December 4, 2009

Pre-marriage screening urged to ward off hereditary diseases

LAHORE: Speakers at a seminar urged the government to make psychological and moral counselling and medical screening mandatory to identify congenital and non-communicable diseases. Addressing a seminar titled “Pre-marriage Counselling

Advocating women’s rights

By Asghar Ali Engineer IT is generally thought that the movement for women’s rights began with western-educated people in the 19th century. But very few people know about Maulvi Mumtaz

Lawyers thrash woman, her sons at court

LAHORE: A group of lawyers on Thursday manhandled a woman and her three sons who had come to the sessions court for their case hearing. On Thursday morning, Maqsooda Bibi,

HPV prevalence among Karachi women low: study

By Faiza Ilyas KARACHI: A population-based survey of HPV (human papillomavirus) which is a sexually transmitted infection and carries a major risk of causing cervical cancer has found its prevalence

Man kills wife over petty issue

RAWALPINDI: An enraged man shot dead his wife over a petty issue in Pathan Colony on Chakri Road on Thursday, police said. Sardar Khan who belonged to Swat got married

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