KARACHI: Until two years ago, Gul-e-Haya was a quiet child. Born with a congenital amputation — her right forearm never developed — she rarely mingled with other children at home or in her class at a small private school in Hyderabad. Her father, 35-year-old Syed Waqas, hoped that she would…
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has upheld a conditional remand order in a family dispute, ruling that a father seeking to reopen ex parte proceedings cannot avoid paying maintenance — particularly to a minor child — during fresh trial proceedings. Justice Raheel Kamran dismissed a petition filed by Faizan Kareem,…
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet on April 23 approved a more than Rs3.7 billion package for school and college education, alongside a series of wide-ranging decisions covering employee regularisation, institutional reforms and legislative amendments. Meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, the cabinet also…
MANSEHRA: The Upper Kohistan district administration, the other day, laid the foundation stone of two relocated schools falling within the reservoir area of the Dasu Hydropower Project (DHPP). “These educational institutions are being built under the Local Area Development Programme initiated by DHPP to provide quality education and foster socioeconomic…
LARKANA: A five-year-old boy has died from measles in a village near Naudero, bringing the total number of measles-related deaths in the area to three within just three days. The deceased, Ali Abbas, son of Noor Muhammad Soomro, was a resident of Nau Gath on the outskirts of Naudero. The…
OKARA: A woman was arrested on April 21 for allegedly strangling her seven-year-old son to death from her first husband to save her second marriage. According to the complainant, minor’s father Irfan Ali, he received a call from his former father-in-law, who told him that his son Ali Hamza was…
• Officials say hundreds of students caught cheating • Board claims 95pc exam centres ‘completely secure’ • Videos of cheating, copying go viral • Political parties concerned over mismanagement KARACHI: As the ongoing matric examinations continue under the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK), multiple incidents of cheating, paper leaks…
ESHAAL, a 12-year-old student in Grade 7, sits in front of her laptop screen attending a 45-minute math lesson online. Her video is on, the teacher can see her, but she is disconnected from the lesson. Instead, she is consumed by a private chat with her friend on another window.…
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to 14 years in prison in a case pertaining to sexually assaulting a minor boy within the jurisdiction of the Sukhan police station. The additional district and sessions judge (Malir) found Sher Ali guilty for committing rape with a six-year-old boy in…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s HIV crisis is worsening. Nearly 79 percent of people living with HIV do not know they are infected, and most of those who are diagnosed are not receiving treatment. Health experts raised serious concerns on Saturday and called for accountability in healthcare system, along with an independent audit…
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