Azmat Habib

Over 140 Pakistanis Die Every Day from TB, says WHO

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that tuberculosis kills 140 people per day in Pakistan, it informed during World Tuberculosis Day on Mar 24. The government of Pakistan and the WHO have reminded the public that tuberculosis(TB) is curable and that early detection and treatment are vital to…

DEA Seals 140 Non-compliant Private Schools

CHINIOT: The district education authority (DEA) has sealed 140 private educational institutions operating across the tehsils of Lalian, Bhowana and Chiniot for functioning without valid registration certificates and e-licences. Under the Private Educational Institutions (Promotion and Regulation) Ordinance, 1984, as amended from time to time, all private schools are required…

Ending TB

WORLD Tuberculosis Day is meant to remind governments that one of humanity’s oldest diseases remains among its deadliest. Despite decades of medical progress, TB continues to infect millions each year. The WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 estimates that 10.7m people developed TB in 2024and about 1.23m died, making it the…

Three-year-old abducted girl recovered in Burewala

BUREWALA: Under the leadership of DPO Vehari Tassawar Iqbal, Model Town police carried out a swift operation and safely recovered a three-year-old girl, who was abducted from Habib Colony. According to the police, the girl was forcibly taken by unidentified abductors in a car while playing outside her house with…

Parental Disputes Harming Children’s Mental Health: SHC

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that parental conflicts are badly affecting children’s mental well-being in multiple ways, and such trauma leaves deep scars on their psychological health and personality when these disputes land in court. A single-judge bench of the SHC headed by Justice Muhammad Hasan Akber…

Education Ministry Partners with CSOs to Enroll 25,000 Out-of-school Children

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, on March 19, held a signing ceremony for a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with eight civil society organisations to support out-of-school children (OOSC). The ceremony formalised collaboration under the “No Child Left Behind” campaign, aimed at ensuring universal access to education…

Another Missing Boy Found Dead in Dera

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The body of a seven-year-old boy, who had gone missing on Mar 15, was recovered from agricultural fields in the Kirri Shamozai area, the police said here on Wednesday. The child, identified as Fawad Khan, had been missing since Sunday from the Mangal locality within the jurisdiction…

Matriculation Examinations: Minister Wants Students Facilitated

PESHAWAR: Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Arshad Ayub Khan on Mar 18 instructed chairmen of educational boards to take measures to provide facilities to students during the matriculation examinations slated for March 31. An official handout said that he was chairing a meeting about the upcoming matriculation examinations.Elementary and…
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