Umerkot: Speakers at a seminar said in unison that early marriage was a crime and entire society would have to reject it and stand by police’s efforts to curb it. In South Asia every fifth child was the victim of ...
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Rawalpindi: A man was allegedly gunned down by his in-laws in Rawalpindi. Aijaz Ahmed told Naseerabad Police that his elder brother, Ahmed Jan, contracted his second marriage with Momina five years ago against her family’s will. Ten months ago, Momina’s ...
Read More »Court remands slain transgender’s father in police custody
Nowshera: A local court on Monday remanded the father of a slain transgender into police custody for three days on allegations of killing his son and dumping his body in Babu Khwar, a day earlier. Aurangzeb, son of Said Akbar, ...
Read More »Call for resolution of domestic workers’ issues
Islamabad-Representatives of civil society demanded of the quarters concerned to set up a regulatory body to manage the issues of domestic workers. Presently there is no such mechanism to address their issues, who do different works as housemaid, they said. ...
Read More »Transgender killed in Nowshera
Nowshera: A transgender was shot dead near Babu Khwar in the limits of the Cantonment Police Station on Sunday, official sources said. A police party was on a routine patrol when it spotted the bullet-riddled body of a teenager. The ...
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