WASHINGTON  - President Barack Obama on Sunday said his administration looks forward to working with the government emerging from the historic polls as equal partners in supporting a more stable Pakistan, as he congratulated the Pakistani people on successful completion of Saturday’s ...

lahore - PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has said that on coming to power his party will ensure equal treatment to the minorities and protect their rights forcefully.Addressing leaders and members of the minorities at the PML-N Secretariat here Thursday, the chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said ...

A delegation of various minorities called on Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi at Chief Minister’s Secretariat Thursday. Role of minorities in the development of country, their rights and problems being faced by them, were discussed during the meeting. Provincial Minister for Minority ...

KARACHI - Dr Faizullah Abbasi, Vice Chancellor of Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, has said that there is a big digital divide between developed and under developed countries of the world and that can be bridged by providing equal opportunities to people of all classes in every ...

Corruption, both, political and administrative is not a new phenomenon anywhere but during this government, there have been countless cases of misuse of resources. Sindh sees its wealth is being withered away with little betterment to show in the living conditions of the average human being. It is ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday said that government is committed to providing equal opportunities to persons with disabilities in the public and private sector to utilize their abilities for the progress of country. He was addressing a ceremony to award cheque worth Rs. 0.6 million to ...

LAHORE – Poverty alleviation efforts can only be successful in Pakistan by providing equal opportunity to work to women in Pakistan, said President of Indus Entrepreneur Salim Ghauri in press briefing. Salim said that it is proven worldwide that the recent past economic development of the ...

ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court Judge, Justice Tariq Pervez, has said that Pakistani society is one of those third societies where women have been given equal protection and rights.He was addressing the senior civil judges/civil judges/judges of the family courts from all over Pakistan including Azad ...

LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced a comprehensive and far-reaching package of reforms to bring women into the mainstream. The purpose of the package is to safeguard the social, economic and legal rights of the women. Another aim is that women get their legal share in the ...

FAISALABAD - The Pakistan Economy Watch on Tuesday said that equal representation was imperative in the trade bodies for smooth functioning, accountability and economic development. Many associations and chambers of commerce and industry have lost their effectiveness due to dominance of families, ...

LAHORE - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday said that Pakistan wanted to maintain friendly relations with the United States, but on the basis of mutual respect and interest, without compromising on each others national interests. If you are answerable to the Congress, we are equally ...

ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The Pakistan nationality holders former officers of United Arab Emirate (UAE) Army on Thursday demanded the Kingdom of UAE to provide them equal gratuity and pensions, as given to the UAE born Army men. Addressing a news conference here at National Press Club, Chief Organizer of ...

PESHAWAR The participants of the 'All Parties Jirga has demanded equal political rights for the people of tribal areas like the other citizens of the country of which they have been deprived for the last 63 years. The All Parties Jirga (APJ) was organised by Jamat-i-Islami (JI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

FAISALABAD - The power generating from Tarbela Dam costs only 49 paisa (Re 0.49) per unit while the electricity being added from the Independent Power Plants (IPPs) costs Rs 8 and the power prices would touch the limit of Rs 15 per unit because of rental power plants. It was stated by former Wapda ...

LAHORE - Former federal minister and MNA Dr Attiya Inayatullah has said that having all rights the Western women could not attain a place of respect and honour as enjoyed by our women without having any rights. She was addressing a special sitting titled 'Rights of Women - hurdles and successes ...

NEW research finds that women with slimmer legs are at greater risk of heart disease and premature death Could many of those fashion models with ultra thin legs be marching to an early grave? Danish researchers have found that women and men whose thighs are less than 60 centimetres in circumference ...

ISLAMABAD- At a two-day national conference on Extremism and its impact on society: Implications for women, which ended on Wednesday, the participants resolved that there could be no justice unless all women, men and other genders are recognised as equal citizens, irrespective of their religion, ...