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Women

International Women’s Day: IAEA hosts hundreds of women building careers in Nuclear

Marking International Women’s Day, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gathered hundreds of women in Vienna, Austria from March 7 to 8, 2024

Pakistan condemns fake online auctions of Indian Muslim women

Pakistan condemned fake online auctions of Indian Muslim women.

Pakistan’s UN peacekeepers committed to global peace and security

As the United Nations (UN) marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers (May 29), Pakistanis also joined the world community to pay tribute to the dedicated peacekeepers. On Friday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres honored those who paid the ultimate price...

Justice Tahira sworn in as first woman Chief Justice of Pakistani High Court

Justice Tahira Safdar sworn in as first woman chief justice of a Pakistani high court Justice Tahira Safdar was sworn in on Saturday as the first woman ever to take the position of a chief justice in a Pakistan high...

Maleeha Lodhi listed among world’s ‘most successful women diplomats’

Pakistan's Maleeha Lodhi listed as one of world’s five ‘successful women diplomats’ by top Russian news media Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi has been named as one of the world's "five successful women diplomats" by a popular...

Pakistan’s female weightlifters bags 4 gold medals in Oceania Pacific Championship

The powerlifters lifted aggregate weight of 280kg; 115kg during squat, 55kg during bench press, 110kg during deadlift A group of Pakistani female weightlifters Saniha Ghafoor and Twinkle Sohail have secured four gold medals in the Oceania-Pacific Powerlifting Championship 2017. Pakistani female...

Quetta’s Hazara women break stereotypes by opening women-only restaurant

Social activist Hamida Ali Hazara started a restaurant in Quetta named Hazara Restaurant A group women from Hazara town's Baluchistan - a region known for highly male-dominated society breaks all stereotypes by running restaurant only for ladies. The restaurant is only dedicated to...

Saudi Arabia finally allows women to drive

The women driving ban was lifted on King Salman’s order Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced to allow women to drive, ending a venerable policy that has become a global symbol of the oppression of women in the ultraconservative kingdom. Salman...

Pakistan’s female cricketer Sana Mir listed among ‘Asia 21 Young Leader’

Sharmeen Chinoy, Qasim Aslam, Madiha Gul, Adnan Malik and Muhammad Sabir are part of Asia21 Pakistani alumni Pakistan's female cricketer and captain of national team Sana Mir has been named among “Asia 21 Young Leaders” for challenging attitudes about women’s...

Emirates supports women role models by hosting Afghan pilot Shaesta Waiz

Emirates supports the Dreams Soar global mission through two female aviators Shaesta Waiz, the keen aviator who seeks to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, has just landed in Dubai, UAE. Shaesta Waiz, 29, is the first...

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Storms cause flooding in Switzerland, Italy and France as wildfires rage in Turkey and Greece

Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.