Tag: Women
18 asylum seekers tied to attacks on women in Germany
At least 18 asylum seekers are among 31 people who have been identified so far by the federal police as having played a role...
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...
Saudi Arabia holds first ever election open to women
Saudi women were allowed to vote in elections Saturday for the first time ever, in a tentative step towards easing widespread sex discrimination in...
Two Muslim women attacked in Florida
Two Muslim women were targeted in Florida’s Tampa Bay area with one reportedly being shot at and the other nearly being driven off the...
Major sale at Lahore shopping outlet leads to catfight
A 50 percent sale at a retail clothing outlet drew a massive crowd of women and turned into a catfight, making it more popular...
Widow injured as influential people unleash dogs on her in Vehari
A woman was badly injured Wednesday after some influential people unleashed dogs on her for seeking whereabouts of her 12-year-old daughter, a...
Karachi varsity’s staff torture journalists
Security guards manhandled journalists and media workers at the Karachi University on Monday when they were covering a women's cricket match at the campus.
Female...
PA denies direct elections to women, minorities and workers
Passes LG amendments, adopts three resolutions
The Punjab Assembly during the first sitting of the 17th session on Wednesday passed Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2015...
Pilot programme to reduce violence against women established in Punjab
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A spokesperson of the Special Monitoring Unit (SMU) of Chief Minister (CM)’s Office said on Sunday that recognizing that violence against women was...
Metro bus service – a boon for working women
Female commuters travelling between the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi find Metro bus service a welcome relief from the continuous eve teasing they otherwise have to face on public transport.
Women to get scooties soon
Punjab Minister for Finance Dr Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said team are working on the pilot project for provision of scooties for resolving transport...
Pope tells priests to pardon women who have abortions
Pope Francis on Tuesday called on priests to pardon women who have abortions, and the doctors who perform them, during the upcoming Jubilee year...
200 Punjab women become victim of Facebook scandal
As many as 200 women were coerced in to paying money in a scandal involving popular social networking website Facebook.
Most of the victims are...
Rs 190m allocated for women, children in five years
The government has allocated Rs 189.997 million for women and children related projects at Islamabad Capital Territory during last five years, official sources said.
As...
UN reports rise in women, children casualties in Afghan war
The United Nations said on Wednesday that an increasing number of women and children were getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan's war against the...
From Delhi to Cairo, cities take steps to make women feel...
Going out for dinner and not sure which area would be safer at night for a woman travelling on her own? Want to track...
Dir women challenge ‘male-only’ by-poll
A petition was filed in Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Saturday seeking annulment of Dir by-election results.
