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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: Federal Ombudsperson for Protection of Women Against Harassment (FOSPAH) at Workplace Fauzia Viqar found no evidence and received no reports of physical torture or sexual harassment by the Police or Prison staff in…

News Desk Kohistan: At least 10 members of the same family, including women and children, died and 13 others injured when a house caught fire and its roof collapsed on the residents in Siri Paye, an area of Lower Kohistan district of…

News Desk Peshawar: An exclusive protection centre has been established in Peshawar to provide shelter and free food to older people and persons under the age of 18 from the transgender community. District Officer Noor Muhammad said,…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the lack of specialised healthcare facilities are adding to health complications caused by conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. An early diagnosis could help to prevent and…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: For the past two weeks, Iran is seeing some of the biggest protests since 1979 following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year young woman of Irani Kurdish heritage. The death occurred in the custody of Iran’s morality…