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By: Maryam Usman ISLAMABAD: Veteran broadcast journalist Durdana Ansari has extended operations of her charity organistion Pearl Education Foundation from Britain to Pakistan, aiming at helping marginalised community of the society to weave them into the mainstream. “We teach functional ...

SUKKUR: A woman was kidnapped by armed men from the Qazi Lal Bux Kalwar village, within the Mirpur Mathelo police limits in district Ghotki, on Monday for marrying someone of her choice. The armed men injured her brother-in-law and stole ...

Karachi: The Social Welfare Department (SWD) was on Sunday directed by provincial chief secretary Muhammad Siddique Memon to speed up efforts for implementation of the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act. Presiding over a meeting, Memon gave the directives to secretary ...

By: Saadia Gardezi Saadia Gardezi – A group of Pakistani feminists is proving that used well, social media can open doors. Girls at Dhabas, or more properly #GirlsAtDhabas, is a movement advocating gender equality in the public sphere. The tea ...

BY: Yumna Rafi KARACHI: The Legal Aid Society on Wednesday conducted a two-day training session for 78 newly appointed civil judges and judicial magistrates on issues pertaining to human rights, gender and religious minorities. The training sessions were led, among ...