The menace of underage marriages
Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq There are already penal laws in place for giving a female in marriage as compensation and for exploitation and the like. In...
Of Aisha’s age at marriage
Nilofar Ahmed IT is said that Hazrat Aisha was six years old when her nikah was performed with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Makkah, and nine...
Body of ‘kari’ girl exhumed
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: The body of a girl branded as kari and buried without offering proper funeral rites by her bother, was exhumed by police in...
Another group of protesters shelled and thrashed – this time women
M. Waqar Bhatti Karachi: Anti-riot police fired teargas shells and baton-charged lady health workers (LHWs) who held a march from the Karachi Press Club to...
Dumping of foetuses: police still looking for culprits
Karachi: The Mehmoodabad police on Wednesday interrogated doctors, owners of various clinics and maternity homes in its jurisdiction to resolve the mystery surrounding the dumping...