Azmat Habib

Rampant Drug Abuse

THE rising abuse of an anticonvulsant medication in the market is destroying the lives of the country’s youth. The drug, whose generic name is pregabalin and which is available under different brand names, decreases the number of pain signals that are sent out by damaged nerves in the body. Young…
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Govt Asked to Operationalise KP’s First-ever Children Hospital

PESHAWAR: Health experts have demanded that the government to make operational the province’s first-ever children hospital forthwith. They made the demand while speaking at a function held at the Khyber Institute of Child Health (KICH), Hayatabad, on November 22. The event was organised by Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
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CSA Rolls Out Five-day School Immersion Initiative

LAHORE: The Pakistan Civil Services Academy (CSA), Walton Campus, has launched a five-day public school attachment programme for probationary officers of the 53rd Common Training Programme (CTP), marking a significant step toward strengthening public education and promoting environmental responsibility across Punjab. The initiative, introduced in November 2025, places trainee civil…
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Disturbing Reality of Grave Offenses Among Confined Juveniles

Islamabad: It’s time to look beyond the headlines of child labor and face a harsher truth. The poor are losing their sons to the streets. Across our class-divided society, a chilling wave of juvenile criminality is sweeping up the voiceless children of marginalised families. This crisis isn’t an anomaly—it’s the…
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Who Gets Educated?

Across Pakistan’s towns and cities, families wrestle with agonising choices each month: which bill to pay, which cost to delay and, increasingly, whether to keep paying school fees. After rent and food, little remains. For many households, that scarcity means deciding which child gets to stay in school. More often…
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Child Abuse ‘Red Line’ for CM

LAHORE: Senior Minister Punjab Marriyum Aurangzeb said that practical measures are being taken for the protection and welfare of children under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. She reiterated that the Punjab government upholds a strict zero-tolerance policy towards child abuse and exploitation, and child violence is a…
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Second Phase of Project For Out-of-school Children in Sindh Launched

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on November 21 called upon private organisations and individuals to join hands with the government in promoting education, announcing that if any private entity or individual adopts a school under the Accelerated Digital Learning Programme (ADLP), the government would match their contribution by…
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‘Faisalabad to be Made Rabies-free’

TOBA TEK SINGH: Under the Punjab government’s Dog Population Control Policy, Faisalabad will be transformed into a rabies-free city by the end of 2026, in collaboration with an organisation working for animal welfare. This announcement was made by Faisalabad Commissioner Raja Jahangir Anwar during his visit to the Tahirah Animal…
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Man gets 14-year RI for bid to Rape Boy

BAHAWALPUR: Lodhran Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Muhammad Ayyaz handed down a 14-year jail term with a fine to a man, who attempted to rape a boy in Basti Gailiwal in the city police station limits. According to the prosecution, on May 5, 2024, 11-year-old, ‘A’, was going to a shop…
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Police find ‘Kidnapped’ Girl Eloped to Afghanistan

NAROWAL: The district police have concluded that a 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped, has eloped to Afghanistan on her own free will. According to details, Abdul Haq, a labourer in Sialkot, complained to the police that on Oct 27, his 16-year-old daughter Samina went out of the house to…
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