PESHAWAR: Teachers and students of government colleges staged protest demonstrations in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 5 against the decision to outsource the under-enrolled colleges and the proposal to link the promotion of teachers to MPhil degree and research work in their respective subjects. The students converged on…
Owing to the growing incidence of mental health issues with around 25 million Pakistanis suffering from depression, anxiety and other psychological disorders, along with availability of a few psychiatrists, Alkhidmat Pakistan has launched an initiative called ‘Brain on Wheels’ to expand access to mental health care in far-flung areas of…
Residents of Badal Goth in the Sharafi Goth area of Landhi caught a man accused of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl and handed him over to the police on October 5. Local residents reportedly caught the suspect, identified as 67-year-old Mashooq Ali, while allegedly assaulted the minor girl in a…
PESHAWAR: A local court has convicted a person and sentenced him to death on seven counts in honour-related murder of seven persons including his former wife, three children and three other relatives, here over four years ago. The additional sessions judge, Mohammad Jamil Khan, pronounced that the prosecution proved its…
BAHAWALPUR: Mailsi Saddar police in Vehari district claimed on October 4 to have arrested a six-month pregnant woman for the brutal murder of her infant nephew in Sorosani locality. Reports said Najma suspected that the mother of her two-and-a-half-year-old nephew Hadi was jealous of her pregnancy and would use ‘spiritual…
NAROWAL: Police have arrested three suspects for the alleged gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl, an assault that reportedly took place five years ago and whose video was recently made viral on social media. The victim’s grandfather, ‘G’, a resident of Dogri Harian, Pasrur Tehsil, filed a first information report against…
GUJRAT: The Federal Investigation Agency has arrested two human traffickers involved in child trafficking to Italy via Libyan Coast. In the child trafficking case, the arrests were made from Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin districts whereas the two others were arrested from Wazirabad and Hafizabad districts during a crackdown against illegal…
ISLAMABAD: The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances disposed of 113 cases in September 2025, raising the total number of decided cases to 8,986 out of 10,636 received since its inception in March 2011. According to the commission’s monthly report, 1,650 cases were still under investigation. The overall disposal rate…
THE Sindh government’s recent plan to outsource school education through public-private partnerships (PPPs) has sparked a new debate. While the move is being portrayed as a step towards improving quality, it raises more concerns than confidence. Punjab has already adopted a similar model, and Sindh has tried partial outsourcing through…
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed the pre-arrest bail petition of a man charged with committing immoral acts with a girl child on October 3. Justice Chaudhry Sultan Mahmood heard the bail plea of the suspect, Shehroz Ali, who appeared before the court along with his counsel. Opposing the…
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