Azmat Habib

New Force, Blood Testing Planned To Tackle Drug Menace Among Karachi Students

• ‘Coalition Against Drugs’ to monitor children’s behaviour, attendance, academic performance and social interactions • Those doing drugs should be treated as victims, not criminals, says Shehzad Roy KARACHI: The Campus Security and Substance Abuse Watch Force, comprising 50 police personnel, was established on September 2 to curb the menace…
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Team To Probe Teenager’s Death ‘After Inoculation’

SUKKUR: A six-member health department team has arrived in Jacobabad to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a young girl, who allegedly passed away after being inoculated, officials said on Wednesday. According to Sumaira’s family, the teenager and her younger sister Naseeman had been rushed to a private hospital…
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Child Gang-rape Case: Three Men Get 14-year Jail Each

BAHAWALPUR: Lodhran Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ayyaz has sentenced three men to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment each for the gang-rape of a nine-year-old boy ‘S’. The court also imposed a fine of Rs1million on each convict. According to the prosecution, Kabir Baloch, Hassan Baloch and Iqbal Baloch…
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Pakistan To Create Youth Development Index 2026

ISLAMABAD: A number of organisations have joined hands to develop the Pakistan Youth Development Index (PYDI) 2026 to systematically measure and track the progress of youth well-being and development in the country. The organisations preparing the tool include the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Prime Minister’s Youth Program (PMYP),…
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Woman Booked For Retracting Rape Allegation

TOBA TEK SINGH: A woman was booked by the Khanewal Chhab Kalan police on Wednesday for retracting her statement in an attempted rape case against a man. Police said that on July 4, the accused woman claimed in her complaint to the police that one Ramzan had attempted to rape…
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Dengue Takes Another Life in Mansehra, Toll Reaches Three

MANSEHRA: Another youth died of dengue, raising the death toll to three in the district, his family said on September 30. Mohammad Ibrahim, 16, was admitted to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital (KATH) after testing positive for dengue. According to his family, his condition worsened when his platelets dropped sharply. He…
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CM Vows to Bring Education Revolution in Punjab

CHAKWAL: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on September 30 vowed to bring an educational revolution in the province claiming that robotics and artificial intelligence would be introduced in the government schools. She was addressing a ceremony held at the University of Chakwal here on Wednesday in connection with laptops…
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Girl Gang-raped by Five for Years

NAROWAL: Five suspects kept gang-raping a girl for five years by blackmailing her through a video in Pasrur tehsil of district Sialkot. A resident of village Dogri Harian filed a complaint with the police, saying that his granddaughter (now 15) was playing outside the house when five youths, residents of…
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Govt Launches Initiative to Standardise Sign Language

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on September 30 said the absence of a standardised Pakistan Sign Language (PSL) has long limited access to education, employment, justice and public services for special persons. Addressing the National Consultation on the Standardisation of PSL, he…
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