Tag: Women

KARACHI - There has been no let-up in gender-based violence in Sindh, reveals a six-month report compiled by the Aurat Foundation (AF) in collaboration with Irish NGO Trocaire.
PML-F MPA Marvi Rashdi, AF Karachi Resident Director Mahnaz Rahman, AF representatives Shireen Aijaz and Fareeda Tahir, and others formally launched the report titled 'Policy and Data Monitor on Violence against Women' based on the period between July and December 2010, at the Karachi Press Club on

KARACHI - There has been no let-up in gender-based violence in Sindh, reveals a six-month report compiled by the Aurat Foundation (AF) in collaboration with Irish NGO Trocaire.
PML-F MPA Marvi Rashdi, AF Karachi Resident Director Mahnaz Rahman, AF representatives Shireen Aijaz and Fareeda Tahir, and others formally launched the report titled 'Policy and Data Monitor on Violence against Women' based on the period between July and December 2010, at the Karachi Press Club on

ISLAMABAD - At least 2,690 incidents of violence against women were reported in 36 districts of Punjab from January to June 2010 and Lahore took the lead with 458 such cases, said data available with Pakistan Today.
The data added that other ten districts of the Punjab where intensity of violence remained high were Faisalabad with 393 cases, Sargodha with 161, Sheikhupura 157, Rawalpindi 139, Okara 134, Kasur 116, Sialkot 114, Sahiwal 88, Gujranwala 87, Jhang 76 and Multan 71

LAHORE - Pakistan women cricketers who won the gold medal in the Asian Games still await the prize money announced by the government.
The Prime Minister announced Rs 8 million for the team and construction of a separate stadium for the women's cricket, but even after the passage of two and a half months the prize money has not been given.

LAHORE - Pakistani actress Meera is not happy with the way her fellow actress Veena Malik conducted herself on Colors' reality show 'Bigg Boss 4' and accuses her of portraying Pakistani women in poor light.
"Veena Malik is acting very cheap. The way she presented herself in front of Indian audiences is not right. She is denigrating the image of Pakistani women. This is not how women in Pakistan are," Meera, who is in India to shoot for director Faizal Khan's Hindi movie 'Om

The Bollywood actress who has been hanging around on the periphery of Hollywood for the last year is clear about not wanting to spend time with her female colleagues.
She had issues about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan being a part of the same world tour on which she is too. She has issues spending time with Kangna Ranaut on the sets of Dhamaal 2. However, when it comes to giving interviews, Mallika prefers the female media persons to the men.
A source says that she was reportedly

LAHORE - The newly-elected PFF Women's Committee Chairperson Robina Irfan congratulated national champions Young Rising Star and Diya Women FC for getting full memberships along with Islamabad Football Association, Chaman's Afghan FC and PMC Atheltico Faisalabad.
She hailed the efforts of PFF President Faisal Saleh Hayat for women's soccer and termed it "a great landmark".
"Countries like Pakistan are free to promote women's soccer within the limits of their culture and

LAHORE - Punjab University's Department of Gender Studies (DGS) and Women's Empowerment Group (WEG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the purpose of extending academic, research and technical cooperation on different women issues including economic empowerment, health, gender equity and equality.
DGS In-charge Prof Dr Samar Fatima and WEG Executive Director Omer Aftab signed the MoU. DGS faculty member Raana Malik said the WEG will facilitate the department for

ISLAMABAD - A woman covered in a head-to-foot burqa carried out a suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people in Pakistan, government officials said on Sunday, adding to security challenges.
Any increased use of women as bombers may complicate efforts by Pakistani security forces to stem a spreading wave of Islamist suicide attacks because it is harder to spot and search burqa-clad attackers in conservative tribal society.
Saturday's bombing illustrated the resilient

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif's spouse Begum Kalsoom Nawaz has vowed to transform women into a dynamic force to guard Pakistan against all odds, driving out corrupt rulers from the country.
She was addressing a function regarding PML-N women's convention in connection with Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah's birth anniversary at Alhamra on Thursday. The convention was attended by Begum Tehmina Doltana, Najma Hameed, Ishrat Sharaf, Begum Zakia Shahnawaz, Zaib Jafar and party

LAHORE: Punjab Population Welfare Provincial Minister Neelam Jabbar has said that huge funds are being spent on social protection and economic development of women while new projects would be launched for their welfare under Gender Reform Action Plan.
Addressing the office bearers of a local Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), she said that those who dedicated their lives and resources to social welfare and betterment of women were assets to the society and government would

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Wednesday declared amendments incorporated in the Hudood Ordinance by the previous regime through Protection of Women Act (PWA) 2006 un-Islamic and unconstitutional and directed the federal government to take necessary steps to amend the impugned laws in conformity with the holy Quran and the Sunnah.
Announcing its verdict reserved on November 23, a three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan, Justice Afzaal

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday said the Swedish women who have accused him of sexual assault had got into a "tizzy" about the possibility they had caught a sexually transmitted disease from him.
Assange told the BBC that one account of what happened in August - the month at the centre of allegations against him - was that the two women had panicked when they found out they had both slept with him and went to police who "bamboozled" them.
He insisted he

DUBAI: The Chinese women's swimming team powered their way to the first world record of the FINA World Short Course Championships here on Wednesday. Chen Qian, Tang Yi, Liu Jing and Zhu Qianwei surged to victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay in a time of 7:35.94 to cut a massive three seconds off the previous mark set by the Netherlands at the last edition in Manchester two years ago.
Australia claimed silver in 7:37.57 and France the bronze in 7:38.33, meaning not only that the

KHARTOUM: Sudanese police arrested dozens of women protesting on Tuesday against laws they say humiliate women after a video of a woman being flogged in public appeared on the Internet.
Floggings carried out under Islamic law are almost a daily punishment in Sudan for crimes ranging from drinking alcohol to adultery. But vague laws on women's dress and behaviour are implemented inconsistently. One case sparked international furore when Lubna Hussein, a Sudanese UN official,

GUJRANWALA: Hundreds of housewives expressed their anger against the shortage of gas by laying siege to the regional office of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited for hours, breaking window glasses and damaging furniture.
The SNGPL regional general manager was also trapped inside the building during the protest.
Reportedly, a large number of areas in the city are receiving low gas pressure or a total shut down, forcing the women to take to the streets in protest.