Azmat Habib

Couple’s Five Kids Suffer from ‘Mysterious’ Disease

SUKKUR: Five children of a couple have been suffering from a mysterious skin disease that has covered their all body parts. The patients are now losing their eyesight as well, according to the couple. Abdul Ghafoor Lashari, a resident of Gul Akbar Pathan village, located near Khanpur Mahar town of…

Health in Shambles

PAKISTAN’S health sector is no longer merely under strain, it is in complete disarray. The Pakistan Medical Association’s Health of the Nation 2026 report reveals a crisis that has long festered, is preventable and most worryingly, normalised. The numbers should jolt policymakers: 675 newborns and 27 mothers die every single…

Population Surge Threatens Growth, Warns Aurangzeb

• Insists govt can’t create jobs for millions of people; private sector must lead employment drive • Claims FIR registered against sitting senator over alleged tax evasion • Says tobacco sector ‘not paying taxes’, involved in smuggling • Construction relief package ‘in pipeline’, announcement expected soon • Textile support under…

Woman Attempts Suicide Along With Minor Children

LAHORE: The Dolphin Force claimed to have rescued a woman and her children after she climbed on top of a minaret of a mosque in Raiwind area to commit suicide. As per reports, Allah Bakshi took the extreme step due to financial strains she had been facing for the last…

16-year-old Girl dies by Suicide

KARACHI: A teenage girl took her own life in her Orangi Town home on Feb 13, police said. Pakistan Bazaar SHO Imam Bux Lashari said that 16-year-old Neha had lost her interest in studying. Her mother and brothers scolded her for not going to school. In the early morning, she…

AI In The Classroom

LAST week Abu Dhabi hosted the ‘Machines Can Think 2026’ conference. Given the region’s enthusiastic embrace of AI, the availability of resources for ambitious approaches, and the openness to pursue them, I was most interested in one particular panel discussion session, titled ‘AI Classroom — Rethinking Education for the Knowledge…

Man held for ‘Drugging, Raping’ minor daughter

BAHAWALNAGAR: The Saddar police arrested a man on Feb 13, allegedly for drugging and raping his minor daughter at Haroonabad. The FIR registered by the police on the complaint of the survivor’s mother, Tayyaba Kulsum, a resident of Chishtian, on Feb 12, says she married the suspect, ‘Z’, of Haroonabad…

Eight Boys Injured in Lakki Quadcopter Strike

LAKKI MARWAT: Eight minor boys were injured in a quadcopter strike in Takhti area here on 12 February, police said. They said the terrorists targeted a football ground in the remote rural area with explosives that were dropped from a quadcopter. “The explosion resulted in inflicting injuries to eight minor…

Humour in Classrooms

WHEN I look back on my years of education — K-12 to university — and across cultures, and think of the good or outstanding teachers I had — and I did have some — among the many traits of such teachers, the one I find seldom talked about is their…
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