LAHORE - A group of 10 female Pakistani hockey players and two female coaches will leave for Washington this week to participate in the US State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative Program from June 17-27 which aimed to increase the number of women and girls ...

MOSCOW : A female suicide bomber blew herself up in front of policemen in Russia’s Dagestan on Saturday, injuring 18 people in the second bombing attack to hit the restive region this week, officials said.Two of the victims — both policemen — were in a critical condition, police ...

ISLAMABAD - Female police officials face sexual harassment, absence of facilities and resistance from male counterparts at workplace, and all these factors discourage them to join the field.There is not only shortage of women police station in the country but they are also prevented from ...

quetta - Female teachers on Saturday took out a protest rally in Quetta, threatening to boycott elections if their demands were not met. Teachers’ leaders said female teachers were facing serious threats from banned outfits against performing duties at polling stations in different parts of ...

    KABUL More than 400 Afghan women and girls jumped from their seats, screaming and even headbanging to rock and rap music at an all-female music festival in the capital of Kabul, which organisers say was the largest such event in the country’s history. It may also be one of the ...

  ISLAMABAD Pakistan No 1 female squash player Maria Toor Pakai started training here at the Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex along with other male and female players on Wednesday. In an exclusive interview with The Nation, Maria told this scribe that she was a completely different player after ...

BAJAUR AGENCY - At least four people including a personnel of Bajaur Levies Force and a health worker were killed and five others injured when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at the main gate of Agency Headquarters Hospital Khar of Bajaur Agency on Saturday.Four people including personnel ...

KARACHI - Speakers at the 3rd annual convention of home-based women workers federation (HBWWF) demanded the government to declare status of 10 million informal workers equal to those of formal sector.The convention held at PMA House, was attended by women workers from different parts of the ...

PESHAWAR - Taking notice of torture on ANP Woman candidate by her opponents in Swabi Najma Hanif, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Information and spokesman of the provincial government Mossarat Qadeem has directed the district administration to take action against the responsible people. ...

LAHORE – UK airport security authorities detained a PIA female flight attendant carrying several mobile phones in her hand bag at Manchester Airport when she was going to board Lahore bound flight PK-710 last week, TheNation learnt on Wednesday. PIA spokesman Tajwar said that an inquiry was ...

Riyadh  - Saudi Arabia has registered its first female trainee advocate, paving the way for women to practise as lawyers in the kingdom where Islamic Shariah law applies, an activist said on Tuesday. “The road is open now to women to receive permits to practise as lawyers, after the ...

FAISALABAD - A female kidnapper was handed over to police after she was caught red-handed trying to kidnap a newborn from hospital here. According to police, alleged kidnapper Sumera attempted to kidnap a newborn but people foiled her plan and caught her red-handed. The woman was interrogated by ...

ISLAMABAD - The future of female squash is very bright in Pakistan but the only need is to provide them with the same amount of opportunities, which the male players enjoy. Samar Anjum is one such bright example as she represented Pakistan in the Asian Junior Team Event Squash Championship in ...

FAISALABAD - Literacy rate among females is only 46 percent compared to 69 percent in males that must be increased to compete with the world, said an educationist on Tuesday.Government College University Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Dr Zakir Hussain was paying a visit to GC Women University Madina ...

LAHORE - National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) has disclosed in a circular that a female suicide bomber has entered the limits of Punjab province, citing information gathered by intelligence agencies.The Cell further disclosed that the female bomber has been identified as Nazia daughter of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman wearing sunglasses and dressed in black down to her white tennis shoes robbed two Washington banks within 15 minutes on Monday, threatening a teller by saying she had a gun, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. The woman entered a PNC Bank in northwest Washington ...

Kabul  - The female Afghan police officer who shot dead a Nato adviser in Kabul is an Iranian national who wanted to kill senior security members, officials said Tuesday.  On Monday an Afghan police officer opened fire on a Nato civilian adviser inside police headquarters, killing the ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN - Two female educators have resorted to resignation from the job in a protest against posting in boys' schools.Two lady educators namely Shabana Kauser and Nadia Rasheed were posted at Government Boys Primary School Kallar Wali and Government Boys Primary School Basti Jalal Din ...

LAHORE – Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik on Saturday said that lawyers had great regard for the judges deciding cases on merit as per their conscious without fear or favour and the collective thinking of Bar cannot be wrong.Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik was addressing the concluding ceremony of a ...

LAHORE – Railways Police on Tuesday arrested to woman attempting smuggle to 12kg Charas from Peshawar to Lahore. According to details provided by the police, two women were boarding in Khyber Mail with Charas packed in their luggage. On seeming suspicious, the Railways Police staff checked ...

RAWALPINDI  – Despite tall claims of the Punjab government to promote education, shifting and amalgamation of various schools has endangered the future of a large number of girls’ students studying in these institutes.Residents of Saddar area talking to INP deplored the Punjab ...

BAHAWALNAGAR - Bandits rule the roost as they snatched Rs100,000 from a lecturer here in Officers Colony in broad daylight while shot at and injured a man on resistance. According to details, two motorcyclists snatched Rs100,000 from a female lecturer near her house located in Officers Colony day ...

KABUL  - A female bomber killed 12 people, including South Africans, in Kabul on Tuesday in the deadliest single attack claimed to avenge a US film that has sparked a week of deadly protests across the Muslim world.The bombing brings to more than 30 the number of people now killed in a violent ...

LAHORE – The female cops being currently trained by the Gender Response Police (GPR) would be deputed at 100 Model Police Stations (MPSs) across the province by the end of this year. The female staff has been deployed at about half of these police stations with special directions to politely ...

RAWALPINDI  - The Punjab Education Department (PED) has increased the age limit for the induction of female teachers in government schools across Punjab including Rawalpindi district.PED has given three years age relaxation to female teachers, according to which age limit has increased to 38 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - As an active 77 year old, Edith Wilma Connor enjoys doing step aerobics with her great-granddaughter. But pumping iron is the real passion of the oldest female competitive bodybuilder.“When I’m getting ready for competition, I go as heavy as I can,” said ...

LAHORE - The female prisoners are forced to do prostitution outside jails, Lahore High Court Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu remarked while hearing an appeal for cancellation of bails of police officers involved in judges’ attack case in Sialkot.“Drugs, arms and other prohibited things have ...

ISLAMABAD (PR) - Though the induction and presence of women police officials in the country has become a norm rather than exception, however, the public perception of these women police personnel is overshadowed by the overall image of the police department.This was one of the outcomes that emerged ...

LAHORE – A youth shot dead his 20-year-old classmate outside a private academy, shortly after he exchanged hot words with her over some issue in Nishtar Colony area, police said on Thursday afternoon. The police have arrested the killer and put him behind the lockup. Police investigators said ...

LAHORE – Punjab Police have identified at least 4,000 female criminals involved in murder, kidnapping, robbery and other heinous crimes across the province. A special report compiled by the provincial police, states that these women have killed over 200 people and injured 560 others during ...