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LAHORE – Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has demanded complete ban on dowry and other un-Islamic and anti-constitutional traditions in Pakistani society on occasion of International Women’s Day on Monday. Addressing “Istehkam-e-Khandan-Growth Protection of Family Institution” rally at The Mall, he ...

By Mina Malik-Hussain I love good advertising, and an Indian campaign to educate girls has developed a series of stunning and clever videos about dowry. The campaign is called ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Parhao’: save a daughter, educate a daughter. The ...

SHEIKHUPURA: A newly-wed woman was electrocuted to death by her husband and others over a dowry dispute in village Sadhan here on Monday. According to details, Nisar contracted marriage with Shabnam, daughter of Tariq some three months ago. However, much ...