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In a lucid style, the learned professor who heads the gender studies department at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, explained six phases of feminism, from liberal feminism to the echo-feminism in present times. It started in the first quarter of the 19th century when women started talking about their basic human rights. Now when their equal status [...]

The blustering bonhomie on both sides of the Radcliff line notwithstanding the friendly hand being extended by Ms Huma Parveen, a Pakistani national, to her Indian jail inmates in learning cutting and tailoring has never caught the attention of media. Though women barracks are crowded, the jail authorities have accommodated all 125 women convicts and [...]

One day Ayesha Solangi, a local counselor decided she wanted to read and write and enrolled herself in an adult literacy programme run by a non-government organisation in her town in Sanghar, a district some 250 kilometers from Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi. In a country where the female adult literacy rate is only [...]

Nargis said she wanted to make Pakistani artistes and commercial theatre popular in the West. ‘After every 15 days we will stage a new play in Toronto,’ she said. She said that she would take a delegation of Pakistani artistes to Canada. She said that there were many Pakistani film and TV artistes living in [...]

The ‘All about Eve’ event opened at a local hotel Monday celebrating many shades and colours of womanhood. A large number of women and young girls attended the event and gained firsthand knowledge about various pertinent issues relating to their lives. Shahnaz Abbas and Zohra Kamal provided vital tips for Eve’s on home remedies. Zohra [...]

Arfa Karim of Multan has made the nation proud by becoming the youngest ‘Microsoft Certified Professional’ (MCP) in the country, at the age of nine years, and one of only a few certified professionals in the world who are below the age of ten years. The talented child was recently honoured for her proud achievements [...]

Bandar Seri Begawan – Despite the heavy downpour yesterday, large crowds flocked to a charity bazaar organised by the Pakistan Women Association. Ten booths were set up, where visitors could buy various types of Pakistan dishes, traditional cakes and other products of Pakistan. To keep the children entertained, a number of fun games were organised [...]

Nicknamed “Moon”, probably for his handsome looks, Malik’s nikha took place via telephone. He was in Sialkot in Pakistan and the woman thousands of miles away in the Andhra Pradesh capital Hyderabad. “We met in Dubai for the first time when she had gone with her father,” Malik, 23, told IANS in an interview. “The [...]

Amid high security, the Miss Canada Pakistan pageant went off without a hitch in Toronto with a packed audience and a dozen nervous contestants — defying detractors who claimed it dishonoured Islam. Thirteen women braved earlier religious protest as they took to the stage as contestants of the controversial beauty pageant Saturday night. “We’re trying [...]

Nadia Aziz is slated to create a history in Pakistan by refereeing in a squash match during the National Women’s Championship to be held in Wah on March 16. Former squash player Nadia would be the first Pakistani women squash referee and would oversee the league matches of the championship.