Azmat Habib

Kotli Seminary Incident Exposes Gaps in Oversight, Child Protection

MUZAFFARABAD: The alleged sexual assault and death of a young seminary student in Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has exposed serious gaps in oversight and child protection mechanisms in religious institutions in the region, with police acknowledging that similar incidents often go unreported or fail to reach…
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Seminary Teacher Held for Assaulting Boy in Swabi

SWABI: A teenage boy was allegedly assaulted by a teacher at a seminary, prompting the police to arrest the accused here on April 8. Tordher police station SHO Ajab Durrani said the accused teacher, Mohammad Amanllah, a resident of Muzaffargarh, was presently residing in Guldher area. He said the accused…
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Education Last

THERE is one question that has been bothering me these days: what message are we sending to our children when their education is the first thing we suspend in times of crisis? We are a country with 26.2 million children out of school, according to data collected in 2021–22 by…
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CDWP Approves Revised Rs7bn PC-I for Kuri Daanish School in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on April 8 approved a revised PC-I worth Rs7 billion for the Daanish School in Islamabad’s Kuri area, while the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) allowed disbursement of Rs2 billion for the project and the Prime Minister’s Youth Skill Development Programme. The CDWP met…
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Another Minor Girl Assaulted in Lakki, Suspect Arrested

LAKKI MARWAT: Another minor girl was sexually assaulted in the Wanda Mirwali Surband area here on April 6. Police said the nine-year-old girl was assaulted inside the boundary wall around a drinking water tube-well. Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested the suspect involved in the crime, adding that the…
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Premature Babies Face Rising Risk of Preventable Blindness: Report

RAWALPINDI: Premature babies in Pakistan are losing their sight at rates far above global averages as a treatable eye condition, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), continues to go undetected across large parts of the country, according to data compiled by Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital. The Al-Shifa Trust report stated that ROP…
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Death Toll Rises to 11 in Balochistan as Rain Lashes Much of Country

• Five of the victims die in Qila Abdullah, Kakar Khurasan • Flooding in Kabul River, urban centres likely • Widespread rain forecast across Punjab QUETTA / PESHAWAR / LAHORE: The death toll in rain-related incid­e­nts has reached 11, while over a do­­z­e­­n people have been injured in diff­e­­rent areas of Balochistan,…
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