Twenty million children are characterised as ‘out of school’ in Pakistan. This figure is alarming on its own. But there is a
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On May 11, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that that custody of a child cannot be granted to the grandmother or paternal
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KARACHI: In a move to protect some of the province’s most overlooked workers, the Sindh Assembly on May 11 passed the Domestic Workers Welfare Bill 2025, bringing formal safeguards to the employment and working conditions of household workers across the province. According to the bill, which requires gubernatorial assent to become law, a domestic worker is defined as a person who does domestic work in a household. The new law lays down clear terms for employment and working conditions, requiring
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Twenty million children are characterised as ‘out of school’ in Pakistan. This figure is alarming on its own. But there is a
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On May 11, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that that custody of a child cannot be granted to the grandmother or paternal
