Azmat Habib

Child Protection Services for Children on the Move in Pakistan

This policy brief focuses on the child protection needs and lived experiences of migrant and forcibly displaced children in Pakistan. It draws on recent research conducted by UNICEF Pakistan and UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight, in collaboration with the National Commission on the Rights of the…
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The State of the World’s Children 2025: Ending Child Poverty

The State of the World’s Children 2025 warns that global progress in reducing child poverty is slowing and risks reversal due to conflict, climate shocks, debt pressures and deep cuts in development aid. About 412 million children live in extreme monetary poverty, while 417 million face severe deprivation in basic…
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Peira Issues Notices to Over 1,000 Private Schools

ISLAMABAD: The Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (Peira) has issued notices to over 1,000 private schools for not submitting compliance reports. Sources said these schools had been granted registration with the direction to ensure availability of missing facilities, including infrastructure shortfall, lack of classrooms, deficiencies in libraries, laboratories and teachers.…
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CM Promises Children Bright Future

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi on January 23 said the province had witnessed terrorism and violence over the past 25 years, and now the time had come to lead children towards knowledge and a bright future. He stated this while speaking at an event, where he launched…
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Mother, Aunt record statements in Sana Yousuf murder case

ISLAMABAD: Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Afzal Majoka on Jnuary 22 recorded the statements of mother and maternal aunt of renowned TikToker Sana Yousuf in her murder case. The court summoned the officials of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) over threats received by the defense counsel, and adjourned…
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Unlearning Old Ways

PAKISTAN’s education system has struggled to evolve beyond traditional patterns where reproduction is prioritised over the application of knowledge and skills. Thinkers such as John Dewey and Paulo Freire have long argued that education should connect classrooms with lived realities, and be outcome-oriented. An Outcome-Based Education system (OBE) has gained…
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Minor Girl ‘Raped’, Tortured in Sanghar; Accused at Large

HYDERABAD: A minor girl, allegedly subjected to rape and a post-rape torture in which she sustained multiple wounds of cuts with a sharp object including one on her tongue, has booked a young man in the rape FIR at Chautiarion police station in Sanghar district. The accused Wazeer Rajar, son…
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FIA Obtains 5-day Remand of Eight Cops in Gang-rape Case

SUKKUR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday obtained a five-day remand of all eight suspects nominated in the alleged gang-rape in the RD-44 police station of Jacobabad district about a week ago. The FIA had registered a new FIR (No. CC-LRK (Acc)-1/2026) against two SHOs and their six subordinates…
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Man commits Suicide after Killing Four Family Members

TAXILA: An estranged man shot dead his father- and mother-in-law and two minor children in Pind Mehri village in Hassanabdal before committing suicide on January 22. Sources in the Hassanabdal police said that Nasir, a resident of Haripur, had contracted marriage with his cousin in Pind Mehri village in the…
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