Two of the women housed in the Darul Aman are pregnant but they have no access to the required medical tests. 20-year-old Hanifa’s brother shot her because he disapproved of her choice of husband.

The Quetta Darul Aman hosts over 30 inmates. Most of the inmates are widows, and orphans belonging to Quetta and other parts of Balochistan.

Faqeer said that the darul aman had the capacity to house 20 women but at present it was housing 27 women. “We spend nearly Rs2,900 on food every day for the entire centre but we don’t have ...

Ms Abbasi, who heads the Larkana Darul Aman, was sent to the city’s Special Prison for Women. The others suspects were sent to the central prison.

Scarred by bullets and bombs after decades of conflict, Afghanistan's Darul Aman Palace is being restored to its former glory.