PESHAWAR: Speakers at seminar here stressed the need for raising awareness among people about the consequences of child marriage and enactment of laws to curb the practice. The seminar was organised by Centre for Communication Programmes Pakistan at department of ...
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LAHORE: Punjab University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies Director Prof Dr Rubeena Zakar has said that child marriages must be controlled to avoid cervical cancer. She said that although the exact incidence and prevalence of cervical cancer was not ...
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ISLAMABAD: An underage girl and her brother have gone into hiding after the girl accused her father and uncle of forcing her into a marriage. Police said the girl registered a case with the police against her father, her uncle ...
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Where the National Assembly has failed, the Senate seems to be picking up the slack. The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to amend the Child Marriage Restraint Act and to raise the marriageable ...
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ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to amend the Child Marriage Restraint Act and raise the marriageable age to 18. The Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2018 was introduced by Senator Sherry ...
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