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Human rights activists and women legislators realise that better laws and effective implementation is the one thing that can help women be empowered. PHOTO: FILE

International Women’s Day: Pending laws Stuck in a limbo

by Creative: Munira Abbas and Waqas Naeem March 7, 2014

In cases registered under the Act, the perpetrator who can be either a man or a woman within the domestic household can land up for two years in prison. PHOTO: FILE

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International Women’s Day: Who will listen to her Story?

by Creative: Munira Abbas and Rabia Ali March 7, 2014

The impact the 18th Amendment and the devolution of ministries have on the overall cause of women’s rights seems substantial. Provincial assemblies seem to be getting it right but laws pertaining to women in the National Assembly need a push. On this special day, The Express Tribune takes a look at the most prominent achievement in terms of Pakistani women in the last four years reclaiming their rights: the passage of new progressive legislation for women, as well as the many important laws that are waiting to be passed, and those which stakeholders seem to have given up hope on.

International Women’s Day: Legislations Passed – The silver lining

by Creative: Munira Abbas and Fouzia Saeed March 7, 2014

Most of Lower Dir’s artisans have left the profession as customer base shrinks and their colourful tricks on fabric can no longer pay the bills. DESIGN: MUNIRA ABBAS

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Art of dyeing: To tie and dye, that is the question

by Creative: Munira Abbas and Zia Ahmad Yousafzai March 5, 2014

Osteoporosis leaves your bones brittle and prone to fractures — even without your knowledge. DESIGN : MUNIRA ABBAS

Osteoporosis: Breaking back

by Creative: Munira Abbas and AYESHA SAEED March 2, 2014

Steroid usage has led to the downfall of several Pakistani bodybuilders. PHOTO: SHAFIQ MALIK

Pakistan muscle-men: Dead weight

by Creative: Munira Abbas, Photo Shafiq Malik and Sher Khan February 23, 2014

State survey, ASER report paint dismal picture with steep drop-out rates, low enrolment, poor standards of higher education and socio-political issues. PHOTO: FILE

In doldrums: Big push required to improve education in Balochistan

by Creative: Munira Abbas and Riazul Haq February 17, 2014

A student at the Sketch Club displays her painting of a boat that depicts the horrors that confront Hazara asylum seekers escaping to Australia . PHOTOS: DANIAL SHAH

Hazara children: Still life

by Creative: Munira Abbas, Photo: Danial Shah and Danial Shah February 16, 2014

Critically endangered Tibetan antelopes become fashion victims. DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION: MUNIRA ABBAS

Shahtoosh: Vanity quite unfair

by Creative: Munira Abbas and Nuzhat Saadia Siddiqi February 9, 2014

Marriages may be made in heaven but the internet has been competing . DESIGN: MUNIRA ABBAS

Click the knot

by Creative: Munira Abbas and Manahyl Khan February 2, 2014