Azmat Habib

Climate Readiness

AS policymakers gather for the Breathe Pakistan conference this week, the urgency is hard to miss. Each year, such forums bring new ideas. Yet the country’s climate risks keep growing. The question is no longer what we know, but what we are willing to do. The latest Jinnah Institute report…
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Half of Textile Workers’ Children are Out of School, Study Finds

KARACHI: A fresh study has shown that roughly half of the children coming from textile supply chain workers of Karachi cannot afford to go to school despite two to three people in the family working full-time. The study conducted by the National Organisation for Working Communities (NOWCommunities) has shown that…
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Early Enactment of Child Marriage Restraint Law Demanded

PESHAWAR: Lawmakers and civil society representatives at a provincial consultation expressed concern over delay in enactment of a law restraining child marriages in the province and called upon the government to push forward the draft bill for cabinet approval and subsequent tabling in the provincial assembly. The high-level provincial consultation…
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Govt Urged to Declare National Health Emergency Over Rising HIV Cases

KARACHI: Raising an alarm over the recurring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreaks at healthcare facilities in the country, experts at a press conference held on May 2 demanded that the government declare a national health emergency over the “dangerous spread” of the disease, now affecting children in large numbers. They…
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Concept-based Learning to Replace Rote Memorisation in Punjab Schools

LAHORE: The Punjab Education Curriculum, Training and Assessment Authority (Pectaa) has introduced curricula changes in grades I to V aiming to replace rote memorisation with concept-based learning. The authority convened the inaugural meeting of its Curriculum Advisory Committee here on Saturday regarding reforming the primary education system in Punjab. The…
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50 Schools Reconstructed in Bara with Chinese Aid

KHYBER: Dozens of school buildings, destroyed in acts of terrorism, in Khyber tribal district have been reconstructed with modern facilities under a China-aided project. Maqbool Azam, the executive engineer of communication and works department, told this scribe that with the cooperation of China Assistance Programme, 50 educational institutions, which were…
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Pakistan Medical Association Warns of ‘Man-made Epidemic’ over Syringe Reuse

• Calls for nationwide audit, seizure of non-compliant, falsely labelled stocks • Blames Drap, provincial authorities for ‘catastrophic failure’ KARACHI: Warning of a looming “man-made epidemic”, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on April 30 expressed serious concern over the widespread manufacture and use of reusable syringes despite a countrywide ban…
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Bodies of Missing Minor Brothers Found in Trunk

SAHIWAL: The bodies of two minor brothers were recovered on 1st May from a tin trunk in their house at Bashera village of Sahiwal tehsil, hours after they allegedly went missing. Initial police investigation suggested the boys got asphyxiated after hiding in a trunk out of fear, during a violent…
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Suspected Remains of ‘Missing’ Girl Found in Dir

LOWER DIR: Suspected remains of a six-year-old girl, who went missing some six months ago from Nagri Payeen village of Talash, were recovered from a mountainous area in Talash on April 27, the police and residents said. Police said the child, identified as Masroora, had gone missing on Oct 12.…
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