Azmat Habib

PHC Grants Bail to Juvenile in Police Lines Bombing Case

PESHAWAR, Feb 06: Peshawar High Court on 6 February granted bail to a juvenile accused after almost three years of his arrest in the 2023 devastating suicide bombing at Peshawar Police Lines which had claimed 84 lives. Justice Sahibzada Asadullah of a single-member bench accepted plea of the accused on…
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Schoolgirl ‘goes missing’ in Khanpur Mahar

SUKKUR: A 13-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly abducted from an area in Khanpur Mahar in Ghotki while a video clip has surfaced purportedly showing the girl claiming to have contracted a free-will marriage. A student of class eight, she had gone missing and a kidnap FIR was lodged at the Khanpur…
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‘Thalassemia free Pakistan remains National Goal’

Rawalpindi: The Pakistan Thalassemia Welfare Society Rawalpindi -Islamabad (TWS), continues to provide essential support and treatment to children and individuals living with thalassemia while emphasizing that this hereditary disease can be prevented from affecting future generations through timely awareness and proper precautions. These views were expressed by former provincial health…
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IHC Directs Producing Children in Custody Dispute

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed to produce all four children in a family dispute related to the custody of kids. Hearing the application of the mother of the children, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani remarked that disputes can occur between husband and wife, but they should not…
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LHC Seeks Law On Woman’s Marriage Status After Conversion

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has urged the legislature to enact a clear law governing the dissolution of marriage when a non-Muslim woman embraces Islam, observing that the absence of such legislation for over three decades has created legal uncertainty and hardship. In his recent judgment, Justice Tariq Saleem…
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Two Teenagers Found Dead Hanging From Tree

KHUZDAR: The bodies of two teenagers were found hanging from a tree in the Uthal area of Lasbela district on February 4 in what police believe to be an suicide related to a marriage dispute. Police identified the victims as an 18-year-old boy, Neelo, and a 17-year-old girl, Paro. Both…
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JI Vows to Resist Bills on Child Marriage, Domestic Violence

LOWER DIR: Jamaat-i-Islami deputy chief and former MNA Maulana Attaur Rehman has termed bills on child marriage and domestic violence a ‘conspiracy to erode Pakistan’s Islamic identity’, saying such legislation will not be accepted. He was speaking at the annual function in a religious seminary in Miskini Jandol as chief…
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‘AI Deepfakes Fuel Child Sexual Abuse Content’

• Unicef says children’s photos are being manipulated and sexualised through AI tools • In some countries, as many as one in 25 children reported having their images turned into sexual deepfakes ISLAMABAD: Unicef has said it is increasingly alarmed by reports of a rapid rise in the volume of…
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Children Betrayed

JUST when we thought Pakistan had made meaningful progress and the debate on child marriage was nearly settled, a spanner has been thrown into the spokes of reform. Four years after the Federal Shariat Court’s ruling in 2021 that setting a minimum marriage age is not in contradiction with Islam,…
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A Stronger Nation Begins in the Classroom

Education is one of the most powerful tools for national development. It shapes individuals, builds nations and strengthens societies. A strong education system creates skilled human capital, promotes economic growth and develops a sense of equality and social justice. In Pakistan, however, education has been a subject of endless debate…
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