Month: October 2009

Child marriage: Accused remanded in custody

SUKKUR: Two accused involved in child marriage were remanded in police custody for three days and the minor (bride) handed over to her maternal uncle,...

Women and power

Rasul Bakhsh Rais The low social status of women because of the customs of the largely feudal and tribal culture of the society poses the...

Six Jordanian widows handed over to NGO

By Abdul Sami Paracha KOHAT: Six Jordanian widows were handed over to the chairman of the World Prisoners’ Relief Commission, Pakistan, by unknown tribesmen here...

Victim of forced marriage gets death threats

LARKANA: Twelve-year-old Imtiaz Khatoon Chandio who was forcibly married off to Mir Hassan Chandio by her uncle has accused her uncle and relatives of Mir...