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MOHMAND: On Wednesday, students of a government girls’ middle school in Kota tehsil blocked the main Ambar Road in protest against the non-availability of teachers in their school. The students said their teachers had not been coming to the school ...

LAHORE: For a patriarchal society that reduces women’s worth to their marital status, unmarried daughters are a burdensome source of perpetual unease, not only for the family raising them but also for the state obliged to protect them.   Launched ...

MANSEHRA: On Saturday, local body members and traders complained that the government higher secondary school for girls in the Lassan Nawab area was in bad shape after the recent monsoon downpour.   They feared that if authorities didn’t reconstruct and ...

MUZAFFARGARH   – Muzaffargarh Police reunited the mother with the daughter, who fled allegedly after being fed up with the uncle’s oppression. The 12-year-old Minahil reached Kot Addu by train from Islamabad about two months ago, the police said. In charge, ...

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the relevant authorities to notify the court before acting to arrest human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari in any legal case. Justice Miangul, Hassan Aurangzeb of the IHC, issued this directive during a hearing ...