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July 20, 2008

Gender equality vital for empowering women

ISLAMABAD, Jul 19: Gender disparities must be uprooted for empowering womenfolk, and ensuring their participation in decision making processes. This was stated by Syeda Viqar-un-Nisa Hashmi, Specialist Women Empowerment and

Govt asked to defend freedom of expression

ISLAMABAD: Journalists and civil society activists at a seminar on Saturday condemned threats by extremist elements to Daily Aaj Kal and Daily Times and defended the dailies’ editorial policy, besides

CPJ ‘concerned’ about safety of Aaj Kal staff

PESHAWAR: International press freedom organisation Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) — in a letter to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday — expressed ‘concern’ about the safety of the

Woman sold in Layyah recovered

SHIKARPUR, July 19: Shikarpur police have recovered a married woman, Khalida, a resident of taluka Chabara, district Layyah in Punjab, from the house of Fareed Ahmed in a raid on

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