Azmat Habib

KP Govt Launches Drive to Curb Child Sexual Abuse

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Commission (KPCPWC) formally launched a province-wide awareness and sensitisation campaign against child sexual abuse and exploitation, aimed at strengthening public awareness, promoting prevention and responsible reporting and reinforcing collective action to ensure a safe and protective environment for children across the province. A…
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Vanished Girls

THE scourge of female disappearances in Pakistan should be a matter of shame. Institutional reforms and criminalising chauvinistic traditions remain long overdue measures. The Lahore High Court, during the hearing of a case of disappearance, was informed by Punjab’s police chief that over 500 cases of girls reported missing were…
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Teams Tasked with Identifying Gaps in Polio Drives

LAHORE: The Punjab Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has assigned a task to assess campaign performance, identify missing children, and operational gaps to check the quality of the ongoing polio eradication campaigns. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by EOC Coordinator Khalid Parvaiz here on Thursday with district health…
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Onus on State to Protect Kids from Online Harm, IHC Told

• NCRC recommends boosting NCCIA capacity, setting up special units for exploitation probes • Proposes Peca review from child rights perspective • Urges integrating age verification into Digital Nation Pakistan Act ISLAMABAD: Protecting minors from online grooming, exploitation and harmful content is the state’s responsibility, the National Commission on the…
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28 Rabies Cases Reported at one Karachi Hospital so far this year

• Indus Hospital officials say nine rabies deaths reported at health facility in 2025 • Seminar organised to promote rabies prevention and timely post-exposure treatment • Sindh chief secy says increase in reported cases reflects greater public awareness rather than mere rise in incidence KARACHI: As many as 28 cases…
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Gun Attack on Kech School

GWADAR: A private school came under attack in Kech district on Oct 2, officials said. Armed men entered the premises of Roshan Grammar School in the Menaz area of Buleda tehsil and opened fire, they said, adding that the school’s CCTV system was destroyed in the attack. Confirming the incident,…
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Man Arrested for Assaulting Minor Boy in Charsadda

CHARSADDA: Police arrested a man for assaulting a five-year-old boy here on Oct 2. According to the first information report (FIR), the incident took place in the Station Kallay area of Tangi. The child’s mother told police that her son returned home crying and alleged that a neighbour, identified as…
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Boy Found Strangled Inside Makeshift Hut in Naseerabad

RAWALPINDI: A 10-year-old boy was found strangled inside his makeshift hut in the New Chakra area of Naseerabad police station on Thursday night, police said. Mohammad Bilal, 34, a resident of New Chakra, lodged an FIR with the police, saying he sold flower bouquets and lived in a makeshift tent…
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AI-guided Bid to Poison Father: Teenager Sent to Jail on Judicial Remand

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Sep 30 sent a teenage suspect to jail on a 14-day judicial remand in a case of allegedly attempting to poison his father after seeking information about poisoning from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) produced the 17-year-old suspect before…
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