Azmat Habib

Modern Neonatal Nursery to Help Reduce Infant Mortality in Dir

LOWER DIR: To provide timely diagnosis and treatment for newborns including premature and low-birth-weight babies, aiming to reduce infant mortality in the district, a modern neonatal nursery was inaugurated in Timergara on December 23. The facility established under the supervision of district children’s specialist Dr Qiyamud Din Kashaf is equipped…
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Four get Life Term, Fine for Rape of Two Boys

BAHAWALPUR: The additional district and sessions judges (AD&SJ) in Lodhran and Kahror Pacca have handed down life sentences and heavy fines to four individuals convicted in two separate cases involving the rape of young boys. In Kahror Pacca, AD&SJ Umar Farooq Awan sentenced two men, Abdullah Zafar and Shah Mir,…
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Rapid Population Growth most Serious Threat to National Security: Experts

ISLAMABAD: Sociologists and security experts described rapid population growth as one of the most serious threats to Pakistan’s national security, warning that large numbers of out-of-school and unemployed youth undermine human development and increase vulnerability to instability and extremism. The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration with the…
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Introduction of New Exam System Draws Flak from Khyber Educationists

KHYBER: Educationists and representatives of teacher associations in Khyber have expressed reservations over simultaneous conducting of school-based assessment (SBA), semester and internal midterm examinations from primary to middle levels. They said that though SBA was beneficial in ascertaining and then removing flaws in educational system, it was implemented in a…
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Rabies Prevention Programme hits Roadblock in Sindh

KARACHI: The chief secretary of Sindh was informed on December 21 that out of the Rs265 million allocated this year for mass dog vaccination and sterilisation, only Rs66.255m was released so far and only one centre was operational outside Karachi. The CS, Asif Hyder Shah, held a meeting on rabies…
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FBISE Model to be replicated Nationwide for Modernising Education Boards

ISLAMABAD: The government is considering launching a new project aimed at making educational boards of the country equipped with modern technology on the pattern of the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE). Since 2015-18, the federal government has upgraded FBISE through a Rs50 million project, “Modernisation and Standardisation…
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Bahawalpur Woman Kills Daughter for Stopping her from Smoking

BAHAWALPUR: A mother allegedly killed her teenage daughter for stopping her from smoking in Basti Sokar in the City Yazman Police station area in Bahawalpur district on Sunday. According to the police, accused Nabila’s daughter Aisha (16) disliked her smoking and used to stop her. Police claimed that when her…
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Shehbaz wants Autism Centre to be Completed within a Year

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on December 19 directed that the Autism Centre of Excellence being established in the federal capital be completed within one year instead of two and reaffirmed the government’s resolve to provide world-class education, therapy and vocational facilities to children with special needs. Addressing the foundation-laying…
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