Azmat Habib

Empowered Teachers

IN the developing world, teachers have a role that extends well beyond that of educators. The change that teachers bring about not only impacts their students’ academic attainment, it also has ripple effects on their students’ families in many ways. Education is a critical tool of social development and, as…

Man Gets Life Term For Sexually Assaulting Teenage Girl

KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Malir) Syed Ghous Ali Shah Jillani found Muhammad Kaleem guilty and sentenced him on two counts: 10-year imprisonment under Section 364-A…

Digital Violence is Real Violence

Violence against women remains among the most pervasive and least prosecuted human rights violations in the world. For decades, this violence occurred mainly in homes, workplaces, streets or institutions. Today, it has expanded into a new and far more complex frontier: the digital realm. As the country and the world…

Mobile Health Services Begin Garnering Public Trust

Clinics on Wheels and the Rural Ambulance Service 1034, being operated by the Punjab Health Department in Jhelum, Gujar Khan, Kalar Syedan and Kahuta, as well as other districts of Punjab, are drawing public attention. The reason is that they deliver services in rural areas, making healthcare accessible. According to…

504 Killed in 2025 Monsoon Floods in KP, Court Informed

PESHAWAR: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has informed Peshawar High Court that 504 persons including 338 men, 76 women and 90 children lost lives during this year devastating monsoon flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The authority provided the information in its comments submitted to the high court in a petition…

Authorities Fail to Retrieve illegally Occupied Land of Girls’ School

TAXILA: The local administration and education department have failed to retrieve 10 kanals of Government Girls Elementary School Marri in tehsil Jand of Attock from the encroachment mafia. According to reports, the school was originally established on 15 kanals, but due to encroachment by influential individuals, its area has now…

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…

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…

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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