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Pakistani women face harassment at workplace
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): Over 70 per cent women are victims of harassment at the workplace in Pakistan and there seems to be no end to their plight.
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Pakistani diaspora women bear brunt of brutal face of masculinity
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Horrifying stories and tragic deaths of abused Pakistani women living in US, Spain or any other western country expose the masculinity crisis that confronts Pakistani men as they suddenly discover that they can no longer exert complete control over the wom
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Sexual violence against women remains rampant in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Sexual violence against women is rampant in Pakistan, with a large number of cases going unreported while others are being mishandled by the police.
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Women in Pakistan suffer unabated killings for 'family honour'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): In the name of honour killing, murder committed on the pretext of family honour, women in Pakistan continue to suffer in the hands of perpetrators legitimising their actions through a misplaced sense of justice, reported local media.
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Pakistani women continue to struggle to break biases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistani women, including those in the north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, continue to struggle to break stigma attached to their gender, and navigating life is still an uphill battle for most women and girls.
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As the world celebrates International Women's Day tomorrow, Pakistani wome
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): As the world is moving forward and women are getting equal status in the fields of education or employment opportunities, Pakistan is witnessing a backsliding as far as women's rights are concerned with the country becoming more conservative since Imran K
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International Women's Day: Condition of Pakistani women continues to decli
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 6 (ANI): While the world celebrates International Women's Day on March 8, women in Pakistan are still caught in the trap of a feudal conservative patriarchal society, where women's day celebrations are condemned and seen against the 'Islamic' values, local media r
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Pakistani women have ties with terrorist groups in Afghanistan, govt docum
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): As many as 24 Pakistani women have been imprisoned with their children in Afghanistan for having ties with the so-called Islamic State's local chapter IS-Khorasan, an internal document of the Pakistan government has revealed.
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Domestic violence cases against Pakistani women increased during COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] May 13 (ANI): The Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO), of Pakistan, reported a rise in domestic violence cases against women due to COVID-19 restrictions. Government should implement laws to protect Pakistani women and children, SSDO said.
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Pakistani women's rights activist Gulalai Ismail condemns 'criminal silenc
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): Pakistani women's rights activist Gulalai Ismail on Friday condemned the "criminal silence" of mainstream Pakistani media on the abduction of her father.
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US expresses concern over detention of Gulalai Ismail's father in Pak, say
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Oct 25 (ANI): Expressing concern over the 'detention' of Pakistani women rights activist Gulalai Ismail's father in Pakistan and continued harassment faced by her family, US on Friday urged Islamabad to uphold the rights of citizens.
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'Father picked up by men in militia dress', says Pakistani rights activist
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 24 (ANI): Pakistani women rights activist Gulalai Ismail, who is currently in the US on Thursday said that her father was picked up by "men wearing militia dress" in Peshwar.
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