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SED Urged To Raise Awareness About Good And Bad Touch

LAHORE: Taking cognizance of rising incidents of child abuse in recent months, the Punjab home department has written a letter to the school education department (SED) urging it to educate school children about personal safety. In a letter addressed to the SED secretary, the home department has requested that the…
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Special Persons To Have Access To Best Learning Facilities: Official

ISLAMABAD: Special Education Director General Asif Iqbal Bhatti on 12th March said that the National Library and Resource Centre will be turned into a hub of learning activities for special persons. He said that the facility would be equipped with Braille-based devices, Chrome books and other latest IT accessibility tools.…
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Polio Fight Is A National Responsibility, Says Minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Syed Mustafa Kamal on 12th March announced that polio eradication would be considered as a national res­ponsibility and vowed to take all possible steps during his tenure to make the country free of the virus. He expressed these views during a visit to the National…
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Community-driven Incentives Boost Child Health In Rural Areas, Study Finds

KARACHI: A local study recently published in an international journal highlights how community-driven incentives in rural areas can significantly increase breastfeeding, immunisation, and oral rehydration rates — three critical factors directly linked to child mortality in Pakistan. Published in The Lancet Global Health, the study was conducted by researchers from…
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Girl, Mother Die By Suicide In Lakki Marwat

LAKKI MARWAT: A girl and her mother allegedly died by suicide inside their house in Asgharkhel area of Lakki Marwat district on 9th March, the police said. They said the incident occurred in the limits of Shahbazkhel police station. They said the bodies were transported to the District Headquarters Hospital…
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Landlord Among Six Booked For Rape, Abortion Of Minor Maid

BAHAWALNAGAR: District police booked a landlord and his five accomplices on the charge of raping his minor maid and aborting her child in connivance with two midwives when she got pregnant. The FIR registered with Mandi Sadiq Ganj police on March 7 stated that a landlord of village Matwala, along…
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Teacher Support

SOMEONE recently reminded me we don’t need great resources for teaching. A good teacher can teach under a tree. While this may have been true in another time, contemporary demands of technological integration in learning necessitate the development of infrastructure and a set of skills for the 21st century. The…
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Minor Bride Sold By Stepfather For Rs50,000 Rescued

TAXILA: Police in Attock have rescued a 12-year-old girl from Khagwani village in Hazro Town after raiding a wedding ceremony. The girl was reportedly sold for Rs50,000 by her stepfather to the 60-year-old bridegroom, a TB patient and a donkey cart driver by profession. Police booked nine persons including the…
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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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