College for Women, Samanabad on Tuesday.The training continued for five days in which students were trained in emergency response, first aid training, natural disaster management, youth activities and were introduced to the Red Crescent.
Providing bandage, giving first aid in case of a heart attack, helping burn victims, shifting injured to hospital and

KARACHI - Anila Qayyum Agha's artwork is made up of series of collaged drawings that explore how social and gender-based issues result from the concepts constructed by history, traditions and the contemporary society.
"My usage of textile processes is inspired by the complicated social issues inherent in the fibre field. The addition of dyes, wax, coffee or tea stains invoke the history and residual memory of the feminine - of the domestic - and add to the depth of meaning

LAHORE - The Sports Board Punjab on Thursday gave cash awards to its female athletes for winning the PSB Inter-Provincial Youth U-16 Girls Athletics Championship.
The awards ceremony was held at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore, and Secretary Sports Punjab Saeed Ahmed Nawaz was the chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners of the Championship, while DG Sports Salman Ijaz was also present on the occasion
The gold medal winner athletes were given Rs 5000 each

LAHORE - Pakistan's female tennis players will participate in the Federation Cup after almost a decade and the camp training of players started here at the Bagh-e-Jinnah courts under the supervision of former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik. Pakistan's top female tennis player Ushna Suhail, currently nursing an ankle injury, will undergo fitness test on January 21 and as long as she does not gain the required fitness level, she would be kept as a reserve.
"Sara Mahboob, Sara Mansoor

KARACHI - Attiya Shaukat is a contemporary miniature artist who has honed her skill in the miniature studio and created exquisite paintings of her personal tribulations and joys, Amna Tirmizi Naqvi of the Gandhara-art Space said.
Gandhara is running an art exhibition of Shaukat's works under the title of 'Damsel in Shining Armour' until February 12.
"Much like Shaukat's contemporaries, her work depicts a current and personal narrative rather than a historical one. Her