By: ASHRAF JAVED LAHORE: Doctors at the Children’s Hospital in Lahore are struggling hard to save the life of an eight-month-old baby girl who was raped by an 18-year-old youth in the Nankana Sahib district of the Punjab, on Thursday. ...
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SUKKUR: A Hindu girl committed suicide here on Thursday.Reports said the 17-year-old girl Roshni committed suicide in the limits of old Sukkur area by consuming some poisonous substance. The reason behind her suicide was reported as some domestic issue. The ...
Read More »Justice delayed in Kohistan
Two years, countless media reports and a Supreme Court suo-motu notice have not been enough to ascertain whether the five women condemned to death in Kohistan for clapping to a song are dead or alive. A jirga in Kohistan district ...
Read More »Kohistan court orders women’s production in video case
MANSEHRA: A local court has ordered police to produce five Kohistani women in the mobile phone video case. The orders are issued as the National Commission on the Status of Women moves the court against the alleged killing of the ...
Read More »Senate calls for protecting rights of women, minorities in talks
By: AMIR WASIM ISLAMABAD: The Senate unanimously adopted on Wednesday a resolution calling upon the government to make no “compromise” on the rights of women and minorities during its talks with Taliban. The lawmakers from all sides also criticised PTI ...
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