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Addict Strangles Minor Daughter Over Drug Money

TOBA TEK SINGH: A drug addict allegedly strangled his five-year-old daughter in Jaranwala tehsil, Chak 240 GB, after his wife refused to give him money to buy narcotics. The wife of suspect Zakir Hussain told police that the suspect, in a fit of anger, grabbed his daughter Aliya Bibi and…
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THE SCREEN-TIME TRAP

It’s a common scenario. A parent wants to do some chores or wants some free time for his or her self and the child may be causing disruptions or being clingy. Finding no other way to distract the child, the parent gives his/her smartphone to the child to keep them…
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Children In Jails

PAKISTAN’S children in prison have often been treated like adult criminals. The Sindh government’s programme to educate 4,684 children of convicted prisoners in the province is a glimmer of light in a dark space. The scheme — an initiative of the education and prisons departments and Paigham-i-Pakistan — offers complete…
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Rapist Of Daughters Gets Life Jail

BAHAWALNAGAR: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sarfraz Ahmad sentenced a resident of Koryan Wali village to double life imprisonment on 14th March for raping his daughters. A case was registered against him on Feb 2, 2024. According to the FIR lodged at Saddar police station by the rape survivors’ mother,…
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Two Get Life Term For Raping Children

CHINIOT: Two rapists of minor children were awarded life term on 14th March in separate cases in the district. Additional and District Sessions Judge Javed Iqbal has awarded life imprisonment to one Iftikhar Ilyas Mahnga and imposed Rs100,000 fine on him for kidnapping and raping a minor girl about a…
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Dir Girls’ School Short Of Teachers

LOWER DIR: The elders of Nagri Bala village of Talash on 13th March said that the local primary school for girls was short of teachers. Talking to journalists in Timergara, the elders including Shakirullah, Ghaniur Rehman, Iqbal Hussain and Shah Khalid urged provincial minister for education, director of education depart…
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Mansehra Teacher Held For Harassing, Blackmailing Students

MANSEHRA: Police claimed to have arrested a schoolteacher here for harassing and blackmailing female students. “A blackmail victim’s brother approached the police with objectionable video clips made by the teacher in a classroom of the Government High School Chandor, so I formed an investigation team headed by the senior superintendent…
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12 Newly-built Schools In Bara Handed Over To Education Dept

KHYBER: Communication and Works department handed over 12 newly-built primary schools to the education department in Bara. The schools, destroyed by terrorists, were reconstructed with the financial assistance of China Aid. Officials in education department told this scribe that the 12 new schools included six each for boys and girls…
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Cleric Arrested For Assaulting Two Minors

PESHAWAR: Badhber police arrested a cleric on charges of assaulting two minors in Telaband area on the outskirts of the provincial capital on 12th March. Father of one of the minors told Badhber police that his nine-year-old daughter and 11-year-old nephew were enrolled in a seminary in Telaband area. He…
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Enrollment In Public Schools Improves

LAHORE: The Punjab government claimed on 12th March to have increased enrollment in public schools from 242,000 to 368,000 and number of teachers from 8,037 to 15,114 across the province under Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s Public School Organisation Programme. According to a news release, the programme is going on successfully…
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UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Child Rights, Saba Qamar, highlights the impact of child marriage on young girls’ futures and calls for unified action to protect children.

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