Posts Tagged ‘Women’

Pro-women legislation

A THOMAS Reuters Foundation poll of gender specialists reported that Afghanistan in 2011 was the world’s most dangerous country in which to be a woman, due to poverty, poor healthcare and harmful cultural

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200,000 fall prey to cancer every year: Samar

ISLAMABAD – Health experts suggest quitting tobacco use in any form can prevent 30 per cent cancer as smoking is a leading cause of cancer in countries like Pakistan and only smoking causes an estimated 90 per cent of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80 per cent of all lung cancer deaths in women.
The experts were speaking at a cancer awareness seminar organized by the Shifa International …

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US tourists seized, freed in Egypt

cairo (afp/reuters)
Two American women and their Egyptian tour guide, who were captured by armed Bedouins in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday, have been released unharmed after several hours, security officials said. Masked gunmen had held up the tourists’ bus in south Sinai and kidnapped the tourists.
Security in the isolated desert region has deteriorated since the overthrow of President …

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Islamists sweep Kuwait polls

Kuwait’s Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait’s snap polls by securing 34 seats in the 50-member parliament, with women and liberals the big losers, results showed Friday.

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US tourists, guide freed after brief Egypt abduction

CAIRO: Two American women and their Egyptian tour guide, who were captured by armed Bedouins in the Sinai peninsula on Friday, were released unharmed after several hours, security officials said. The three arrived back at their hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where they were met by South Sinai’s governor and security [...]

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Youth killed, two women injured in Karachi road accidents

One youth was killed and two women injured in separate road accidents in different localities of the city on Friday. The enraged citizens set ablaze a passenger bus.
According to details, Wasi Ashraf, 25, was killed in hit and run accident while crossing road near Waterpump Chorangi. The body was shifted to hospital for postmortem.
Two women including mother and daughter were injured when a …

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38% of Pakistanis do not know about the issue of ‘Presidential Immunity: Gallup Poll

According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan 38% of Pakistanis say they do not know about the issue of ‘Presidential Immunity’. The remaining are split between those who think he does not enjoy it (37%) and others who think he does (25%).
A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked that some people …

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Man killed after grenade thrown at Sibi brothel

QUETTA – A man was killed and seven others, including three women, wounded when unidentified men lobbed a hand grenade grenade at a brothel in Sibi on Wednesday.According to police, unidentified people hurled a hand grenade at a house in Killi Dur Muhammad area of Sibi and fled. The grenade went off, killing Wazir Khan and wounding seven others. The injured and dead were shifted to hospital. The …

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Govt for remission in prisoners’ sentences

Islamabad  - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday advised President Asif Ali Zardari to grant special remission in the sentences of prisoners on the occasion of Eid Miladun Nabi on February 5. The special remission will include total remission to women prisoners who are 60 years of age or above and to men prisoners who are 65 years of age or above and who have undergone at …

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Eight killed in Lower Dir accident

At least eight people were killed and 13 others were injured when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Lower Dir on Wednesday. Sources told media that the bus was travelling toward Upper Dir from Timergara area, adding that 21 passengers, including women and children, were onboard.

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11 killed in Upper Dir road accident

At least 11 persons including two women and a child were killed and nine others sustained injuries when a passenger van fell into gorge here in Upper Dir on Wednesday.

According to details, a Kohistan bound van with more than 30 passengers on board plunged into a ravine while negotiating a sharp turn in Sher Bangal area of Upper Dir.
As a result of accident eight passengers including two women …

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Medics threaten battle over drug swoop

LAHORE – Three more women lost their lives in the city on Sunday due to reaction of free medicine provided by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), taking the death toll to 110.
Also on Sunday, Federal Investigation Agency arrested PIC Chief Executive Dr Jaffar Saleem while Punjab Government suspended former Punjab Health Services Director General Dr Muhammad Aslam Chaudhry and …

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Generation next for women, says Azarenka

MELBOURNE: Newly crowned Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka believes women’s tennis is in for a fascinating 12 months as a new generation challenges the supremacy of the established stars. Azarenka’s 6-3, 6-0 win over three-time grand slam winner Maria Sharapova was the 22-year-old’s first triumph at a major championship, and will also put her the [...]

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Saudi women to be allowed in sport stadium

Women will be able to watch soccer matches in a new facility that will be completed in 2014, said media reports.

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Azarenka thrashes Sharapova in Open final

MELBOURNE: Victoria Azarenka won her first grand slam title and became the new world number one when she thrashed a disappointing Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final on Saturday. The third-seeded Belarusian overpowered Sharapova to win 6-3, 6-0 in 82 minutes to lift the trophy and become women’s tennis’s fourth first-time grand slam winner [...]

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Gang of five women busted

ISLAMABAD – Islamabad police on Tuesday busted a unique gang of ladies who used to deprive passengers of their valuables including gold armaments during inter-city journey by bus and vans. “Yes it is true that a police team of Aabpara police station has arrested five women who were allegedly involved in bringing down the gold jewellery of female passengers during the journey and also …

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In conversation with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is bold. She seeks stories that touch the heart and turns them into movies that break it. Having worked on subjects ranging from child abuse, violence against women, terrorism and natural disasters, Chinoy is passionate about films and looks views everything through a human mind and yet with the lens of her camera.

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