Tag: Women

Age gracefully: 10 foods for midlife women

Famed actress and octogenarian Bette Davis said getting older isn’t for sissies. Those of us over 50 know that, while the second half of...

Congratulated

Nain Abidi, ZTBL women’s cricket player has become the first Pakistan women cricket team player to score century while playing against Ireland. President Madam...

APWA jail project

The sole aim and object of the jail project of All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA) is to provide assistance to the inmates of the...

Plight of employed women in Swat after dislodging of Taliban

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said we have taken over the area of Swat after successful military operation in Malakand division and people...

Boxing chief wants more women fighting in Rio

There should be an increase in women boxers at the 2016 Olympics in Rio after the success of the inaugural competition at the London...

Punjab CM announces compensation for Khan Garh family

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the house of women who were forced to parade undressed the other day and sympathised with the...

Woman poisoned to death for bearing third daughter

In-laws poisoned to death a woman for bearing third female child here late Wednesday night. According to SP Investigation Athar Ismail, deceased Uzma hailing from...

Obama in new push for women’s votes

US President Barack Obama aggravated a culture war battle over contraception as he wooed women voters Wednesday, warning that Mitt Romney's Republicans would turn...

Two women paraded naked in Muzaffargarh

Two women were allegedly paraded naked around in the Khangarh area on Wednesday when they took a wedding proposal to the house of a...

Spirig wins triathlon in photo finish

Switzerland's Nicola Spirig won the closest Olympic women's triathlon in history Saturday, pipping Sweden's Lisa Norden for gold after a dramatic photo finish. Spirig...

Death toll at Children Hospital reaches 18

After the death of another child, the death toll has reached 18 at CMC Children Hospital opposite to Sheikh Zayed Women Hospital here on...

Probables named for Women’s World T20

The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) women’s wing on Friday announced 30 probables for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 to be played in Sri Lanka...

Women with fat babies have higher risk of breast cancer

Women whose firstborn children weighed more than 8.25 pounds at birth have more than double the risk of getting breast cancer, compared to women...

AF launches report on violence against women

As part of its continuous efforts to highlight the issue of violence against women and its different manifestations in the society, the Aurat Foundation...

11 women executed by Taliban in Parwan this year

As many as 11 women have been executed by the Taliban in the Shinwari district of northern Parwan province since the start of the...

Police rescue woman, recover her kid

Police rescued a woman, who escaping from the kidnappers had taken refuge at the third floor of a building at Badar Commercial area of...

Women ‘honourably’ killed

Two women were killed in the name of honour in two separate incidents on Saturday. A young girl Sumera, daughter of Ghulam Murtaza, was...