Azmat Habib

DISRUPTING HARM IN PAKISTAN

Nearly 6 percent of internet-using children aged 12–17 in Pakistan experienced technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse in the past year, predominantly via platforms like Snapchat and WhatsApp. In 85 percent of cases, the abusers were known to the child rather than strangers. Fear of community stigma, victim-blaming, and mistrust in…
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Post-mortem Reveals Haripur Girl’s Rape

HARIPUR: The post-mortem of a five-year-old girl has revealed her rape before the body’s disposal in an unused well here. The post-mortem report, a copy of which is available with Dawn, said the girl was sexually assaulted, while her both thigh bones were fractured. It said that the cause of…
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Hospital tragedy

WHERE does one begin? The mind goes first to the parents of the 14 newborns who died early on January 26 in the Mother and Child Health Ward of Islamabad’s Pims Hospital. The heart falters at the sheer scale of their loss. Their grief is shared across the country by people…
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Baby, who will mourn for thee?

ISLAMABAD: The reception area outside the building that housed Pims’ Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Centre has turned into a memorial, where parents, relatives and well-wishers of the newborns who perished in the tragic fire hold vigil in memory of the dearly departed. But amid the mourning, there is one…
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Private Schools Told to Enforce Fire Safety Measures in Sindh

KARACHI: The Sindh School Education and Literacy Department has directed all privately managed schools in the province to immediately implement comprehensive fire safety measures. The directive, issued by the Additional Director Registration here on August 26, says, “In view of the recent fire incidents and in order to prevent any…
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Digital Attendance System Extended to 3,647 Govt Schools in Sindh

KARACHI: The Student Attendance Monitoring and Redress System (SAMRS) has been extended to 3,647 government schools as part of the provincial government’s ongoing digital reforms. The system, introduced on the directives of Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, is aimed at digitally maintaining students’ attendance and academic records, including…
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14 Infants Killed in Fire at Pims’ Gynae Ward in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Fourteen infants were killed in a fire that broke out in the gynaecology ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) early on August 26. What has happened so far: 14 babies die after fire erupts in ward; initial reports say spark erupted from AC, blaze spread due…
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IHC Moved to Regulate Social Media use by children

• Petitioners seek an effective age-verification mechanism for minors’ accounts • State urged to protect kids from cyberbullying, harassment and harmful online content ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has been approached seeking directions to the federal government to introduce legislation and a comprehensive regulatory framework to regulate social media use…
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Three Held for Kidnapping Minor girl in Haripur

HARIPUR: Police have arrested three teenage boys for ‘kidnapping’ a five-year-old girl, who went missing about 12 days ago from an urban locality here. One of the accused confessed before the magistrate that he and one of the four accomplices had raped the girl after abduction. He, however, said that…
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