Tag: Women

PTI women, youth activists a challenge to Hamza Shehbaz in NA-124

PPP candidate for NA from constituency withdraws nomination in favour of PTI candidate LAHORE: Though the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) rally from Lohari Gate...

Indian women cricket team captain removed as DSP in fake degree...

CHANDIGARH: Indian Women’s T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been removed from the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) by Punjab Police as her graduation...

NCSW forwards list of 200 election observers to ECP

ISLAMABAD: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) has forwarded a list of almost 200 observers across the country to monitor the forthcoming general...

Election symbols allotted despite parties failing to distribute 5pc tickets to...

Political parties alloting tickets to women for constituencies where they have never won in polls PESHAWAR: Women rights activists have voiced concerns over the...

SC directs FIA to bust groups involved in women trafficking

ISLAMABAD: A three member bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has directed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to bust the groups...

14 buses provided by UN for women go dysfunctional in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Fourteen buses donated by UN for women only have gone dusty at Peshawar bus stand in Abbottabad and  Mardan since last two months. To this...

ECP could order re-election if women cast less votes: info minister

--Caretaker information minister says members of National Assembly from FATA will also be elected on July 25 ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary...

Elections 2018: PTI issues tickets to 13 females for general seats...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday issued tickets to at least 13 female leaders for 13 general seats in National Assembly. According to the list, as many as...

Saudi woman drives F1 car to mark end of ban

Renault stole a march on their Formula One rivals on Sunday when they gave a Saudi Arabian woman a chance to mark a special...

Hundreds of women march in Rio to demand legal abortion

RIO DE JANEIRO: Hundreds of women marched in Rio de Janeiro to demand the legalization of abortion in Brazil. The march followed a breakthrough for...

Woman gives birth outside hospital in DG Khan

DG KHAN: A woman on Friday night gave birth outside a hospital in Dera Ghazi Khan after its management allegedly refused to admit her...

Six times Orya Maqbool Jan proved he is the ultimate misogynist

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday named the former member of Pakistan’s civil bureaucracy, columnist and anchorperson Orya Maqbool Jan, as one of the...

Pakistani ‘Dangal’ girls making their father proud

--Masood Sisters are multi-sports athletes who also participate in kabaddi Much like India's Phogat Sisters-inspired Dangal movie, Masood Sisters in Pakistan are making their father...

Women action heroes take over Cannes

CANNES: Women are the heroes of a new wave of films at the Cannes film festival, where Hollywood's #MeToo moment may have just spawned...

Arjun Kapoor shares his thoughts on women in Bollywood

Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor believes that pay disparity in the film industry is a sensitive issue but finds it “crass and rude” to talk...

Women police stations in Sindh renamed as ‘Women and Children Protection...

KARACHI: Sindh Inspector General of Police AD Khowaja reviewing the police training programmes in the province, here on Thursday, has directed the officials to rename...

In the year of #MeToo, gender inequality continues to mark Cannes

CANNES: In a year dominated by the #MeToo movement, the Cannes film festival, which starts Tuesday, is feeling the heat to address glaring gender...