Social customs: ‘Nearly half of Pakistani women are married before the age of 18’
KARACHI: Approximately half of Pakistani women are married before 18 years of age and nine per cent of girls begin childbearing between 15-19 years, Shirkat...
Welfare: ‘Women learning about their rights’
LAHORE: Minister for Women’s Development Hamida Waheeduddin said on Friday that awareness sessions were being organised in various districts to educate women about their rights....
Seminar: Breastfeeding can save babies’ lives, doctors say
By: Sehrish Wasif ISLAMABAD: According to the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS) 2012-13, there has been an increase of 0.6 per cent in the exclusive...
Woman hammered to death, daughter drowned
Karachi: A woman was hammered to death and her two daughters thrown in an underground water tank by their tenant in Korangi on Friday. After...
Girl dies in firing on mother by father
HAFIZABAD: A minor girl was killed while her minor brother was injured when their father opened fire on his wife over a domestic dispute in...