ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health on 11th February confirmed the detection of 74th wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of the year 2024 in the country. On Tuesday, the lab confirmed one polio case in Shikarpur district of Sindh. This is…
ISLAMABAD: Parents of over 700 children initially refused to vaccinate their kids against polio in the latest anti-polio campaign which lasted from Feb 3 to Feb 9 in the federal capital. However, the capital administration managed to convince the parents after the intervention of Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon. An official of…
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has acquitted four persons and set aside the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to them by a child protection court for allegedly abducting a teenage girl and forcing her to marriage with one of them in Swat district. A bench consisting of Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar…
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police arrested a suspect involved in the case of and murder of a minor girl on 9th February. According to the first information report (FIR) registered with Iqbalabad Police Station, the complainant, a resident of Bahudipur Machian, told police that his 12-year-old sister resided with him. On…
KHYBER: The Khyber district administration has released one month’s salary of five teachers of as many community schools in Upper Bara area. Sources in Upper Bara said that the district education department had earlier refused to ‘own’ these five community schools and pay salary to its teachers despite repeated appeals…
KHUZDAR: Police safely recovered Asma Jattak, who was abducted two days ago from Khuzdar, during a raid in Zehri town on 8th February and arrested 14 suspects. However, the main accused, Zahoor Zehri, remains at large. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Kalat Range, Sohail Khalid, confirmed the recovery at a…
ISLAMABAD: Climate change has significantly disrupted education worldwide, with students in Pakistan losing 97 school days — 54 percent of a typical academic year — between 2023 and 2024. This alarming statistic was highlighted during a panel discussion titled, “Climate Education: Safeguarding and Empowering Children and Youth in a Changing World” under the…
MANSEHRA: The Upper Kohistan administration on 7th February claimed that anti-polio drops had been administered to children in the district’s snowbound areas as well. “Our vaccination teams have covered snowbound parts during the ongoing drive, with anti-polio drops being given away to 681 out of 763 targeted local children,” Upper…
MUZAFFARGARH: A man’s heartless act of hanging his child from a tree was thwarted as the child’s screams attracted locals who rescued him in Basti Makwal in the Shahjamal police area. The police responded a call and saved the four-year-old boy’s life on the night of February 6. Four-year-old Muhammad…
RAWALPINDI: A teenage pregnant girl was allegedly murdered while a man was gunned down by his rivals over an old enmity in the Civil Lines police area, the police said on 7th February. Syed Ahmad, a resident of Khayaban-i-Sir Syed, lodged an FIR with the police that his 17-year-old daughter…
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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