With a composition that is almost entirely male-dominated, these ad hoc tribal councils have long been accused of perpetuating outdated and patriarchal notions of equity and fairness...
This stands all the more true for Pakistan, where litigation is not only expensive but also considerably time-consuming and cumbersome, what with our judicial system being infamously mired in corruption and nepotism and already being overburdened...
In a patriarchal society where women have long taken the blame, many victims try to forget attacks and harassment instead of seeking support and justice, said Mari Miura, a political science professor at Sophia University in Tokyo...
LONDON: A new study by the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has found that significant cultural barriers prevent women from pursuing a surgical career in Pakistan, amid calls for policymakers to address underrepresentation...
Dr Mahim Malik, the head of cardiothoracic surgery at AKUH and Pakistan’s only paediatric cardiac surgeon, was among the lead authors of the study, which was presented at the 15th Annual Academic Surgical...
FRANKFURT: From a transgender teddy bear to a fearless girl pirate, children’s authors are tackling gender norms like never before, as debate rages about what it means to be a boy or girl...
MUMBAI: India tightened gold import norms for export houses by restricting them from importing the yellow metal only for export purposes and not for selling in the domestic market, the government said in a circular on Wednesday...
She practiced singing and performed several times at the All Pakistan Music Conference...
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Defying tribal norms that do not allow females to even cast vote, a woman of Gorchani tribe chief’s family is contesting direct election for the top slot of Lal Garh union council of Rajan Pur...
Shaista Bibi, who is also an aunt of Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Sher Ali Gorchani, is vying for chairperson’s slot on a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ticket, while Shahid Hassan Gorchani is contesting for the vice-chairman...
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that comments by the Indian envoy in Afghanistan on the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Paris breached diplomatic norms...
“It is against the diplomatic norms for an ambassador to try to undermine relations of his host country with a third country...
It designates a sense of purpose and realisation of identity, which has long been denied the women and girls of Pakistan...
The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday strongly condemned Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh's "irresponsible statements" earlier this week, terming them a 'complete violation of international norms', Radio Pakistan reported...
According to Indian media, Rajnath Singh had said Pakistan would "soon be in ten pieces" if cross-border terrorism does not come to an end...
President Donald Trump erupted onto the global stage under the isolationist banner “America First” -- bent on tearing the multilateral world order down to its foundations...
Now, at the end of his first year in office, the United States and its shell-shocked allies face several escalating crises that could plunge the world into devastating new conflicts
The Foreign Office has taken "strong exception to the unwarranted reference against Pakistan" in the joint statement issued following the 2+2 India-US dialogue between the US Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defence with their Indian counterparts in New Delhi last week, Radio Pakistan reported...
In the Indo-US joint statement issued after the talks, India and US had named and called upon Pakistan to ensure its territory wasn't...
"There is no precedent of how diplomatic norms were trampled" by India in the cancellation of the meeting, he added...
India Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, confirming the development, cited "unclean intentions" on Pakistan's side...
“Time is overdue to start reforming gender norms that affect Pakistan’s agriculture sector,” says the just-released research report published by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)...
Despite successful harvest seasons, feeding Pakistan’s large and growing population requires continual innovation, it says...
What we need to question is whether this attitude is somehow unique to Pakistan’s urban masses? When observers posit that the Pakistani population is not equipped to follow SOPs or is too ill-disciplined to maintain isolation and distancing requirements, what exactly are they alluding to? These questions need to be answered because they carry policy relevance for the fight against the pandemic in the long run...
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