September 2, 2007

An independent NCSW

HOW effective has the National Commission on the Status of Women been? Set up in 2000 as an autonomous body to review discriminatory laws and make suggestions for equalising socio-economic

Journalists protest rally

BADIN – Journalists of Talhar and activists of PPP took out a procession in protest against the kidnapping of President Talhar Press Club Haji Khan Lashari and Vice president Ammar

Public transporters asked to stop music

MINGORA: Public transporters in Swat district on Saturday received threatening letters by unidentified people, believed to be Taliban militants, asking them to remove “obscene” photographs and stop playing music in

Parents of rape victim seek justice

LAHORE: The grief-stricken parents of a nine-year-old girl allegedly raped by a landlord a month earlier are still seeking justice. A month after the rape, the victim is still in

Women have to wait for justice: Mai

HYDERABAD, Sept 1: Rape survivor turned rights activist, Mukhtaran Mai, says on Saturday that women in other countries, too, face excesses sometimes but they are sure the perpetrators can never

Net cafe damaged in bomb blast

SHABQADAR: A bomb blast damaged a net café in Shabqadar Bazaar in Charsadda district on Saturday evening. However, no loss of life was reported. The bomb that went off at

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