Months after Dua Zehra’s legal battle regarding the validity of her marriage began, the medical board finally determined her age to be between 15 to 16 years. Now confirmed to be a minor, this development would incriminate her 21-year-old husband. ...
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Child marriages are, unfortunately, quite common in Pakistan. Many parents prefer marrying off their daughters at a young age so that they can have a place of their own. Since most of them are against letting their daughters work, they ...
Read More »Leeds University Business School (UK) confers PhD Marketing Degree to Pakistani woman
Dr. Esra Asif is the first female Pakistani social entrepreneur, to be awarded a PhD degree in Marketing fully funded by the prestigious Marketing Studentship scholarship, at one of the UK’s top ten Business Schools, Leeds University Business School. Dr. ...
Read More »Problems of child marriages highlighted
QUETTA: Collective efforts are needed at government, social and student levels to create awareness about the problems caused by child marriages and to make effective legislation to stop the practice that badly affects health of underage girls. People from different ...
Read More »Women University Swabi Okays Rs746m budget for next year
SWABI: The Women University Swabi (WUS) had approved Rs746.60 million budget for financial year 2022-23, said Vice-Chancellor Prof Shahana Urooj Kazmi on Wednesday. She told mediapersons that the budget was approved by the varsity’s senate. She said the senate also ...
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