Azmat Habib

Unicef urges Safe, Happy and Hopeful Childhood for all

Islamabad: Every child deserves to grow up safe, happy and hopeful, said Unicef Representative in Pakistan Pernille Ironside on November 20. “Too many children still wake up without nutritious food, a sense of safety or opportunities to learn and that is not the world they asked for. We must do…
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24 Kids Taken into Custody in Anti-beggary Drive

GUJRAT: A joint official team being led by the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau CPWB) on November 19 took at least 24 children into custody during an operation against begging in various parts of the city. At least 17 women and some men were also detained by the official team…
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Caucus on Child Rights Calls for Urgent Polio Legislation, Awareness

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights of the National Assembly convened a meeting titled “Polio-Free Pakistan: A Legislative Priority” here on November 19. The meeting was chaired by the convenor of PCCR, MNA Dr Nikhat Shakeel Khan, and attended by parliamentarians’ secretaries, representatives from health and finance departments. Dr…
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For the Children

WORLD Children’s Day is upon us, yet countless children are denied even simple rights that should never be in question. This year’s call to “listen to children and stand up for their rights” feels painfully apt. Millions of children wake up each day to fear and uncertainty. In conflict zones,…
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Storm-hit School Provided Tents in Upper Kohistan

MANSEHRA: A government-run school in Shitial area of Upper Kohistan, which had been functioning in the open after its prefabricated structure was destroyed in a windstorm, has now been shifted to tents. “We have provided tents to education department not only for this school but also for other institutions that…
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Our Sanitation Crisis

At some point in their lives, those who call this country home would have had to go through the experience of being outside when nature calls in the full knowledge that there are few, if any, public toilets nearby. While most men would still be able to make do in…
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District Vulnerability Index Launched

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb has said the country’s long-term economic prospects depend on effectively confronting the dual national challenges of rapid population growth and climate vulnerability. He made the observation while addressing the launching ceremony of the District Vulnerability Index for Pakistan (DVIP), organised by the Population Council…
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Experts Show Concern over ‘Irrational’ Use of Antibiotics

PESHAWAR: Paediatricians have expressed serious concerns over ineffectiveness of antibiotics in typhoid fever in children, urging health department to launch vaccination campaign, improve water and sanitation services and ensure rational use of antibiotics. The authors of a recently published study have written to health department that the findings have confirmed…
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Kidnapped Girl Recovered in Dir

TIMERGARA: The Lower Dir Police on November 17 recovered a 10-year-old girl who had been kidnapped from Gulo Shah, Timergara, the previous day. According to the police, an unidentified motorcyclist abducted at gunpoint 10-year-old Dua Rahman and 9-year-old Rabia while they were on their way back from the house of…
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