Islamabad: Pakistan Meteorological Department Climate Change Impact and Integration Cell (CIIC) at Meteorological Headquarters has issued a dengue alert on September 15 saying the historical trends, current and future climate outlook and the widespread inundation caused by flood like condition across the country show that certain parameters are creating an…
ISLAMABAD: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), in collaboration with Legal Aid Society (LAS), has launched a comprehensive documentary and research report to understand the drivers of forced conversion through marriages (FCM) and its multidimensional impact on survivors, religious minority communities (RMCs), and Pakistani society. The research report and the…
JHANG: The district administration has rescued 423,594 people and 223,424 animals during the recent devastating floods, relocating them to safe areas. Relief efforts included the distribution of 12,901 ration bags across all four tehsils and the provision of large quantities of fodder for livestock, including 214,120 kilogrammes of green fodder…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported two more cases of polio from southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising the tally for the current year to 26. According to an official of the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at National Institute of Health (NIH), the two girls tested positive in North Waziristan and Lakki…
ISLAMABAD: Convener of the Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights (PCCR) MNA Dr Nikhat Shakeel Khan has urged young girls to take benefit from the vaccination campaign launched by the government against Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and vaccinate against the virus being the leading cause of cervical cancer. “Today marks an important…
Pakistan is home to over 53 million boys under 18, forming a significant part of its 106 million child population. Yet, challenges remain acute: nearly 27% of boys aged 5–16 are out of school, and an estimated 3.4 million children are engaged in child labour, with boys forming the majority.…
LAHORE: A resolution to ban TikTok was submitted in the Punjab Assembly. The resolution has been presented by opposition member Farrukh Javed Moon, in which the federal government has been requested to completely ban TikTok in Pakistan. The text of the submitted resolution stated that in Pakistan, TikTok mafia was…
The Sindh Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (STEVTA) has launched a groundbreaking initiative aimed at rehabilitating juvenile prisoners through modern skills training. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between STEVTA and the Tasawwur-e-Umeed Foundation at the Central Jail Karachi to formalise the collaboration. Following the signing ceremony, Junaid…
Pakistan is on the cusp of a major public health breakthrough. From September 15 to 27, the country will launch its first-ever national HPV vaccination campaign – an ambitious yet necessary initiative aimed at protecting millions of girls from cervical cancer, a disease that claims thousands of lives each year…
• NICVD, AKUH collaborate to save child from a type of inherited arrhythmia syndrome • Expert says rare surgical procedure is carried out by a few centres in US, Canada KARACHI: Amidst a constant flow of distressing news emerging from their hometown in flood-hit Multan, Sajid Hussain and his wife…
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