CHILD marriage is common in our country, especially in rural areas. Almost 30 per cent marriages in the country fall into the category of child marriage. Girls are victimised in the name of customs and traditions. This is a tradition in most rural areas or villages. Poor people also marry their daughters because of financial […]
LAHORE: Famous film star Shabnam came face to face with a group of youngsters here on Tuesday, promising her expectant admirers that she will provide them with a real tour of her life and career through an autobiography she plans to write. She was given a warm welcome upon her arrival at the FC College […]
KARACHI: A collection of ghazals titled Khwab-i-Digar by a young poet from Islamabad, Ilyas Babar Awan, was launched at the Arts Council Karachi on Tuesday. Journalist and poet Mehmood Shaam, who presided over the event, praised the young man’s poetry and said he was pleasantly surprised to read it. He said that while going through […]
LAHORE: A woman has sued her gynaecologist and the administration of Fauji Foundation Hospital for Rs1 million over the delivery of her baby, saying she was provided faulty services and operated on without consent. A consumer court will hear arguments on the petition on May 7. Petitioner Saadia Tahir submitted that gynaecologist Dr Fatima of […]
Karachi: A newly married couple, shattered by their families’ disapproval of their love marriage, committed suicide by jumping in front of a passenger train near Baloch Colony on Monday.Sajid, 23, and his wife Sonia, 20, had eloped from their native town of Vehari, and contracted a court marriage in Okara on May 2, police said. […]
SUKKUR: Three pe, two women among them, were killed while another person was injured over Karo-Kari in separate incidents on Monday Police said that in village Raja Khan Bijarani in the limits of Tanghwani, accused Imam Bakhsh Chachar shot dead his wife Rashida and injured her alleged paramour Muhammed Sharif Chachar. The police shifted the […]
LAHORE: Transgenders (Khwaja Siras) gave a poor response to the campaign for issuing them computerised national identity cards and registering them as voters as directed by the Supreme Court. The National Database and Registration Authority and the Election Commission of Pakistan in collaboration with the social welfare department set up a special desk at each […]
Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: A representative of the missing persons’ families here on Monday said Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif had not yet fulfilled his promise of providing them a grant of Rs5 million even after the passage of over two-and-a-half months. However, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) provided the money as […]
KARACHI – With a quick smile and naughty eyes, the moody toddler, Daniyal Ali Azfar, is aiming to break the world record as the youngest photographer. An exhibition was held to show his masterwork in capturing the beauty of nature on Sunday in Karachi. A very bright and dedicated child, Daniyal, was born on May […]
BUREWALA – A girl who was allegedly abducted four days ago was found on Sunday in critical condition and breathed her last in the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital. The mother of the girl said that a youth of the area trapped her for marriage and poisoned her to death. Kiran Shahzadi, 17, was divorced and a […]
Rana Tanveer LAHORE: The Urdu press and media are contributing to the hate campaign against Ahmedis by publishing “baseless stories,” the annual report, Persecution of Ahmedis in Pakistan during the year 2011 said. During 2011 more than 1,173 baseless stories against Ahmedis were published, the report added. According to Jamaat Ahmedia spokesman Saleemuddin in 2011, […]
Sabiha Mansoor Studies on women stress the role of higher education for empowerment of women, the need to provide equal opportunities to women for employment and professional development, and the critical role of media in reversing negative attitudes to women in a patriarchal society Women face numerous problems in higher education, especially access and retention. […]
KARACHI: Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) Chairman Justice (retd) Raja M Shafqat Khan Abbasi on Saturday visited the offices of ‘daily Jang’.During his visit, the PCP chairman met with the editorial staff of the newspaper and apprised them of the efforts being made by the council for the freedom of press.On the occasion, he also […]
Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: Allah Rakhi is getting used to breathing through her nose and wearing her new look. For 32 years, she has been breathing through her mouth. From the age of 19 when her husband cut her nose with a shaving razor, Allah Rakhi wore a two-by-two-inch bandage around it, just like a pirate […]
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