Lady doctor seeks protection
NAWABSHAH: The clout combined with greed has made the life of a lady doctor of the People’s Medical College Hospital intolerable, forcing her to turn...
Encourage girls to enrol in schools
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the need for adopting a holistic approach to achieve 100 per cent enrolment, speakers at an expert meeting Wednesday stressed increasing net primary...
Rape case: Nasima Labano’s father testifies
Karachi: The father of a gang-rape victim from district Ubavro testified before the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Nizar Ali Khawja on Wednesday....
980,000 unsafe abortions carried out each year, 90% involving married women
Myra Imran Islamabad: While society refuses to discuss the medical aspects of the issue focusing instead on morality and religion, an estimated 980,000 unsafe abortions...
How to curb child marriages in Pakistan
By Anees Jillani Eight-year-old Zahida was married to Dilshad, 17, by her father Abdul Rasool in exchange for Dilshad’s sister, whom the father wanted to...