Despite a law in place, child marriages still on the rise
July 27, 2014
Karachi: After the passage of the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act 2013 by the provincial assembly, child marriages are still on the rise, leading to
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Young girl seeks protection against violence
July 10, 2014
QUETTA: A 13-year-old girl, who claims to have been forcibly married to a 40-year-old man, has approached the police to save her from domestic violence.
Man cuts off wife’s nose, keeps her locked up for 19 days
July 3, 2014
By: Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: When Shahida was seven, she was married off to a 19-year-old boy as part of a watta satta (bride exchange). As
Police recover girls, arrest jirga members
June 5, 2014
SHANGLA: A jirga forced two minor girls into marriage under the tribal custom of Swara in the Chakesar area of Shangla district of Khyber-Pakhtunkha but
LHC orders provision of security to girl declared Vani
June 5, 2014
MULTAN: Justice Qasim Khan of the Lahore High Court Multan Bench has ordered police to provide security to a 17-year-old Vani girl. In a petition,
Minister vows to check early marriages
June 1, 2014
UMERKOT: Sindh Minister for Population Welfare Syed Ali Mardan Shah has urged police authorities to register cases on behalf of state over complaints about early
The CII is at it again
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The lengths to which Pakistan will go to tolerate the likes of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) are mindboggling indeed. After the initial verdict
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