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Pakistan must stop dragging its feet and put an end to child marriages

The Family Planning Association of Pakistan (FPAP) warned some years ago that one woman dies every 20 minutes during childbirth, and that the major cause for high maternal mortality ratio - 276 per 100,000 live births - is child marriage...

To those who posit that this archaic practice affects but an insignificant fragment of the population, I’d recommend the data made available by Gallup, whereby in Pakistan, one in four women (24......

Comment: Thanks to Zimbabwe series, Pakistan cricket is back on its feet

Pakistan open their challenging series in Sri Lanka this week with the first Test to be played at the picturesque Galle International Stadium from tomorrow...

Both sides have gifted batsmen in their ranks and although Sri Lanka will miss stalwarts like Mahela Jayawardene and Tillekaratne Dilshan who have both bade goodbye to Test cricket, they still have the services of the inimitable Kumar Sangakkara who has decided to extend his...

Pakistan beginning to find its feet again, says ODI skipper Azhar

SHARJAH: Skipper Azhar Ali feels Pakistan is beginning to click in every department and is on the path to reviving its fortunes in the game’s limited-overs format...

“Fitness levels are also going up, so we have started to tick the boxes,” Azhar, who leads Pakistan in One-Day Internationals, said...

Teenage quicks: Young Pakistan square up to Australia's Smith and Warner

Pakistan head into the opening Test in Brisbane on Thursday seeking a rare win on Australian soil and could unleash a 16-year-old debutant in a teenage pace attack against seasoned stars Steve Smith and David Warner...

Pakistan have drawn a series in Australia, but have never won one, and last tasted a Test victory at Sydney in 1995...

Sindh govt drags feet on shifting ATCs to central jail

KARACHI: The provincial government is dragging its feet on the Sindh High Court’s proposal to shift all antiterrorism courts in the city to the Karachi central prison as a summary for relocation of seven ATCs has been awaiting the chief minister’s approval for the past over seven months...

'World's oldest' 48-feet long Buddha statue unearthed in Haripur district

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology And Museums Director Dr Abdul Samad said,"The 48-feet long 'sleeping Buddha' statue dates back to the third century, which makes it the world's oldest 'sleeping Buddha' statue...

"We have discovered more than 500 Buddha-related objects during excavations, in addition to the 48-feet long 'sleeping Buddha',” he said...

THE ICON REVIEW: THE GROUND BENEATH HIS FEET

It might also have helped the Pakistan Oscar committee’s selection for the Best Foreign Language category move beyond the first round...

These raw instances often take your mind off the notion that what we’re seeing is less of a motion picture and more of a docu-drama advertising illiteracy and wrong-doings in Pakistan (always a matter of great applause in international festivals)...

Federal Govt gets cold feet on compensation policy

”According to a government official privy to the development, when the famed package eventually landed with the finance ministry, officials got cold feet because of the overall financial burden it would eventually put on the national exchequer...

Centre dragging feet on new NFC Award, says Khuhro

LARKANA: Pakistan Peo­ples Party Sindh president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said the Centre is dragging its feet on the ann­ouncement of a new National Finance Commission (NFC) award and is bent on depriving Sindh of its due share in the federal divisible pool...

Petitioners accused of 'dragging their feet' in Sindh police chief removal case

After the adjournment was announced, Government of Sindh's Advocate General Barrister Zamir Ghumro expressed his displeasure, accusing the petitioners of dragging their feet to get an extension to the court's interim order...

Baby on board: Indian gives birth at 35,000 feet

An Indian woman gave birth to a baby boy on an international commercial flight as it flew at 35,000 feet, the airline said on Monday...

“The guest delivered a baby boy at 35,000 feet,” Jet Airways said in a statement, adding that a paramedic on board and airline staff helped with the delivery...

When Zouave gets his feet in water

LAST week proved to be a tough challenge for Zouave (pronounced zoo-aav), one of the most recognisable symbols of the French capital, when he started getting his feet in water...

Today if you see his feet drenched, it is a sign that the Seine is mounting, though it hardly indicates immediate danger...

‘Dams are no place to swim, or get your feet wet’

Two of the girls went down the stairs looking to just wet their feet when they fell into the water, which turned out to not be as shallow as they had assumed...

But dams are no place to swim, or get your feet wet...

Martial should keep feet on ground: Van Gaal

“I am very happy with him but we and he have to keep our feet on the ground...

Ravaging floods: Chennai gets back on feet, residents criticise slow response

Torrential rains on Dec 1 left large sections of capital Chennai under up to eight feet of water, and trapped people on rooftops with no communication...