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Pakistani filmmaker: Child marriage hinders girls from achieving their potential
Politician s marriage to 14-year-old triggers uproar
The recent marriage between a lawmaker and an underage girl in Pakistan sparked outroar across the country and prompted rights activists to urge the government to take stronger action against child marriage.
Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, a 64-year-old lawmaker of Jamiat-Ulema-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), married a 14-year-old girl, according to various local media reports in late February. The reports shocked the country and went viral on various social media platforms.
In response, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry called the reported marriage absurd and very disturbing news. He demanded that the JUI-F come out with an explanation, and called for the lawmaker s resignation.
School principal from Sindh wins most honest civil servant award
Karachi
March 3, 2021
Daryan Khatoon Memon, the principal of the Government Girls Lower Secondary School in Sukkur, has been voted as the most honest civil servant of Pakistan at the Integrity Icon of Pakistan Award Ceremony 2020.
This campaign annually recognises government officials from across the country for their integrity and honesty. In its fifth consecutive yearly ceremony, more than 100 nominations were screened and vetted by a jury comprising credible professionals from the civil services, academia and civil society of Pakistan.
Following the process, thousands of Pakistanis also voted online or participated via SMS as part of the campaign, and several thousand people also watched the ceremony held in
QUETTA: Shops remain closed on Sunday on a strike call given by Awami National Party in protest against the killing of its leader Asad Achakzai. PPI
QUETTA: A strike was observed in the provincial capital and several other cities and towns of the province on Sunday in protest against the killing of provincial information secretary of the Awami National Party (ANP) Asad Khan Achakzai.
All business centres and shops remained closed in Quetta, Chaman, Loralai, Zhob, Qila Saifullah, Sibi, Qila Abdullah, Pishin, Ziarat, Harnai, Mastung and several other areas of the province and traffic remained thin on the roads because of the strike call.