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Rawalpindi : Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday said that a ‘Lal Haveli’ scholarship programme would be launched to provide financial assistance to deserving and talented female students to study abroad. Addressing the participants of a function after ...

ISLAMABAD – The practice of child marriage should be avoided at every level as it was putting the lives of mothers in perils, resulting in increased mortalities and socioeconomic pressure over the families.  Farkhanda Aurangzeb, Senior Consultant Human Rights Education ...

Madiha Nisar, vice-chairperson of WPC, says keeping girls in school is one of the best ways to prevent child marriages. — Reuters/File PESHAWAR: Religious leaders from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here on Monday expressed their resolve to promote the rights of ...

SWABI: Over 150 MPhil/MS students enrolled in various departments of the Women’s University Swabi (WUS) are facing uncertain future as the university administration has so far not received the no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for initiating ...

Rawalpindi: Fatima Jinnah Women University joined hands with Government College of Women University (GCWU), Sialkot, and Lahore College of Women University (LCWU), Lahore to form the First Women Universities Consortium in Pakistan. The Three Vice Chancellor, Dr. Saima Hamid (FJWU), ...