PESHAWAR: In a historic first, Farzana Jan on Friday became the first citizen of Pakistan to carry a passport that allows its bearer to select a gender other than male or female. The acknowledgement of members of the transgender community follows ...
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HYDERABAD: Pointing out a loophole in the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013, the Sindh High Court (SHC) allowed Tharparkar’s allegedly underage Hindu girl, who married a Muslim man, to live with her husband. However, the single bench of Justice Salahuddin ...
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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is planning to promote girls’ education through further incentives. A senior education department official told The News that there is a proposal to enhance payment of stipend from Rs200 to Rs500 per month ...
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MIRPURKHAS – A teenage girl committed suicide by hanging herself with a ceiling fan at her house in village Haji Muhammad Shafi Sansi, deh 336, taluka Kot Ghulam Muhammad on Tuesday. Reports say that Shremti Taari, 12, d/o Karansi Meghwar, ...
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MIRPURKHAS – Two persons, including a teenage girl, committed suicide here on Monday. As per reports, Nazia Leghari, 18, d/o Noor Muhammad Leghari, hanged herself with a ceiling fan in her house at Khaskheli Para early morning. Her body was ...
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