Tag: Women
1971 remembered through a book on women
Great tributes were paid to the writer Yasmin Saikia on the launch of her new book “Women, War and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering...
‘Six innocent women and two infants in police detention’
The Kamber-Shahdadkot district police have detained six women and two infants for the last 10 days without any justification, Sindh’s lawmakers were informed during...
Protest against Sanaullah for using ‘foul language’ against women
Demanding immediate resignation, different representatives of civil society on Monday protested against the Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on his alleged use of unethical...
Oxford to launch book on BD women
The Oxford University Press will launch its latest publication, Women, War and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971, written by Yasmin Saikia. Based on...
Women club Hudiara SHO to death
In what police officials labelled the first incident of its kind, the on-duty Station House Officer (SHO) of Hudiara police was clubbed to death...
Where women are being trained to make it to the top
Inspector Waseem Durrani, the chief law instructor at the Chung Police Training Academy is very optimistic about the change that he and others are...
Not in Silent Submission anymore
Sehra Waheed was a savvy, sincere and an ambitious girl when she met the scion of a major Pakistani business family. One could say...
I have a middleclass sensibility towards women: SRK
Shah Rukh Khan continues to be the heartthrob of millions. In a recent exclusive interview, the mega star, who is basking over the glory...
Low awareness of hidden FGM/C practices
In certain cafés close to medical colleges in Pakistan and, of course, within the institutions themselves, students studying gynaecology speak of some unexpected sights...
PFF dissolves women’s wing
The Pakistan Football Federation has dissolved the women’s wing of the federation and has named Rubina Irfan as head of one of the committees...
Woman slaps opponent’s lawyer
A woman on Friday slapped a lawyer on his refusal to withdraw the case of her opponent, when he was preparing the case record...
All’s not well when ‘Working With Sharks’
Harassment – sexual or not – is a serious problem in a society regardless of gender and it is the collective responsibility of both...
The second sex
“Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety”.
Many centuries back, William Shakespeare paid a rich and an equally honest tribute to the...
President signs two women’s rights bills into law
On his first working day after suffering from an ailment that took him to Dubai for treatment, President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday gave...
‘It requires more than a law to protect working women’
All conscientious citizens of the country need to create an enabling environment and an effective legal system to protect working women against discrimination, women...
‘Passage of pro-women bills great achievement’
The Aurat Foundation has hailed the unanimous adoption of two landmark bills providing for deterrent punishment for anti-women practices and acid crimes in the...
National Working Women’s Day celebrated today
Pakistani women will celebrate the National Working Women’s Day today (Thursday). The day was declared on 22nd December 2010 in recognition of the struggle...
