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Plight of women in Pak prisons 'A Nightmare for Everyone': HRW Report
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Pakistani prisons are one of the most overcrowded ones in the world, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, prison cells that were designed for a maximum of three people were reportedly holding up to 15 inmates on average.
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Sikh women in Pakistan continue to face marginalisation, violence
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While women in India have made great progress since their participation, their counterparts in Pakistan continue to experience persecution, marginalisation, and violence, writes author Vaishali Sharma in Khalsa Vox.
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Plight of women in Pakistan deteriorates amid forced marriages, conversion
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As women in Pakistan continue to bear the brunt of forced marriages and conversions, some have also succeeded to escape, bringing such incidents to light.
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16pc women in Pakistan's Quetta are employed, survey finds
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The 'Women in the Workforce in Quetta' survey, which was carried out by World Bank, showed that only 16 Per Cent women participate in the labour market and work in low-value-added activities, with a high prevalence of own-account, informal, and home-based work.
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Police brutality during Women's March highlights grim reality of gender-ba
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The police lathi-charge on participants of the Aurat (Women's) march in Islamabad (8 March 2023) provides the context for a perusal of the plight of women in Pakistan.
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Northwest Pak's Mehsud belt saw no polio campaign for past six months: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Shahzad Baig said that 99 per cent of women in Pakistan's North and South Waziristan have not been included in the polio teams.
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About 17 pc seats reserved for women in local polls remain uncontested in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The participation of women in Pakistan remains negligible as about 17 per cent of seats reserved for women in the Islamabad local government polls have remained uncontested, as none of the political parties were able to field candidates on these seats, Dawn stated on Tuesday citing a report.
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Violence against women rising in Punjab province of Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Criminal activities against women in Punjab province of Pakistan have skyrocketed with a surge in sexual crimes by 16 per cent in 2021, a Gender Parity Report by Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) revealed on Thursday.
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Many women in Pakistan still do not have national ID cards: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability, a non-profit organization, almost 2.6 million women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province do not possess National ID cards. The other provinces might tell the same tale about women being deprived of equal identification in public life,
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Hindu women, minors remain unsafe amid rising abduction cases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hindu women in Pakistan reel under insecurity among rising cases of abductions, especially in Sindh.
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Pakistan: Punjab records highest number of cases of women abuse
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 19 (ANI): Official data shows that a total of 15,750 complaints were made by women in Pakistan's Punjab during the first eight months (January- August) of the current year, taking lead in receiving the most number of cases of women abuse.
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Pakistan: 15-year-old Hindu girl abducted in Sindh
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): A 15-year-old Hindu girl Chanda Maharaj has been abducted from Hyderabad in Sindh on Tuesday.
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