Pakistan: Mere 11 percent women candidates file nomination papers for general polls
Dec 27, 2023, at 10:59 pm
The number of women candidates who filed nominations for the 2023 general polls is higher than the previous two occasions but it still stands at a mere 11 per cent of the total people filing to contest the polls.
PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan leaders voice concern over child marriage
Oct 23, 2023, at 08:29 pm
Civil society representatives, including the head of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), recently expressed concern over the absence of laws and constitutional protections for women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Oct 14, 2023, at 03:12 am
Pakistan's National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar has said there should be a uniform minimum age for girls’ marriage in the country.
Pakistan: Residents, clerics bar girls from playing cricket in Swat
Oct 02, 2023, at 05:25 am
Residents and clerics in Pakistan's Swat region have barred women from playing cricket in a local stadium as they believe the participation of women in sports was considered “immodest” and “inappropriate” in the region.
Sep 08, 2023, at 03:36 am
A Pakistani private school principal has been arrested from Karachi city over the alleged rape and blackmailing allegations, media reports said.
Pakistan: PoK women protest against govt over non-payment of salaries
May 29, 2023, at 02:59 am
Muzaffarabad: A group of women employees recently protested against the government in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir's Muzaffarabad region over the non-payment of their salaries.
Pakistan: Punjab govt decides to arrest PTI women members over their involvement in riots
May 23, 2023, at 04:25 am
Lahore: The Punjab government has decided to arrest over 500 women for their alleged involvement in the May 9 arson attacks in the region, media reports said.
Pakistan: Women’s Action Forum demands protection of minority communities
Apr 04, 2023, at 11:34 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has demanded the protection of the religious minority communities in the country.
Pakistan: Punjab region registers 15,750 complaints of harassment made by women
Oct 19, 2022, at 11:08 pm
Pakistan'sPunjab region has recorded 15,750 complaints made by women against harassment, violence, kidnapping and murder this year.
Pakistan: Minister says 600,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas lack facilities
Oct 01, 2022, at 10:44 pm
Pakistan's Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Dr Aisha Ghous Pasha has said 600,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas lack maternal health services and have no safe place to deliver.
Pakistan: Women in Charsadda demonstrate against excessive gas prices, power cut
Sep 30, 2022, at 01:31 am
Charsadda: Women from Pakistan's Charsadda city recently demonstrated against excessive gas prices and electricity load shedding.
Pakistan is second worst country for women, says WEF report
Jul 15, 2022, at 10:04 pm
Islamabad: A report released by the World Economic Forum has shown Pakistan is the second-worst country in terms of gender parity.
Pakistan: Women protest against Mepco over power supply suspension
Feb 24, 2022, at 09:36 pm
Multan, Pakistan: A large number of women residents of a Pakistani housing colony on Tuesday took to the street against Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) for disconnecting their domestic electricity connections in the limits of Baghdadul Jadid city sub-division.
Women must enjoy their constitutional rights: Pakistan's CJP
Oct 19, 2021, at 01:16 am
Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed has said women in the country should enjoy all rights guaranteed to them by the constitution of the land.
Pakistan witnessing rise in violence against women: Report
Aug 30, 2021, at 06:39 pm
Islamabad: The Board of Trustees of Transparency International Pakistan recently expressed concern over the increase in violence against women in the country, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan's culture wars: Liberal-conservative faceoff over PM Imran Khan's alleged sexist remarks
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:20 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, once known as a "ladies' man", continues to draw flak over comments perceived as sexist, but party’s women leaders have sprung to his defense calling him a "symbol of women's empowerment".
Jul 09, 2020, at 08:41 pm
A major Pakistani newspaper has appreciated the country's Election Commission's decision to mandate each province to have at least one woman district election commissioner.