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Probe Into Trans Child’s Expulsion

MUZAFFARGARH: The deputy commissioner has asked the Chief Executive Officer of Education Miss Mah Jabeen to look into reports that a government school for special children in Alipur has expelled a class five student for being transgender. DC Quratul Ain promised action against responsible officials if the transgender allegation was…
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KP Textbook Board Stopped From Executing Contracts With Publishers

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on 4th March temporarily stopped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board (KPTBB) from executing profit-sharing contracts with eight private publishers for publishing of textbooks for grade 9 to 12. A bench consisting of Justice Wiqar Ahmad and Justice Sabitullah Khan issued notices to the respondents including the KPTBB…
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40 Schools In Residential Buildings Sealed

GUJRANWALA: A joint team of the district administration and Metropolitan Corporations (MC) on 3rd March sealed more than 40 private schools being run in residential buildings. The team was led by City Assistant Commissioner (AC) Iqra Mobeen Gondal, while MC Chief Officer Haider Chattha accompanied her. The AC said that…
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Minor Girl Raped, Found Abandoned On Road

KARACHI: Unknown criminals kidnapped a 12-year-old girl in Surjani Town, subjected her to sexual assault and torture before throwing her out of a car in the Scheme-33 area on 3rd March, police said. Surjani Town SHO Ghulam Husain Pirzada said the girl had left her home in Yusuf Goth on…
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High Court Allows Govt Two Months For Updating Nikahnama

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has allowed two months’ time to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for introduction and implementation of an updated Nikahnama and enforcement of a law on premarital screening for thalassaemia and Hepatitis-C. A bench consisting of Justice Mohammad Ijaz Khan and Justice Syed Mudasser Ameer was requested by an…
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Girl Raped, Murdered In Layyah

MUZAFFARGARH: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in the Kot Sultan area of district Layyah. The incident triggered anger among the local residents. Police have arrested the suspect and launched an investigation. According to the first information report, the alleged rape victim, a student of Government Girls Primary…
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Kohat Villagers Demand Facilities In Schools

KOHAT: Elders from a far-flung village in Ghorazai Payan area here have demanded basic facilities in the local girls and boys schools and an end to unannounced power loadshedding and gas outages and low pressure. In a joint message on March 1, retired Subedar Zahoor Khan, Haji Ikhtiar Khan, Khudai…
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Seminary Teacher Held For Torturing Minor Student

BAHAWALPUR: Police on 1st March arrested a seminary teacher for allegedly torturing his 10 years old pupil at Madressah Jamia Ghausuia in the limits of Thingi police station in Vehari district. Qari Shabaan’s arrest was made on the complaint of Muhammad Akram, father of torture victim Muhammad Waqas. Police registered…
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Boy Tortured In Unlawful Custody Sent To Juvenile Jail

UMERKOT: A teenage youth arrested by the Dhoronaro police station of Umerkot city in a firing case was produced in the district and sessions court on 1st March and was granted bail in one of the two FIRs registered against him. The family and lawyer of the suspect, Allah Bachayo…
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Centre, Punjab Row Deepens Over Polio Detection

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The country has reported the sixth polio case of the year, this time from Sindh, amid an ongoing controversy over the detection of a case in Punjab. Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Ayesha Raza Farooq defended the country’s polio eradication efforts, particularly in Punjab, which she said leads…
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