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Fashion Industry signs #MeToo petition, supporting Meesha Shafi

News Desk | Prominent members of Pakistan's fashion and entertainment industry have signed a petition that calls for constructive steps to deal with the cases...

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Sushmita Sen feels honored being a women

News Desk | Former Miss World and Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen said she feels honored to have been born a woman. Sushmita Sen, a mother...

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Meesha Shafi-Ali Zafar spat is futile but may prove beneficial for...

News Analysis | The top notch figures of Pakistan’s thriving Lollywood industry have engaged in a bitter fight, strange in its nature, as the allegations...

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Talal Chaudhry calls Meesha Shafi’s allegations a ‘drama’

News Desk | A senior member of PML (N) and the Minister of State for Interior Affairs, Talal Chaudhry, called Meesha Shafi's allegations of sexual...

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Kabul under attack once again as suicide bomber targets voter registration...

News Analysis | Melancholy surrounds upcoming parliamentary elections, which are already late by 3 years, in Afghanistan as a new wave of violence erupts all...

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Women defend Ali Zafar

News Desk | Amid the ongoing Meesha-Ali controversy, two female witnesses from Ali Zafar's musical band came forward with their statements, rejecting the allegations made...

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Meesha Shafi #MeToo?

AFP| Pressure mounted Friday against Pakistani singer Ali Zafar after he was hit with a sexual harassment allegation by a leading actress, Meesha Shafi, in...

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Iraq women with alleged links to IS sexually abused: Amnesty

AFP | Iraq is using collective punishment including sexual exploitation against women and children with alleged ties to Islamic State jihadists, Amnesty International said Tuesday....

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Imran Khan and Malala Yousafzai: The “World’s Most Popular”

News Desk | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Chairman, Imran Khan, and youngest noble laureate Malala Yousafzai have made it to the top 20 list of most popular...

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan honored as ‘Women of Substance’

News Desk | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been honored as the ‘Women of Substance' by the Karnataka's Bunt Community. The actress was honored at an...

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‘Aurat Bike Rally’: Will it empower women?

News Desk | Women in large numbers participated in the bike rally organized for women under the banner ‘Aurat Bike Rally' held in three major...

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An Alphabet of Anguish and Ecstasy

News Desk | Over the past three decades, Shakil Saigol has emerged as a uniquely placed personality on the art scene in Pakistan. His career...

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Single Women allowed to travel in Saudi Arabia without a male...

News Desk | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced to issue tourist visas to single women aged above 25. Single women after this momentous...

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There’s no difference between men and women: Crown Prince Salman

News Desk | Saudi Arabia's crown prince Muhammad Bin Salman in his latest interview to CBS's news program ‘60 minutes' remarked that he considers women...

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‘Iron fist punches’ of Saudi women

AFP | Throwing punches in a gym tucked away from prying eyes, a Saudi female boxing trainer asserts a right long denied too many women...

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Women politicians in Pakistan have to deal with severe sexual harassment:...

News Analysis | Reham Khan, the former wife of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, has alleged that women politicians in Pakistan have to deal...

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International Women’s Day: GVS pays tribute to Madr-e-Millat, Fatima Jinnah

News Desk | A leading founder amongst the giants in the creation of Pakistan and a walking distillation of these words. Fatima Jinnah graduated as...

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48% of Pakistani Women have no say in their health matters

News Analysis | A United Nations Report titled “Turning Promises into Action- Agenda 2030” has been released revealing disturbing statistics that demonstrate how far behind...

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‘Verna’ to be screened in UK film festival

News Desk | Mahira Khan's latest venture ‘Verna' is among the top women-centric films that will be screened in the UK's South Asian Film Festival,...

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Supreme Court turned pink in support for women

News Analysis | On the eve of 4th February which is also known as World Cancer Day all around the globe, the Supreme Court of Pakistan...

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Shah Rukh Khan declares he does not allow disrespect of women...

News Desk | Shah Rukh Khan says nobody has ever dared to misbehave with women on his sets. The actor engaged in a profound conversation...

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Mehwish Hayat says female harrasment not linked to way women dress

News Desk | Mehwish Hayat believes the dressing of woman is not proportional to the level of molestation she confronts in the society. In an...

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Women on Wheels to conquer the roads of Punjab!

News Analysis | In yet another revolutionary subsidy initiative for women by the Punjab government, the Punjab Chief Minister’s Strategic Reform Unit has launched phase...

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Saudi Arabia persuades Lindsay Lohan to star in its first all-women...

News Desk | Lindsay Lohan recently made an interesting announcement that soon she would be shooting for an all-women movie in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and...

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Line of Control crisis: Two women killed by Indian firing

News Analysis | Two women were killed after Indian troops fired in Pakistan’s border village in Chaprar sector along the Sialkot Working Boundary, said DG...

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Thousands of women to commit suicide if ‘Padmaavat’ is released

News Desk | The row against Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ‘Padmaavat' remains unsettled as the protesting Rajput group Karni Sena has warned of the mass suicide...