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Public-private Health Initiative Transforms Child Care In Slums

KARACHI: A public-private child health initiative launched in the city’s urban slums over two years ago has seen significant improvements in the nutrition and immunisation status of children, presenting a roadmap for scaling up the model in other parts of the province, officials associated with the project shared on 27th…
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CM Launches Welfare Initiatives For Orphans, Widows

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on 26th May launched two flagship welfare initiatives – Roshan Mustaqbil Card and Sahara Card – aimed at supporting orphans and widows. A statement issued here said that the initiatives were launched at a ceremony held at the Chief Minister’s House with…
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310 Teachers Issued Notices For Being Absent, Late

CHINIOT: The District Education Authority (DEA) has issued show-cause notices to 310 teachers of government schools for being absent from duty or being late during the month of April. Apart from the regular visits of monitoring staff, the Punjab School Education Department (SED) has devised a new monitoring mechanism in…
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Unified National Response To Education Emergency Stressed

ISLAMABAD: Convener of Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights (PCCR) Dr Nikhat Shakeel Khan on 26th May highlighted the urgent need for a unified national response to Pakistan’s education emergency. She emphasised the pivotal role of parliamentarians in addressing this challenge and introduced the PCCR’s flagship report, ‘Parliamentary Engagement for National…
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45m Children To Be Targeted As Polio Drive Begins

ISLAMABAD: With a countrywide week-long drive against the crippling disease set to begin today (26th May), Prime Mini­ster’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication Ayesha Raza Farooq launched the third National Immun­isation Days (NIDs) campaign of the year on 25th May. At a ceremony organised at the National Emer­gency Operations Centre,…
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CCD Reunites 44 Missing Kids With Their Families

LAHORE: Punjab Crime Control Department (CCD) reunited 44 missing children recovered from across the province with their families at a ceremony held at the Central Police Office here on 23rd May. Some of these children had fallen prey to drugs, physical abuse, while others had run away from their homes…
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Sindh Assembly Allows Bureaucrats To Lead Education Boards In Sindh

KARACHI: Lawmakers finally gave bureaucrats the go-ahead to lead the intermediate and secondary education boards in the province as the Sindh Assembly adopted the controversial bill with a majority vote on 23rd May. The Sindh Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment) Bill, tabled in the assembly on Jan 27, 2025, contained…
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Punjab Home Dept Drive Against Sexual Abuse Of Children

LAHORE: The Punjab home department has launched an awareness campaign for children to save them from sexual harassment under the chief minister’s “Safe Children, Safe Punjab” vision. In this connection, the home department has developed a special animated films series to raise awareness among the children about “good and bad…
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