ISLAMABAD::Early child marriage practice should be avoided at every level, as it was putting the lives of mothers in perils, resulting in increased mortalities and socioeconomic pressure over the families. Farkhanda Aurangzeb, Senior Consultant Human Rights Education at the National Commission for Human Rights Pakistan said this while talking to

London, Nov 5 (AFP/APP):The chairman of Yorkshire resigned on Friday as the fall-out from a racism row involving former player Azeem Rafiq plunged the English county into fresh chaos. The 30-year-old Rafiq has accused Yorkshire of failing to deal adequately with his allegations of racism when he played for the

ISLAMABAD:Hockey team of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) won the final of Higher Education Commission (HEC) inter university zonal championship 2021-22. Tournament was held at Naseer Bunda Hockey stadium, sports complex Islamabad. Eleven universities of Islamabad, AJK and GB participated in the tournament. Rector NUML Major General Muhammad

ISLAMABAD:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is all set to start electoral rolls verification and authentication campaign from Sunday. According to an ECP statement on Friday, the first phase of the scrutiny of voters list would continue till Dec 6. Some 142 registration officers have been deployed across the country

TAIYUAN, Nov 5 (xinhua/APP):China on Friday sent an Earth science satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern Shanxi Province. The satellite, called Guangmu, was launched by a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 10:19 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit. It was the 395th

Lagos, Nov 5 (AFP/APP):On the site of a luxury shopping centre under construction in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, a young builder steps gingerly along the top of bamboo scaffolding. Barefoot, with no rope to protect him, the young man carries a long iron rod on his shoulders. The fear is

ISLAMABAD:Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood, on Friday started his two day visit for Iran to negotiate on bilateral trade and investment with Iranian government. According to the press release issued by the ministry of commerce, Pakistan and Iran agreed to start initial talks