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The Age Of Consent And The Borders Of Belief

ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 marks a pivotal step toward a safer, progressive Pakistan KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children. “The passage of the ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025…

LHC directed Punjab Government to revise Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929

LAHORE: Declaring the definition of ‘child’ in the Child Marriage Act, 1929 unconstitutional, the Lahore High Court has directed the Punjab government to revise the provincial version of the legislation and end the age-based distinction between males and females. `The definition of child in the 1929 Act while making a…

Actress Saba Features In Unicef’s Child Marriage Awareness Drive

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on 29th May launched a video campaign featuring its National Ambassador for Child Rights, actor Saba Qamar, to raise awareness about the urgent need to end child marriage in Pakistan. The video urges communities to speak out against the practice, highlights its impact…
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Sindh Assembly Allows Bureaucrats To Lead Education Boards In Sindh

KARACHI: Lawmakers finally gave bureaucrats the go-ahead to lead the intermediate and secondary education boards in the province as the Sindh Assembly adopted the controversial bill with a majority vote on 23rd May. The Sindh Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment) Bill, tabled in the assembly on Jan 27, 2025, contained…
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Anti-rape Crisis Cells To Be Set Up At DHQ Hospitals In KP

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has planned the establishment of anti-rape crisis cells at all district headquarters hospitals in the province to ensure medical and legal assistance to victims of sexual assaults in line with the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act, 2021. It has directed all 26 district headquarters…
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Birth, Death Registration Fees Waived

LAHORE: Under the newly-enforced Birth and Death Registration Rules 2025, the local government & community development department has waived all fees related to the registration of births and deaths, as well as issuance of computerised certificates, for a period up to past seven years. The waiver of fees is a…
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Drug Testing Bill For Students Rejected

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior rejected a proposed bill aimed at curbing drug use in educational institutions on May 19, despite strong opposition from the bill’s mover, Senator Mohsin Aziz, who vowed not to withdraw the legislation even if the committee disapproved of it entirely. The meeting was…
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High Court Allows Govt Two Months For Updating Nikahnama

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has allowed two months’ time to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for introduction and implementation of an updated Nikahnama and enforcement of a law on premarital screening for thalassaemia and Hepatitis-C. A bench consisting of Justice Mohammad Ijaz Khan and Justice Syed Mudasser Ameer was requested by an…
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Experts Call For Tweaking Laws Handling Cases Of Missing Children

Islamabad: The experts 30-January-2025 underscored the need for tweaking laws handling missing children cases and avoiding de-criminalisation of the victims. They called for action against the perpetrator of abuse and violence against the missing children. They were speaking at a policy seminar on issues pertaining to child abuse and missing…
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Saif Assures Support In Drafting Rules Under Hindu Marriage Act

PESHAWAR: Adviser to Chief Minister on Information Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif on 9th January assured his support for drafting rules under the already prepared Hindu Marriage Act. “This is a matter of justice and equality,” he stated, pledging to advocate for presenting the proposed rules in the meeting of the…
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