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For the last around a decade successive provincial governments and civil society members have been grappling with the question as to what should be the marriageable age for a female in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. So far, the provincial government has failed ...

ISLAMABAD: The Early Child Marriage Restraint Act prepared by Social Welfare Department to overcome the menace of child marriages has been submitted to the Balochistan Cabinet for approval. Balochistan is on the top of maternal mortality rate due to weak ...

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Peoples Party MPA Nighat Yasmin Orakzai on Monday submitted a bill on child marriages in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, seeking ban on marriages of children under 18 years of age and award of up to three years of ...

Islamabad: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Chairperson of Ehsaas Programme, Dr Sania Nishtar Monday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was taking all possible steps to provide opportunities to young girls by extending scholarships programme ...

SUKKUR: A man shot dead his wife and her alleged friend after declaring them ‘Karo Kari’ in Jacobabad.Reports said accused Abdul Rasool Umrani shot dead his wife Rani and a man Abdul Hakeem Barohi after charging them of adultery in ...