Tag: Women
Women who attended PTI’s rally aren’t honourable: Rana Sanaullah
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Monday uttered hateful remarks about the women who attended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Minar-e-Pakistan rally in Lahore on Sunday.
Talking...
Sushmita Sen feels honoured to be born a woman
MUMBAI: Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen says that to be born as a woman itself is a huge award.
After receiving an award at the...
Fife woman helping to secure better future for women in Pakistan
Joanna Reid, a former St Andrews resident and pupil of Madras College, is based in Islamabad where she is involved in projects aimed at...
Safe bus stops for women inaugurated
LAHORE: Women Development Department (WDD) on Friday inaugurated Safe Bus Stops for women in a bid to promote their protection and end harassment at public places.
Secretary of...
1643 cases of violence against women recorded in Sindh: report
KARACHI: A total of 1643 cases of different types of violent acts, from honour killing to custody of children and maintenance, were filed by...
Speakers stress need for promoting women in media
ISLAMABAD: Speakers here at a day-long seminar on Thursday underlined the need for promoting women in diverse fields, especially in media by providing them...
PPP only party guaranteeing women rights: Nafisa
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Secretary Information Dr Nafisa Shah has asked women of the country to join PPP as it is the only...
Thousands of Croatians protest treaty to protect women
Several thousand people marched through the Croatian capital on Saturday in protest against a European treaty designed to protect women.
The demonstration gathered up to...
Prominent positions in Pakistan politics given in return for sexual favours:...
The former wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday claimed that “prominent positions in Pakistan’s political parties were given in return...
FIA helpless as incidents of cybercrime reach a new high
LAHORE: With more than a thousand incidents of cybercrime being reported in Punjab within the past two months and people being conned of millions of...
Pakistan expresses commitment to women empowerment, SDGs at UN
NEW YORK: Pakistan expressed its firm commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), highlighting various steps taken by the federal and the provincial...
Woman gives birth in bathroom after Raiwind hospital refuses entry
A woman, after being refused entry into a hospital in Lahore's Raiwind area due to lack of facilities, gave birth to a baby in...
Women are actively participating in national development: Zubair
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair on Sunday said that Pakistani women are talented, intelligent and are actively participating shoulder to shoulder with men in...
Three dead, woman injured in DI Khan incidents
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A couple, among three people, died and a woman was injured in separate incidents of a road mishap and firing in different...
Int’l Women’s Day is West’s redemption from historical injustices against women:...
KARACHI: Aafia Movement Pakistan leader and noted neuro physician Dr Fowzia Siddiqui on Saturday said that to observe the International Women’s Day was a...
Imran pledges to give women equal role in society
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that his party is committed to fighting for women’s right.
On the eve of International Women...
Well-educated, enlightened women can change society: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Chairman General (r) Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said that there was a need to bring women at parity with...
