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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister for law and parliamentary affairs Sultan Mohammad Khan on Friday expressed concern about the growing incidence of child abuse in the province and called for the speedy trial of suspected child abusers and death penalty for ...

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided in principle that it will not acquire more land to develop new sectors. Sources in the authority said the CDA has decided that instead, it will pay attention to developing stalled sectors. ...

The UN Women Pakistan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Ombudsperson on the protection of women against sexual harassment at workplaces. The agreement was signed between K-P’s first Ombudsperson Rukhshanda Naz and UN Women Pakistan Deputy ...

ISLAMABAD-UN Women on Tuesday launched the Essential Service Package in order to ensure that quality social services are provided to women and girls subject to violence in Pakistan. The ESP is a global joint programme of United Nations on essential ...

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Faisal Rana said that perpetrators of child abuse were the enemies of society besides being criminals of law. “Leaving matters pending in child assault cases is worst sort of negligence,” he said telling officers ...