Newlywed couple shot dead in Hafizabad
HAFIZABAD: A newly-married couple was shot dead for contracting the marriage of their choice at Madina Colony. Ahmad Ali, a BCS student, of Jinnah Colony,...
Ensuring protection: ‘Law on domestic violence soon’
LAHORE: A bill criminalising violence against women will soon be presented in the Punjab Assembly, Minister for Women Development Hameeda Waheedud Din said on Monday....
Child rape convict sentenced
MULTAN: Additional Sessions Judge Iqbal Dogar on Thursday sentenced a prayer leader for 10 years imprisonment and fined him Rs100,000 for raping a girl at...
Almost 40 per cent of girls getting married before 18th birthday
MUZAFFARABAD: Early marriage often denies children their basic right to good health, education and freedom from violence, abuse and exploitation. This was the topic under...
The right of honour
For many, the Right Livelihood Award founded in 1980 to honour those who it was believed had been ignored by the Nobel Peace Prize committee,...