KATHMANDU:Nepal cannot prosper until women are ensured with full political, economic and social rights, and the country is willing to work with China in the field of women movement and rights, a government minister said here on Thursday. Newly-appointed Minister for Women, Children and Social ...

KARACHI: Sindh Social Welfare Minister Shamim Mumtaz has revealed that newborns and missing children are being smuggled to foreign countries through NGOs.In an interview with 92 News, she said that people living abroad are taking toddlers and underage children to foreign countries on the pretext of ...

MULTAN: Punjab government has decided to establish Disabled Person's Management Information System (DPMIS) to resolve matters pertaining to special persons .The new DPMIS would be a wing of Social Welfare Department.According to official sources here on Tuesday,  as many as 93  posts have been ...

Tehmina Durrani has announced to start a movement to make Pakistan a social welfare state.Tehmina Durrani revealed this in her recent statement while declaring that that the ruling class should understand now that it’s essential to make Pakistan as a welfare state.The rights activist also ...

PESHAWAR: KPK government has launched social welfare directorate helpline – Bolo Helpline 0800-22227 – established to prevent violence against women and facilitate them in all emergency situations.KPK Government launches province-wide sanitation driveThe provincial government, led by Pakistan ...

KARACHI: (APP) Sindh Minister for Social Welfare Shamim Mumtaz said that international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were not in the domain of provincial government, adding that after National Action Plan, Sindh government was enacting rules to bring international NGOs into the network at ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) The government has planned to set up (anti) Drug Addict Centres, Detoxification and Rehabilitation centres, Dar-ul-Aman, and industrial homes during the current fiscal year 2016-17.The government plans expansion and strengthening of the social welfare services through mitigating ...

LAHORE: (APP) Director General Social Welfare and Baitul Maal Waheed Akhtar Ansari inaugurated the new building of oldage home for homeless senior citizens at Social Welfare Complex on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Waheed Akhtar Ansari said that senior citizens were a precious asset and their ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) would organize a national consultation on `Census' on Saturday (July 23).The last census in Pakistan was held in 1998 and it is constitutional requirement to hold a census after every 10 but unfortunately it was delayed in past, an ...

LAHORE: (APP) Punjab Finance Minister Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha will present Provincial Budget 2016-17 in Punjab Assembly to be chaired by Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal on Monday (June 13).The final date for presenting budget has been fixed after getting approval from Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and ...