December 24, 2008

600 women to get training under Youth Uplift Plan

Karachi, Dec 23 (PPI): Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqir Fatima Bhutto has said that her department would impart professional training to the skilled women to initiate their business potentials

MQM says MPs harass female PIA employees

ISLAMABAD: Female employees of the national carrier have been facing harassment at the hands of the same lawmakers of the country who are supposed to protect the rights of the

Woman killed by in-laws

LARKANA, Dec 23: A woman was killed reportedly by her in-laws in Kando village near Warah on Tuesday when she refused to give them money, according to an FIR lodged

Bodies exhumed, post-mortem conducted

MIRPURKHAS, Dec 23: A special medical board, headed by Dr Saleem Raza Memon, conducted the post-mortem examination of the bodies of two women who had been tortured to death by

Bid to conceal honour killings

KASUR, Dec 23: There are a number of unanswered questions over the reported killing of two sisters by a dacoit and his subsequent lynching by ‘villagers’ in a village in

Women protection bill in process, says Sherry

ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman here on Tuesday said government accords priority to welfare and protection of women and legislation relating to violence against women

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