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THERE are times when true stories and research come together to graphically illustrate grim reality. On Friday, a two-day seminar concluded after discussing the findings of a new study on the perils of being female. Entitled Intimate Partner Violence and ...

Fragmented policies against domestic violence, patriarchal household dynamics and harmful perceptions about gender roles leave women in Pakistan at risk of aggressive behaviour from men close to them, according to a new regional study whose findings were discussed by human ...

ABBOTTABAD: A teenaged girl from the picturesque Galiyat valley was hospitalised after suffering burns injuries, inflicted under mysterious circumstances, police said on Friday. However, police do not suspect that the act was honour related. The family of 14-year-old N*, from a ...

LAHORE: As if being brutally beaten by her husband of 11 years was not bad enough, a woman was set ablaze by the same man in the Shalimar area. This was not the end of her ordeal as she—quite literally—had salt ...

TOBA TEK SINGH: A man allegedly chopped off an arm of his wife and also injured his 10-year-old daughter who came to her mother’s rescue over some dispute at Basti Oddanwali near Pirmahal on Saturday. Police said Nazir Shah attacked ...