ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, Muhammad Balighur Rehman took strong notice of the incident of harassment of students by a teacher. According to a press release on Thursday, he…
ISLAMABAD: Recent allegations of harassment in the police were designed to bring male officers in disrepute, says a letter written to heads of several institutions including IGP (Inspector General Police) Islamabad, a…
LAHORE: Patari Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ahmer Naqvi on Thursday said that he was “grateful and indebted” to the women who spoke up about the music sharing platform’s former CEO Khalid Bajwa’s “vile…
HARIPUR: To avoid incidents like Kasur, besides provision of health and education to the children, people should protect them in a better way. This was said by National Assembly’s Standing Committee on…
ISLAMABAD: According to a survey carried out by, Gallup and Gilani Research Foundation, three in five Pakistanis cite lack of education and religious awareness as the most prevalent causes of women harassment.…
NEW YORK: Comedian John Oliver confronted Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman on stage about a sexual harassment accusation, offering an audience in New York on Monday a rare glimpse of a powerful man…
SAN JOSE: Eagerly anticipating her English students delving into “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” Maimona Afzal Berta arrived early to school September 11. Her classroom walls at Fischer Middle School depicted…
When Indian actor Divya Unny flew into the southern state of Kerala in 2015, she thought it was for a business meeting with an award-winning director about a role in his upcoming…
Mahira Khan is well- equipped with the art of making headlines with just one statement. She recently appeared on BBC World News in a bid to promote her upcoming film Verna, where…
NEW YORK: During her thirties, Kate was groped twice by a colleague, another pressed his leg against her during a meeting and a boss turned hostile after she rebuffed his advances. On some…
MUMBAI: There’s a lot being said about creating a safe work culture for women. Actor Sonakshi Sinha has also added her voice in agreement to it, saying that a shift in workplace…
LONDON: British political party leaders agreed on Monday to introduce new safeguards for parliamentary staff, as Prime Minister Theresa May called for a “culture of respect” in Westminster amid a slew of…
You are, unfortunately, very wrong in your understanding, Ms Director The nub of the story is: Does characterising this particular incident as harassment understate what molestation actually is? We need to correct…
KARACHI: Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Tuesday came out with an explanation on her recent controversial tweets about an AKU doctor, who had sent her sister a Facebook request after tending…
Things got a little weird when Academy award-winning Pakistani director, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy got a doctor fired from a Karachi hospital— apparently for sending her sister a friend request on Facebook. The doctor’s…
KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Siyal on Thursday took notice of media reports about girl students’ harassment in Jamshoro Sindh University (SU). Two girls Rimsha Memon and Naseem Depar, the students…
LAHORE: The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) organised a training session in Punjab Assembly with women members of the Provincial Assembly on the subject of protection of women against harassment.…
