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While laws dating back to the colonial era set the minimum age of marriage for boys at 18 and girls at 16, there is really very poor implementation of this legislation. It has also changed only in Sindh where the ...
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Women in rural Pakistan champion the cause of population planning
By Farahnaz Zahidi KARACHI: Her father earns a meager Rs4000 a month as a gate keeper in the village school. Yet, this 18-year-old girl, whose biggest dream in life is to have her own computer, choses to do social work ...
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Karachi: The Aman Health Care Services (AHCS) signed an accord with the DKT international here on Monday to provide education and training to reproductive health care service providers in Karachi. In a statement, CEO AHCS Dr Saadia Quraishy said Karachi ...
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