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  2. Vani (custom) - Wikipedia

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    Vani (Urdu: ونی), or Swara (سوارہ), is a custom where girls, often minors, are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved family as compensation to end disputes, often murder. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Vani is a form of arranged or forced child marriage , [ 3 ] and the result of punishment decided by a council of tribal elders named jirga .

  3. Employees' Provident Fund Organisation - Wikipedia

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    The Board administers a contributory provident fund, pension scheme and an insurance scheme for the workforce engaged in the organised sector in India. [9] The board is chaired by the Union Labour Minister of India. Presently, the following three schemes are in operation under the Act: Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, 1952

  4. Ethnic groups in Karachi - Wikipedia

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    Some of these Polish families settled permanently in the city. [4] [5] There are also communities of American [6] and British expatriates. The independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw the settlement of Muslim refugees migrating from India. In Karachi, the Urdu speaking Muslims, now known as Karachiwala form the majority of the population. [7]

  5. Adjudication - Wikipedia

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    Automating claims often improve efficiency and reduce expenses required for manual claims adjudication. Many claims are submitted on paper and are processed manually by insurance workers. After the claims adjudication process is complete, the insurance company often sends a letter to the person filing the claim describing the outcome.

  6. Settlement (litigation) - Wikipedia

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    The contract is based upon the bargain that a party forgoes its ability to sue (if it has not sued already), or to continue with the claim (if the plaintiff has sued), in return for the certainty written into the settlement. The courts will enforce the settlement. If it is breached, the party in default could be sued for breach of that contract.

  7. Muhajir (Pakistan) - Wikipedia

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    There are an estimated 14.7 million Urdu speakers presumably mostly of Muhajir origin in Pakistan. [24] Most of them are settled in the towns and cities of Pakistan mainly those of Urban Sindh, such as Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas and Sukkur. Muhajir pockets are also found in other metropolises of Pakistan such as Islamabad and Lahore. [56]

  8. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - Wikipedia

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    Thus, for the 2017–18 season, a majority of the data pertains to Kharif 2017 and the data reflects only 1% of the claims paid for the rabi 2017–18 season. For the 2016–17 season, claims of Rs 546 crore remain pending. Claims need to be settled within two months of harvest, according to the PMFBY guidelines.

  9. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Wikipedia

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    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (/ˌkaɪbər pəkˈtuːŋkwə/; Pashto: خېبر پښتونخوا [ˈxebaɾ paxtunˈxwɑ]; Urdu: خیبر پختونخوا, pronounced [ˈxɛːbəɾ pəxˈtuːnxʷɑː] ⓘ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.