Azmat Habib

Stray Dogs Injure 30 Children in Shangla’s Puran Tehsil

SHANGLA: At least 30 children were injured in stray dog attacks during the last two days in different areas of Puran tehsil here, triggering fear and panic among residents. According to sources eight children were seriously injured in a single day on 25 December due to stray dog bites in…
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Moot Advocates for Girls’ Education

PESHAWAR: Participants of a multi-party convention on the girls’ education on December 25 pledged to support the formal learning for girls through resolutions, increased investment and the provision of missing facilities. The moot was organised by NGO Blue Veins, with the support of Malala Fund, bringing together representatives from major…
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Seminary student assaulted in Serai Naurang

LAKKI MARWAT: A 12-year-old student of a seminary was assaulted in Serai Naurang area of Lakki Marwat district here on December 23, the police said. Three suspects intercepted the boy at gunpoint on Kakki Road and took him to an under-construction house where one of them assaulted him while another…
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Modern Neonatal Nursery to Help Reduce Infant Mortality in Dir

LOWER DIR: To provide timely diagnosis and treatment for newborns including premature and low-birth-weight babies, aiming to reduce infant mortality in the district, a modern neonatal nursery was inaugurated in Timergara on December 23. The facility established under the supervision of district children’s specialist Dr Qiyamud Din Kashaf is equipped…
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Four get Life Term, Fine for Rape of Two Boys

BAHAWALPUR: The additional district and sessions judges (AD&SJ) in Lodhran and Kahror Pacca have handed down life sentences and heavy fines to four individuals convicted in two separate cases involving the rape of young boys. In Kahror Pacca, AD&SJ Umar Farooq Awan sentenced two men, Abdullah Zafar and Shah Mir,…
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Rapid Population Growth most Serious Threat to National Security: Experts

ISLAMABAD: Sociologists and security experts described rapid population growth as one of the most serious threats to Pakistan’s national security, warning that large numbers of out-of-school and unemployed youth undermine human development and increase vulnerability to instability and extremism. The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration with the…
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Introduction of New Exam System Draws Flak from Khyber Educationists

KHYBER: Educationists and representatives of teacher associations in Khyber have expressed reservations over simultaneous conducting of school-based assessment (SBA), semester and internal midterm examinations from primary to middle levels. They said that though SBA was beneficial in ascertaining and then removing flaws in educational system, it was implemented in a…
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