DI KHAN: A woman has approached the judicial magistrate after her 53-year-old husband married a 12-year-old girl in Ratha Kulachi village in DI Khan According to a police official, Manzora Bibi complained that her husband Safdar Baloch contracted his second ...
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MIRPURKHAS: Speakers at the closing ceremony on Thursday of “Because I am a girl” project launched by the Sindh Rural Partners Organisation (SRPO)lamented the dilemma most parents in villages faced when they had to opt for early marriage of their ...
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MURREE: A teenage youth group led the World Population Day advocacy walk here on Sunday afternoon from the General Post Office (GPO) through the Mall Road. Participated by the thousands, the motivational walk was organised by the Development Communications Network ...
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) is set to make history when for the first time five women will be contesting its upcoming elections on general seats. This is a positive and welcome development, but what does this really means in ...
Read More »Afghan man’s ears chopped off for harassing woman in Swabi
SWABI: An Afghan man was severely beaten and his ears were chopped off by villagers allegedly for harassing a married woman in a remote village of Razaar tehsil here on Friday, said police. It was learnt the woman informed her ...
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