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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 ...

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Thursday declared handcuffing of accused by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is not only against the law of the country but also against the Islamic Sharia. The CII also declared that defamation ...

LAHORE: A schoolteacher was booked for torturing a class IX student two days ago in a private school in Manawan. Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) chairperson Sarah Ahmed took notice of the incident. She directed the police to take ...