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PESHAWAR: Shawana Shah, a 23-year-old girl from Peshawar, has won the Mohammad Ali Humanitarian Award 2016. She is the youngest and the only Asian to have won this award. Shawana Shah, president of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Working Women Union and general ...

PESHAWAR: A local court has ordered station house officer to register first information report (FIR) against seven persons for attempting to kidnap a woman. Additional District and Sessions Judge, Farah Attaullah, issued the direction for registration of FIR to station ...

QUETTA: A couple was killed for marrying of their own choice in the Raik area of Lasbela district on Tuesday. The police have taken into custody the suspects who allegedly committed the murder. The couple had married out of their own ...

By: Maryam Usman ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Monday approved an important bill seeking gender-based segregation of polled votes and re-election in a constituency where women’s turnout remained less than 10%. The bill titled ‘The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, ...

KARACHI: Rights activists gathered on Monday to trace back the birth of the Women Action Forum (WAF) and honour the living legend and fellow activist Nigar Ahmed. Speaking at the event organised by Aurat Foundation at Marriott Hotel, Mahnaz Rehman said, ...