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ISLAMABAD: The Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) on Tuesday condemned the unfortunate incident of a sexual assault on a 5-year-old girl in Lahore last week. The WPC urged the authorities and the judiciary to ensure that the culprits are immediately arrested ...

By: RAFIA ZAKARIA THE children were too young to know how dangerous it is to be a girl in Pakistan. If the five-year-old girl and her three-year-old cousin had been just a little bit older, they may have known that ...

By: Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Pakistani girls are the biggest victims amongst Asian girl victims of child grooming gangs but the authorities have failed to take action because of their total focus is on white victims of child grooming by ...

By: MUNAWER AZEEM ISLAMABAD: A man allegedly raped his stepdaughter and married another one while he was still married to their mother. This came to light when a 13-year-old girl came to the capital’s women police station and informed the ...

By: Maria Kari According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released this week, physical and sexual violence now affects a third of women worldwide. The consequences of this includes a myriad of health problems, including broken bones, bruises, pregnancy ...