September 3, 2009

NCSW rejects CII doubts over domestic violence bill

ISLAMABAD: The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) has rejected the misgivings of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) that the recently approved Domestic Violence Bill would help

PML-N seeks probe into violence against women

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Women Wing in its meeting on Wednesday condemned the baton-charge on peaceful women protesting the unannounced loadshedding in Banda Daud Shah in Karak and demanded

Woman shot dead by uncle

KASUR: A woman was shot dead by her uncle when she refused to return to her husband’s house due to estrangement at Rakhwala village on Wednesday. Reports said Shumaila had

Case against lawyer for slapping woman

TOBA TEK SINGH: The city police on Wednesday registered a case against a lawyer for allegedly slapping a woman in the courtroom. Additional District and Sessions Judge Rana Riaz Ahmad

Acid thrown on woman, daughter

BAHAWALPUR: A woman and her five-year-old daughter suffered serious burns in an alleged acid attack on Tuesday night in their house in Bindra Basti. The police said Uzma Shaheen, her

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