Author Archives: Sadia Qasim Shah
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ANP to focus on youth for next elections
PESHAWAR, May 24: You can learn a line from a win and a book from defeat.
PESHAWAR, May 24: You can learn a line from a win and a book from defeat.
1 day ago
ANP to focus on youth for next elections
PESHAWAR, May 24: You can learn a line from a win and a book from defeat.
PESHAWAR, May 24: You can learn a line from a win and a book from defeat.
22nd May, 2013
Amid fears, Jamaat insists it won’t radicalise curriculum
People holding key positions in the provincial bureaucracy feel the likely decision to assign the KP education department to JI may cause more harm than good.
People holding key positions in the provincial bureaucracy feel the likely decision to assign the KP education department to JI may cause more harm than good.
22nd May, 2013
Amid fears, Jamaat insists it won’t radicalise curriculum
PESHAWAR, May 21: Jamaat-i-Islami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief Professor Mohammad Ibrahim says the people should not fear radicalisation of curriculum if the provincial education department goes to his party as its education programme is similar to that of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf.
PESHAWAR, May 21: Jamaat-i-Islami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief Professor Mohammad Ibrahim says the people should not fear radicalisation of curriculum if the provincial education department goes to his party as its education programme is similar to that of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf.
18th May, 2013
New KP Assembly to have some experienced women
PESHAWAR, May 17: The last Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was dominated by political activists but the one thrown up by the May 11 elections is going to have some experienced professional women.
PESHAWAR, May 17: The last Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was dominated by political activists but the one thrown up by the May 11 elections is going to have some experienced professional women.
12th May, 2013
Droves of women voters – an unusual scene in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, May 11: Despite threats of violence, women voters came out in droves, in many areas for the first time, to exercise their right to vote on Saturday.
PESHAWAR, May 11: Despite threats of violence, women voters came out in droves, in many areas for the first time, to exercise their right to vote on Saturday.
11th May, 2013
Mismanagement mars delivery of election material
PESHAWAR, May 10: Majority of women polling staff, who reported at Qayyum Stadium to collect election material here on Friday, was seen exhausted and angry at mismanagement there, while some seemed
PESHAWAR, May 10: Majority of women polling staff, who reported at Qayyum Stadium to collect election material here on Friday, was seen exhausted and angry at mismanagement there, while some seemed
11th May, 2013
Mismanagement mars delivery of election material
PESHAWAR, May 10: Majority of women polling staff, who reported at Qayyum Stadium to collect election material here on Friday, was seen exhausted and angry at mismanagement there, while some seemed
PESHAWAR, May 10: Majority of women polling staff, who reported at Qayyum Stadium to collect election material here on Friday, was seen exhausted and angry at mismanagement there, while some seemed
10th May, 2013
LHWs reluctant to perform election duty
PESHAWAR, May 9: Lady Health Workers (LHWs) and supervisors called to perform duty along with women police at polling stations on May 11 have expressed their unwillingness due to their personal security concerns.
PESHAWAR, May 9: Lady Health Workers (LHWs) and supervisors called to perform duty along with women police at polling stations on May 11 have expressed their unwillingness due to their personal security concerns.
7th May, 2013
Candidates reaching out to voters by voice messages
PESHAWAR, May 6: With only four days left to the elections, some candidates have adopted a novel way of using cellphone dial tones to reach out to voters.
PESHAWAR, May 6: With only four days left to the elections, some candidates have adopted a novel way of using cellphone dial tones to reach out to voters.
5th May, 2013
ANP woman activist canvasses for leaders
PESHAWAR, May 4: “We won’t let our brothers down and would work with men side by side in fight against terrorism.”
PESHAWAR, May 4: “We won’t let our brothers down and would work with men side by side in fight against terrorism.”
5th May, 2013
ANP woman activist canvasses for leaders
PESHAWAR, May 4: “We won’t let our brothers down and would work with men side by side in fight against terrorism.”
PESHAWAR, May 4: “We won’t let our brothers down and would work with men side by side in fight against terrorism.”
3rd May, 2013
Transport ban may affect women turnout in KP
ECP's barring candidates from arranging transport for voters on the polling day may affect women voters’ turnout, say women activists.
ECP's barring candidates from arranging transport for voters on the polling day may affect women voters’ turnout, say women activists.
3rd May, 2013
Transport ban may affect women turnout in KP
“If women have no easy access to the polling stations and transport facility like they had in the past elections, many women have told us they would not go out to vote.”
“If women have no easy access to the polling stations and transport facility like they had in the past elections, many women have told us they would not go out to vote.”
15th April, 2013
The ‘invisible’ voters who could sway election results
“When candidates knock at the door during election campaign, only men respond”.
“When candidates knock at the door during election campaign, only men respond”.
6th April, 2013
Little for women from women lawmakers in five years
Only one law was passed during the last five years to protect women’s right to property in the Khyber Pakthunkhwa Assembly.
Only one law was passed during the last five years to protect women’s right to property in the Khyber Pakthunkhwa Assembly.
6th April, 2013
Little done for KP women by women lawmakers in 5 years
PESHAWAR, April 5: Reasons cited by women legislators of the previous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for their failure to legislate on women’s rights are numerous but the fact remains that only one law was passed
PESHAWAR, April 5: Reasons cited by women legislators of the previous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for their failure to legislate on women’s rights are numerous but the fact remains that only one law was passed
3rd April, 2013
No more hot cross buns on Easter
PESHAWAR, April 2: Though Easter is a Christian festival, I, a Muslim, used to wait for it during my childhood because I could enjoy hot cross buns, which one of the major bakeries in town made for the occasion.
PESHAWAR, April 2: Though Easter is a Christian festival, I, a Muslim, used to wait for it during my childhood because I could enjoy hot cross buns, which one of the major bakeries in town made for the occasion.
1st April, 2013
Tribal woman takes great pains for daughters’ education
PESHAWAR, March 31: ‘They are girls. Why are you going to great pains for their education?’
PESHAWAR, March 31: ‘They are girls. Why are you going to great pains for their education?’
1st April, 2013
Tribal woman takes great pains for daughters’ education
PESHAWAR, March 31: ‘They are girls. Why are you going to great pains for their education?’
PESHAWAR, March 31: ‘They are girls. Why are you going to great pains for their education?’

