Tag Archives: Women

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Thursday announced a special exemption in the punishments of women and child prisoners on humanitarian grounds. The remission would be applicable to women and children sentenced for two years or less and to those with less than two years of sentence left to complete, a news release from the President’s Office said. The reduction in …

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Saturday announced names of its national and provincial assembly candidates for the Feb 8 elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with two women contesting polls for the National Assembly’s general seats. The women nominees include Farah Khan (NA-24 Charsadda-I) and Sobia Shahid (NA -29 Peshawar-II and NA-31 Peshawar-IV). Also, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf awarded election tickets for …

HERAT: At least 11 civilians, including four women and three children, were killed when a roadside bomb struck a bus in Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, as top US negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad visited Kabul. The latest attack occurred on Saturday evening in the western province of Badghis, raising fears of fresh violence in the months ahead as the US military …

SLAMABAD: The Facebook management has expressed commitment to work in close liaison with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to combat cybercrime and offered to conduct capacity-building training of officers in order to keep abreast them of latest social media trends and techniques. A management team from their Facebook Headquarters of Asia Pacific, headed by Head of Safety Policy Amber Hawkes …

LOS ANGELES: Women and minorities have significantly made major gains in acting roles, but  directing remain shockingly low for diversity. The 2020 Hollywood Diversity Report shows progress in the broader movie industry as women had 44.1 percent of lead acting roles in blockbusters last year. But statistics on the dearth of diversity in directing, editing and executive jobs show “a …