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HYDERABAD: A minor girl belonging to the Hindu community was abducted from her residence in Hala town of Matiari district on Friday. The family of 11-year-old Monika Luhano, a student of class six, has nominated a young man and his three ...

QUETTA: A senior leader of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Sana Durrani, has urged the provincial government to move the Prevent Child Marriages bill in the provincial assembly for legislation as soon as possible. Speaking at a joint press conference, ...

While laws dating back to the colonial era set the minimum age of marriage for boys at 18 and girls at 16, there is really very poor implementation of this legislation. It has also changed only in Sindh where the ...

Barriers to education, the perception of women and girls as property rather than rights bearers, existing norms regarding financial and physical security, and the stigma surrounding female sexuality and reproductive rights have been highlighted as some of several factors that ...

KARACHI: Are we letting down the country’s children who are a victim of child marriage? This sobering thought was on the minds of all present at a local hotel on Tuesday where a briefing paper titled ‘Ending impunity for child ...