Azmat Habib

Missing Boy Found Dead in Graveyard

BAHAWALPUR: The Musafir Khana police have recovered the body of a 12-year-old boy from a graveyard in Goth Mehro, around 30 kilometers from the city. The authorities suspect the victim was murdered following a sexual assault. The victim, identified as Muhammad Javed, son of Abdul Hamid, went missing on the…
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Starved Childhoods

EVERY day, in homes across Pakistan, millions of children are quietly being left behind. Not by flood or famine, earthquake or epidemic, but by the slow, invisible erosion of chronic undernutrition. The crisis unfolding concerns the 40 percent of Pakistani children under five who are stunted, the nearly 10m children…
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20,000 Schoolteachers without Pay for Three Months in Punjab

LAHORE: Around 20,000 teachers working in 4,300 schools operating under the Punjab Education Initiatives Management Authority (PEIMA) did not get salaries for the past three months, leading to severe financial difficulties for them. The situation could prompt many of the teachers to quit their jobs that would affect education of…
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SC Commutes Death Sentence of Father to Life Imprisonment

• Says executing sole surviving parent would create ‘judiciary-sponsored orphanhood’ • Convict had killed his wife and daughter in Vehari in 2021 ISLAMABAD: Keeping in view the welfare of a child, the Supreme Court on March 10 commuted the death sentence of a convicted father to life imprisonment, observing that…
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Public Financing in Education 2025-26

Education remains a crucial driver of human development and economic growth in Pakistan. Investments in learning strengthen human capital, enhance productivity, and expand opportunities for innovation and inclusive progress. Article 25-A of the Constitution guarantees free and compulsory education for all children aged five to sixteen, while Article 37(b) commits…
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Govt Urged to Take Immediate Steps to Control Stray Dog Population

KARACHI: Sharing serious concern over the alarming increase in stray dog attacks across the province, which have resulted in injuries and loss of lives, speakers at a roundtable conference held on Monday called upon the government to carry out its constitutional duty of protecting human lives by taking immediate steps…
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Counting Children

FIRST the good news: on Feb 21, 2026, Sindh carried out its first real-time digital birth registrations of four newborns at public teaching hospitals — a long-awaited move towards reducing bureaucracy and improving archaic processes. The first paperless registrations were accomplished under a digital framework that integrated these hospitals with Nadra’s…
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Man booked for ‘Rape’ of Daughter

NAROWAL: Kotli Loharan police have registered a case against a man for allegedly subjecting his daughter to rape at Chak Sadio, Sialkot. ‘Z’ filed a complaint with the police, saying that she was at home with her family on the night of Feb 18. She said at 2:30am, she heard…
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