ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Monday said it is the responsibility of the entire nation to play its due role in protecting women’s rights and curbing gender based violence. He was addressing…
In 2018, incidents of violence against women escalated. The year began with the rape and murder of an 8-year-old namely Zainab, as a report called Pakistan the sixth most unsafe country for…
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that women of rural areas of Pakistan are very hard-working and play a leading role in the development of the rural economy. In…
LAHORE: The Ministry of Human Rights on Friday launched an awareness campaign to educate the masses about the inheritance rights of women under Islamic jurisprudence and the constitution. The announcement in this…
Working group calls family, culture, sexual and reproductive health the most significant challenge UNITED NATIONS: A United Nation panel has warned that women’s rights are under threat from a backlash of conservatism and…
LAHORE: Punjab Government Spokesman Malik Ahmed Khan on Wednesday said that Imran Khan on the occasion of the International Women’s Day should apologise from the women of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for failing to…
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that respect to women and protection of their rights was an important part of Islamic injunctions adding that rights and societal respect enjoyed by…
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that the government is committed to liberate women and protect them from all kinds of exploitation and violence. He said this in his…
Thousands of Saudis have signed a petition urging an end to the guardianship system that gives men control over the study, marriage and travel of female relatives, activists said Tuesday. The petition…
The National Assembly has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages, the last major hurdle on the way to enacting a law aimed at protecting…
Humaima Malick, the Dekh Magar Pyaar Say actress uploaded a video on 31 July coming out in support for the Punjab Women’s Protection Bill 2016.While our country’s celebrities tend to avoid controversial…
Says CII’s anti-women pronouncements must not stand; says CII funding should be withdrawn and re-allocated for protection of women
