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News Desk Lahore: Legal Awareness Watch (LAW) is calling on decision-makers to implement the Juvenile Justice Act 2018 in its letter and spirit as the government neither established funds for providing free legal services to children nor…

News Desk Rawalpindi: States parties agree to take all appropriate measures, including legislation and temporary special measures, so that women can enjoy all their human rights and fundamental freedoms, stated Commissioner Rawalpindi…

News Desk United Nations: Deeply embedded gender bias that pervades family court systems across the world is placing women and children in situations of immense suffering and violence, said a United Nations report. “The tendency of…

Mohammed Ajeeb Bradford: A well-read and respected American daily newspaper "Virginia Post" in its publication of November 2021, described the role of Pakistani courts as the ‘bitches of the riches’. Such a derogatory description was…

News Desk Quetta: The Balochistan government is urged to take immediate action to establish the Balochistan Information Commission (IC) and fulfil the government’s obligations under the Balochistan Right to Information Act, 2021. In a…

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 ISLAMABAD: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar on Tuesday said the digital divide had deteriorated the gender disparity in the country. The policymakers, political leaders, and…

News Desk Islamabad: Due to global environmental changes, the intensity of every type of weather is increasing worldwide. Due to environmental changes, many countries around the world are also facing large-scale natural disasters.…

News Desk Islamabad: The proposed amendment to the Right of Access to Information (RAI) Act 2017 is seen as regressive, hypocritical, and objectionable as it seeks to exclude Parliament from the purview of citizens' right to information.…

News Desk Islamabad: “According to the Global Gender Gap Report, Pakistan has closed the gender gap by 56.4 per cent, yet we are still ranked second lowest from the bottom. To create laws, regulations, and quotas that will bring change,…