Tag: Working

Charities working for banned outfits flourishing: Farhatullah Babar

Former senator and PPP leader Farhatullah Babar has said that the charities working as fronts for banned outfits are flourishing while the human rights...

I am terribly sorry for working with Woody Allen: Mira Sorvino

Mira Sorvino has penned an open letter to Woody Allen’s daughter Dylan Farrow to express regret over starring in his 1995 comedy Mighty Aphrodite. The...

In rural Senegal, seeds of hope for working women

In Nganda, a rural community in remote Senegal close to the Gambian border, restaurant owner Aissatou Tisse is carving out a reputation for tasty...

Foreign Secretary wants working ties with IBA

KARACHI: Pakistan Foreign Secretary, Ms Tehmina Janjua, on Saturday expressed her desire to develop a working relationship between Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Institute...

Flexible working schedules could cure employee disengagement

Employee disengagement is a concerning trend that is growing amongst many businesses globally. It has been a major challenge to organisations for more than...

Govt working on strategy to secure minorities, says Nisar

Interior minister says KP government’s response to Peshawar attack appropriate Praises Christian leaders for restraining agitated people Entire nation one to deal with terrorists Opp Leader Shah...

Why working at home can be a bad idea

Marissa Mayer’s decree requiring that Yahoo employees stop working from home and instead schlep to the office has set off a wave of pro...

Remittances grow by 12.5pc to $7.1b in first half of FY13

The Pakistanis working abroad remitted over $7.116 billion during the first half of the current fiscal year, from July to December 2012. A central bank...

Women demand more reserve seats in public transport

Pakistan celebrated the National Working Women Day on December 22 with the aim to honour working women and convey a message to the society...

Working against all odds

Challenging the engrained mentality of ‘chaddar and chaar diwaari’ in the society, women in Pakistan have begun overstepping socially constructed barriers to join the...

80 percent of NAVTTC employees working on deputation: chairman

As many as 80 percent employees of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) are on deputation from other departments. NAVTTC Chairman Muhammad...

US reaffirms commitment to working with Pakistan

The newly-appointed US ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson reaffirmed US commitment to working with Pakistan to achieve shared objectives including peace and stability in...

Lahore’s working women fuel expensive brands boom

A beautiful, perfectly coiffed model, draped with diamonds, shoots a sultry gaze from the cover of a large-format glossy in-room magazine at a luxury...

Govt comes to working women’s rescue

The government has announced to construct two new hostels for working women in the federal budget 2012-13 to address the grievances of working women...

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...

Sen Rand Paul holds up Olson confirmation process over Afridi issue

The State Department and Democratic leadership in the Senate are seeking earliest approval of Richard Olson as US ambassador to Pakistan, after Senator Rand...

Night-shift work increases heart attack

Working night shifts can disrupt the body’s clock and shift workers are slightly more at risk of having a heart attack or stroke than...