Azmat Habib

2.2m Students Enrolled In Madrassas

ISLAMABAD: The total number of registered religious madrassas across the country is 17,738, with 2,249,520 students enrolled, stated the Ministry of Education as it submitted details of religious seminaries to the Senate. Meanwhile, the Tax Laws Amendment Bill, presented earlier in the National Assembly, was also introduced on 19th December…
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Kurram Locals Condemn Govt’s Misleading Claims

DI KHAN: Condemning government statements claiming a plentiful supply of essential goods as “misleading”, educational institutions in the volatile tribal district of Kurram have decided to close from 20th December (today). They have also warned of launching a protest movement. “The government is trying to add to the people’s misery…
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Punjab Increases Penalty For Child Begging To 10 Years

Lahore: On 19 December, a Punjab cabinet meeting was presided over by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. The cabinet approved an amendment to Punjab Vagrancy Ordinance 1958, under which punishment for begging children has been increased from one to 10 years. She also directed to further expand the scope of rescue…
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Boycotts Threatening Timely Vaccine Delivery

The eagerly-anticipated anti-polio campaign in Balochistan, now set to commence on December 30, has faced repeated delays due to a boycott by the Grand Health Alliance (GHA). Initially scheduled for December 16, the campaign was postponed twice, with an interim start date of December 18, before being rescheduled. Balochistan Emergency…
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Sara Murder Case: Father, Stepmother Jailed For Life

LONDON: A UK court on Tuesday handed life sentences to the father and stepmother of a murdered 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who died after being subjected to a prolonged “campaign of torture” and “despicable abuse”. Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, will serve at least 40 and 33 years respectively…
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Pakistan’s First genetic Molecular Lab Inaugurated

KARACHI: Pakistan’s first genetic molecular laboratory has been inaugurated with the cooperation of the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA), an organisation of Pakistani-origin doctors based in the United States. The newly established lab, located on the campus of Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU), aims to diagnose physical…
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Four Booked For Gunpoint Rape

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Police have arrested the suspects involved in the sexual assault of a minor boy at gunpoint in the Lakki district. Police said that under the leadership of SHO Zahid Khan of Ghazni Khel police station, the force raided the Jabu Khel area and arrested two notorious nominated…
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High On Ice, Man Murders His Family

PESHAWAR: Drugs not only harm the user, but can often result in disaster for the families of the addict as was exemplified when a young man, addicted to ice, brutally murdered his father, brother, and niece with a dagger. In this heart-wrenching tragedy, the suspect’s sister-in-law and two young nieces…
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32 Closed Chaghi Schools Reopened

QUETTA: The district administration of Chaghi has suspended five absent teachers, while the salaries of several others have been deducted and 32 out of 95 closed schools have also been reopened in Chaghi. A meeting of the District Education Group was held under the chairmanship of Chaghi Deputy Commissioner Ataul…
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