WHY are crimes against women, particularly of a horrific nature, so widespread in Pakistan? They are often ordered to be gang-raped, supposedly to humiliate their husbands or families; they can
HYDERABAD, July 23: Change in the attitude of bureaucracy towards people is the main philosophy behind the local bodies system while councillors need extensive training regarding their duties and powers.
ISLAMABAD: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday directed the interior and information ministries to provide details about persons who had surrendered, were killed or injured or released during the Lal
HYDERABAD, July 13: The Sindhiani Tehrik, women wing of the Awami Tehrik, on Friday accused the government of reviving the black custom of karo-kari and allowing chieftains and sardars to
KHAIRPUR, July 13: A man shot dead his 55-year-old mother in Pir Jo Goth late on Thursday night apparently in the name of honour. Reports reaching here said that Imran
LAHORE, July 13: Justice M Bilal Khan of the Lahore High Court on Friday ordered quashment of an FIR against Nazim Ali of Hafizabad as a medical report denied the
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