LAHORE: Child rights activists have urged the newly-elected parliamentarians of Punjab to accord top priority to child rights and ensure the protection of children from all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect…
Share in inheritance: Rukhsana Bibi says brothers subject her to death threats LAHORE: A female resident near Lahore sought protection and moved a district court when her brothers allegedly assaulted her and gave death…
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) the other day had directed police officials to provide protection to Zulekha and Ali Akbar who are allegedly facing life threats as they had married without…
MIRPUR: Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Shoaib Dastgeer on Saturday said that a special protection unit was being formed in AJK exclusively for the safety and security of the…
HARIPUR: To avoid incidents like Kasur, besides provision of health and education to the children, people should protect them in a better way. This was said by National Assembly’s Standing Committee on…
ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is launching ‘BISP Child Protection Campaign’ on Saturday at its headquarters and 40 other district and tehsil offices across the country. The campaign has been planned…
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Food Bilal Yaseen pledged on Saturday to continue surprise visits to sugar mills till the end of the crushing season. He said that the government will leave no…
NEW YORK: The UN on Friday reiterated a call on all concerned parties to avoid actions that would further escalate tensions in Syria’s northern city of Afrin. “We are obviously following the…
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday urged to take immediate measures to protect the children from abuse and other crimes and appealed the civil society and the Sindh…
QUETTA: Ali Haris dreamed of getting a college degree and a well-paid job. Instead, he had to quit his education after high school. Going to Balochistan University, the only public university in…
LAHORE: The health and environmental experts on Sunday said that exposure to smog was contributing toward spreading various health issues, including eye infections, allergies, coughing and irritation in the throat. The experts suggested…
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage on Wednesday constituted a sub-committee expediting the process of finalisation of The Protection of Journalists Bill, 2014 moved by MNA…
Demand exemplary punishment for child abusers LAHORE: Activists have expressed grave concerns over the growing number of incidents of violence against children in Punjab. They referred to two videos which went viral on…
LAHORE: The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) organised a training session in Punjab Assembly with women members of the Provincial Assembly on the subject of protection of women against harassment.…
A technical committee of experts has declared 439 buildings of Karachi and other cities of Sindh as dilapidated and unsuitable for human habitation. This was pointed out in a statement of the…
A year ago, Wasif Masih, 16, had a narrow escape when a suicide bomber from a faction of the Pakistani Taliban blew himself up during Sunday worship outside his church in a…
On the occasion of International Day of Forests, Pakistan Navy in line with the prime minister’s vision of “Green Pakistan” launched on Monday launched a mangroves plantation campaign in the coastal areas…
