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ISLAMABAD – The Pink Bus service started by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has failed to gain the expected popularity among women and females students in Mardan. Sources in Pink Bus Management told The Nation ...

Islamabad: Around six million women preferentially would get benefit from a poverty reduction programme namely ‘Ehsaas programme’ already launched in the country. According to the official of BISP Monday, ‘Not just health and education, but jobs and economic empowerment are ...

Lahore:In Punjab, 6,000 mothers die annually due to pregnancy-related complications and around 50% of maternal mortality in Pakistan occurs in Punjab. This was stated in the Pakistan Health and Demographic Survey-PDHS 2017-18. Information on maternal mortality rate and other population ...

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Women Development Department Ms Ashifa Riaz Fatiana told the audience that the Punjab government was all set to uplift the marginalised segments of society in the light of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision. She lamented that ...

KARACHI: The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), South Karachi, Sharjeel Kharal, has suspended the station house officer (SHO) of the Mauripur police station for allegedly manhandling transgenders. The DIG South took the action after a video of a reported ...