forced marriage

APP Lahore: Child rights activists stressed the importance of collaboration among all stakeholders to collectively combat child marriage and advocate for legislation in Punjab. These sentiments were shared during a consultation on 'Ending…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Her merchandise worth only a few thousand rupees, mostly unstitched cloth but authorities turned a deaf ear to the wailing orphan who in her early teens was a bread earner for the family in Larkana and the…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistani film ‘Hum Saya (Neighbour)’ received the award for ‘Best Short Documentary on Human Rights’ at the prestigious Venice Intercultural Film Festival 2023. The film is produced by the Centre for Social…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: These are one of the few million with doomed destinies, survive on a day-to-day basis, and have no means of sustenance as all their worldly possessions are displayed with nothing in hiding, unlike the elite who…

Staff Report Lahore: Speakers at an event on Wednesday said legislation must be introduced to stop coerced faith conversions, and the pro-women laws ought to be implemented to address the crimes faced by girls and women involving child…

News Desk Lahore: The minority legislators made a pledge to fully support the bills setting up the minority rights commission and criminalising forced faith conversions in the legislative assembly. The Peoples Commission for…

News Desk Forced marriage and forced conversion of religion are not allowed in Islam. This should not happen in Pakistan according to Allama Tahir Mahmood  Ashrafi, Allama Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, the Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council…