LAHORE, Pakistan (WOMENSENEWS)--Humera Alwani drafted a workplace sexual harassment bill in 2006 when she was a first-term member of the Sindh provincial assembly. But as a member of the opposition Pakistan People's Party she didn't get very far. This ...
PAKISTAN: ISLAMABAD, May 29 (IPS) - Thousands of children orphaned by the earthquake that hit northern Pakistan in October 2005, leaving 85,000 people dead, continue to be dependent on charity and support provide by donors and ...
MEDIA-PAKISTAN: ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (IPS) - An ordinance introduced this month to curb electronic crime has come under criticism for clauses that seem to be aimed at censoring free speech and cutting civil liberties. Promulgated on Jan.10 by ...
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, leader of the powerful Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and twice prime minister, has pushed to the brink a country already known for regionalism and ethnic suspicion. Bhutto was widely acknowledged as the only leader ...
PAKISTAN: Analysis by Irfan Ahmed LAHORE, Jan 5 (IPS) - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, leader of the powerful Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and twice prime minister, has pushed to the brink a country already known for regionalism and ...
ENVIRONMENT-PAKISTAN: ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (IPS) - Faced with acute water shortages, the Pakistan government has launched a 1.3 billion US dollar subsidised drip irrigation programme that could help reduce wastage over the next five years. ...
ISLAMABAD, Sep 06 (IPS) - A failed attempt by the government to privatise the Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation (PSMC) may prove dear for Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's ambitious plans to disinvest a substantial part of the country's public sector. The ...
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