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Birth Registration Of Girls Remains Low

Majority of women and girls have no legal existence in the official systems PESHAWAR: Where limited access to registration centers, particularly in remote and underserved areas, can partly explain the low birth registration rate for girls in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the social bias that confines women to the four walls of the home continues to withhold many from getting a legal identity.…

Panchayat Writ

Despite improvements in education and awareness of rights, the tribal court system continues to mete out injustice across the country. The latest example of ‘elders’ proving that age does not always bring wisdom occurred in the rural Bhagwani Shumali area of Dera Ismail Khan in K-P. A local man committed…
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child marriage

K-P to send Child Marriage Bill to CII

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is set to send the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2019 to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) for review. K-P Minister for Law Aftab Alam, an advocate, stated this on March 11 during a meeting of the Provincial Standing Committee regarding…
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Girl, Mother Die By Suicide In Lakki Marwat

LAKKI MARWAT: A girl and her mother allegedly died by suicide inside their house in Asgharkhel area of Lakki Marwat district on 9th March, the police said. They said the incident occurred in the limits of Shahbazkhel police station. They said the bodies were transported to the District Headquarters Hospital…
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Private Schools Offer Fee Relief To Children Of Martyred Policemen

KHYBER/BAJAUR: Police have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three more private schools for giving concessions in monthly fee, books and uniforms to the children of martyred policemen in the Khyber tribal district. The MoU was signed at the office of District Police Officer Rae Mazhar Iqbal with representatives of…
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Swat’s Nobel Laureate Comes Home

Malala Yousafzai visits school, meets family in Shangla SHANGLA: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on March 5 visited her hometown Barkana in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla district for the first time since surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012. During her visit, Malala met family members and paid respects at…
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KP Textbook Board Stopped From Executing Contracts With Publishers

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on 4th March temporarily stopped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board (KPTBB) from executing profit-sharing contracts with eight private publishers for publishing of textbooks for grade 9 to 12. A bench consisting of Justice Wiqar Ahmad and Justice Sabitullah Khan issued notices to the respondents including the KPTBB…
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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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Kohat Villagers Demand Facilities In Schools

KOHAT: Elders from a far-flung village in Ghorazai Payan area here have demanded basic facilities in the local girls and boys schools and an end to unannounced power loadshedding and gas outages and low pressure. In a joint message on March 1, retired Subedar Zahoor Khan, Haji Ikhtiar Khan, Khudai…
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9,000 Orphans, 15,000 Widows To Get Monthly Stipend

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on 27th February launched two card schemes to provide monthly stipend to orphans and widows. An official statement issued from Chief Minister’s Secretariat said that under Roshan Mustaqbil Card, 9,000 orphaned children up to 16 years of age would receive a monthly stipend of Rs10,000.…
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CM Unveils Plans For Girls Free Education In KP

Announces scholarships, startup loans, and financial reforms at UET convocation PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has announced plans to make education completely free for female students in the province, emphasizing that only an educated mother can create an educated and civilized society. He attended a convocation of…
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