Azmat Habib

Children Need to be Equipped with Practical Life Skills: Education Secretary

ISLAMABAD: Quality education should not only focus on academic excellence but also equip children with practical life skills, including critical thinking, effective communication, problem-solving and informed decision-making, enabling them to become responsible and productive citizens. This was stated by Federal Education Secretary Nadeem Mahbub during the launching ceremony of Grade…

NA Body Wants Nationwide Standard Age for Marriage

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on July 29 expressed concern over the different ages determined for marriage by the federal and provincial governments and directed the Ministry of Human Rights to adopt stringent measures to make the marriage age identical throughout the country by taking all provinces into confidence. The meeting…

HIV Warning

THE HIV infections detected around two SESSI-run hospitals in Karachi demand far more than another hurried committee and a seven-day report. Ten people have tested positive near the Landhi facility, while screening around Valika Hospital has identified 120 cases, including children. These figures do not by themselves prove hospital transmission;…

Drowning the Future

THE floods are visiting us again. The death toll will be counted within days. The damage to roads, bridges and embankments will be tallied within weeks and translated into a dollar figure. Expect this assessment to dominate the coverage. It is legitimate but a wrong ledger regardless. The real casualty…

‘Pakistan’s Population can Reach 400 Million by 2040’

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Health Dr Muk­htar Ahmad Bharath on Wednesday warned that Pakistan’s population could reach 400 million by 2040, stressing that public awareness and individual responsibility were essential to address the country’s rapid population growth. Speaking at a ceremony at the Basic Health Unit (BHU) in Tarlai,…

KP Education Boards Directed to De-affiliate Unregistered Private Schools

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi has directed the chairmen of all education boards to immediately initiate a process to de-affiliate those high and higher secondary schools, which are not registered with Private Schools Regulatory Authority (PSRA). The chief minister is controlling authority of all boards of intermediate…

‘Over 119,000 Children Out of School in Mohmand’

MOHMAND: More than 119,000 children, including 73,000 girls, remained out-of-school in Mohmand tribal district, prompting the education department to intensify its enrollment campaign aimed at bringing every school-age child into classrooms. Mohmand district education officer (DEO) Midrarullah disclosed the figures while addressing a one-day capacity-building workshop for teachers at the…

Insecurity Hampers Polio Campaign, Watchdog Told

• Pakistan claims virus eradication is within reach as cases have dropped sharply • Informs Independent Monitoring Board that virus footprint is narrowing, but concentrated in most difficult geographies now ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has told the global Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) that the country has entered a decisive phase in its…
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