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Govt approves 2,800 Posts of School Watchmen

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has formally approved recruitment of 2,800 watchmen for government schools in 28 districts of the province. According to a statement issued by finance department on Monday, the recruitment process to fill vacant positions in schools will be carried out with complete transparency. All appointments will…

KP records over 87,000 Dog Bite Cases this Year

PESHAWAR: A sharp and sustained rise in dog bite incidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has turned a long-ignored municipal issue into a serious public health challenge. The official data shows more than 87,000 cases reported in 2025, over 27,000 more than the previous year, raising concerns over unchecked stray dog populations,…

MPA shocks treasury: Punjab’s literacy rate below Afghanistan’s

LAHORE: To the embarrassment of the treasury, the Punjab Assembly session was adjourned due to a lack of quorum on December 29. The proceedings were marred by protests, heated exchanges between treasury and opposition members, and a boycott by press gallery members over, what they termed, anti-media and derogatory remarks…

Four Super Flu Cases Confirmed in Rawalpindi, Murree

RAWALPINDI: As super flu spreads across the globe, four confirmed cases have been reported in the garrison city and Murree, prompting the administration to take precautionary measures, including the establishment of a 10-bed isolation ward at Holy Family Hospital. “As many as 22 suspected cases of acute respiratory illness were…

Man Arrested on Charges of Raping Girl in AJK

MUZAFFARABAD: Police in the Jhelum Valley district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) arrested a mosque imam (prayer leader) and Quran teacher in the early hours of December 28 on charges of raping a nine-year-old girl. Station House Officer (SHO) Hattian Bala Manzar Hussain Chughtai told Dawn that at around…
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Open Drain Claims Girl’s Life

HYDERABAD: In a second incident of its kind in the city within a week, a young girl died after falling into a sewerage drain on December 27. Mariam, 5, had accompanied her father, Sohbat Brohi, and other relatives who had come to the Hatri area to condole the death of…

Two Youth Held for Gang Rape of Minor in Punjab’s Chishtian

BAHAWALNAGAR: Two youth were arrested on December 27 for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl in Chishtian. The FIR registered with the Saddar Police claimed that two youth of basti 106/F lured a three-year-old girl to a deserted place when her father sent her to get some food from a wedding…

Minor Girl Injured by Kite String in Kasur

KASUR: A six-year-old girl was injured by a kite string on December 27  near Adda Maan on Ganda Singh Road, within the jurisdiction of the Saddar Police Station. The victim, identified as Zainab Fatima of Bhadian village, was riding on the front of a motorcycle with her brother, Abdul Rehman,…

11-year-old Girl Sold to Brothel House

Rawalpindi: The biological mother sold her eleven-year-old daughter in Rawalpindi to a woman, who decided to handover the underage girl to a brothel house to make her source of income where she kept molesting for five months. However, the sold-out girl managed to escape from the brothel house and reached…
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