Being a woman in Pakistan

By Omar Farooque,on November 27th,2012

Out of the four Pakistanis who made it to Foreign Policy’s influential Global Thinker’s List for 2012,three are women. Congratulations to those who made the list but irrespective of what Foreign Policy’s selection criteria for the list is (a 15-year-old student’s intellectual contribution to the society cannot be measured with that of a parliamentarian who has worked on important . . . →Read More:Being a woman in Pakistan

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CRC will provide legal aid to women prisoners

By Sahrish Jamali,on February 8th,2011

A delegation of Child Rights Committee (CRC) visited the district jail to have a firsthand knowledge of the minor children being brought up in prison cells under the care of their mothers.

Child rights’body visits jail to see innocent inmates;Seven kids living with mothers

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FSC declares Protection of Women Act un-Islamic

By Maryam Rahman,on December 23rd,2010

The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Wednesday declared amendments incorporated in the Hudood Ordinance by the previous regime through Protection of Women Act (PWA) 2006 un-Islamic and unconstitutional and directed the federal government to take necessary steps to amend the impugned laws in conformity with the holy Quran and the Sunnah.

Directs federal government to . . . →Read More:FSC declares Protection of Women Act un-Islamic

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