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During the last decade or so, governments in Pakistan have worked consistently towards addressing the growing demand for education in the country. Resultantly, there have been considerable efforts in terms of improving school facilities and infrastructure, increasing budgetary allocations and ...

LAHORE: Two Rescue 1122 workers on Monday were suspended for their alleged involvement in rape of a mentally challenged teenage girl inside an ambulance in the neighbourhood of Nankana Sahib district in Punjab. According to the ambulance’s tracker record, the accused – ...

OKARA-A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped at Mukhtar Town here. According to police, Salma Bibi, a widow, went to bazaar for shopping in the morning leaving her two daughters-Misbah (10) and Aqsa (7)-at home. In her absence, suspect Rashid alias ...

KARACHI – Sindh Minister for Women Development Syeda Shehla Raza has urged upon the women and girls of Lyari area to identify them to raise voice against any violence and tyranny against women. This she observed while addressing a ceremony held in ...

PESHAWAR: Around 202 cases of gender-based violence have been reported in the first six months of the current year in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “Around 202 crimes against women were reported in the first six months of the year. About 97 women ...