LAHORE: In a ruling highlighting the importance of a child’s welfare and intelligent preference, the Lahore High Court (LHC) has set aside the orders of two subordinate courts and allowed adoptive parents to retain custody of a 13-year-old minor boy. Justice Faisal Zaman Khan observed that the lower courts erred…
LAHORE: The Punjab government’s decision to change the school curriculum has triggered strong opposition from publishers, who warned that the move would financially damage the publishing industry and disrupt the supply of textbooks for the upcoming academic session. The Punjab government had formed the Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training and Assessments…
KHYBER: Lack of awareness and lackluster response from the health authorities is resulting in rapid spread of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Aids) among residents in different parts of Khyber, health experts told Dawn on December 2. They said Khyber district with 313 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases was second after North Waziristan,…
ISLAMABAD: Experts at the concluding session of the Population Summit on December 2 said rampant population growth has remained a least priority issue of successive governments as they always focused on their own projection and opposition bashing. Former information and culture minister Mushahid Hussain Sayed, in his keynote address, said…
PESHAWAR: Health department has vaccinated 96 percent of the target children against measles-rubella during the 12-day campaign in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to officials. They said that 25 children had died of measles, one of the 12 vaccine-preventable childhood diseases, in the province so far, mostly because of non-vaccination. The recent…
Every morning, millions of children walk into schools across Pakistan with hopes, dreams and a desire to learn. Yet, behind these school walls, many face risks that threaten not only their education but their safety, dignity, and emotional well-being. Safeguarding our children in educational institutions is no longer just a…
WASHINGTON: Children who are given smartphones before the age of 12 are more likely to develop certain health problems, researchers report. According to a piece published by the journal Pediatrics, kids studied at age 12 were at a 1.3 times higher risk of depression, a 1.6 times higher risk of…
• Pleas for FIR against mayor, KWSC, Gulshan town chairman and judicial inquiry land in courts • Parties, civil society demand mayor’s resignation • Celebrities blame failed civic management for tragedy KARACHI: The widespread outrage that the tragic death of a child, who drowned in an open manhole in Gulshan-i-Iqbal…
The teenage son of Justice Mohammed Asif of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was remanded into police custody on December 2 in a case where two young women lost their lives after being hit by a speeding sports utility vehicle (SUV). Judicial magistrate Shaista Khan Kundi issued the remand order…
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah inaugurated the School of Visual and Performing Arts building at the Arts Council on December 1 evening during the World Culture Festival. He first unveiled the plaque of the school and then went up the building to have a look at the different…
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