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Monday, 25 July 2011 12:39 |
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Underlining the need for a collaborative effort to manage population, speakers at a programme on World Population Day have said that lack of support from healthcare providers, reluctance to reach out directly to rural communities and misconceptions about birth control methods are major reasons for failure of family planning initiatives in Pakistan where abortion, quite often in unsafe conditions, is increasingly being used as a substitute for contraception.
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Friday, 22 July 2011 13:24 |
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 By Maha Mussadaq
Approximately 41% of Pakistani girls fail to complete primary schooling, according to a report published by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) and American NGO Results. “Girls in Pakistan lag behind due to social and cultural restrictions in a patriarchal society,” Syedul Hassan, girls’ education programme coordinator for Oxfam, told The Express Tribune.
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Last Updated on Friday, 22 July 2011 13:28 |
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Friday, 22 July 2011 13:18 |
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 By Tim Montgomerie
There's a PDF of Cameron's full statement (PDF) but the most interesting part came at the end when the Prime Minister toughened (again) his position towards Andy Coulson.
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Friday, 22 July 2011 13:12 |
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 By Zachary Latif
Since time immemorial, or at least 1948, Muslims have pinned all their woes upon the Israelis – Pakistan, no different. Because somehow a regional, political animosity between two people who we realistically share nothing in common with beyond a religion with one, has become a rallying point for us to gather at.
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:18 |
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 By Saleem Shahid
Eight employees of a US-based NGO, the American Refugee Committee (ARC), were kidnapped by some armed men from Pishin area, some 50km north of the provincial capital.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 15:25 |
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