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UMERKOT: Police on Monday took into custody an underage bride, bridegroom and their parents in Dhoronaro, 29 kilometres from here, for breaking the law against marriage of underage girls. The bride is said to be 13 years old and the ...

By Aroosa Shaukat LAHORE: The first ever Gender Parity Report for the province suggests that there has been a 20 per cent increase in cases of violence against women reported every year from 2012 to 2015. The report compiled jointly ...

BY AMIN AHMED ISLAMABAD: Almost 16 million girls between the ages of six and 11 will never get the chance to enrol in primary school compared to about 8m boys if current trends continue, according to a new report of ...

BY MALIK IRFANUL HAQ RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police have rescued a nine-year-old girl from being given as Vani, arresting four members of Panchayat and booking 17 people involved in the case at Chak 182/7-R of tehsil Liaqatpur. District Police Officer ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday constituted a committee to formulate the National Women Empowerment Policy 2016, planned to be launched on the International Women’s Day on March 8. According to an official statement issued by the Prime Minister’s ...