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Schools In Punjab Mull Early Summer Vacation If Heat Persists

LAHORE: Schools across Punjab have been advised to alter working hours or declare early summer holidays if excessive heat persists. The Punjab Disaster Mana­­gement Authority (PDMA) has issued urgent directives to educational instit­utions and district admi­nistrations across the province in view of heatwave threat, warning of a pote­ntial temperature surge of 4…
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Fearing Birth

AMID dramatic aid cuts, the WHO has sounded the alarm about the dangers to Pakistan’s mothers and newborns, asking global and national associates to help lower its maternal and neonatal mortalities without delay. To prevent another bleak phase — in 2020, a UN progress report said that Pakistan ranked third…
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honor killing

Woman, Infant Daughter Gunned Down For Honour In KP’s Mansehra: FIR

A woman and her 16-month-old daughter were allegedly gunned down by her relative for ‘honour’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mansehra city on Friday afternoon, according to a first information report (FIR). According to the FIR, lodged by the victim’s mother-in-law Nasreen Bibi with Mansehra’s Saddar police station on Friday, Nasreen and…
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Kidnapped Five-year-old Found Murdered In Chiniot

CHINIOT: A five-year-old boy missing since March 26 was found murdered near his home in Muslim Colony, Chenab Nagar. Muhammad Haseeb, son of Mulazim Hussain, had gone out to play but never returned. His family searched for him before lodging a kidnap case at Chenab Nagar police. On Tuesday, his…
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Maternal Uncles Among Four Who Raped, Killed Minor Girl

BAHAWALPUR: Four suspects who raped and killed an 11-year-old girl on March 24 were her relatives, with two of them her maternal uncles. Sadar police SDPO Agha Fasihuddin told media on Sunday the culprits were traced by police teams with the help of geofencing, using latest technology. The SDPO said…
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Man Arrested For Rape, Murder Of Minor Nephew

LAHORE: The Township investigation police arrested a man on the charge of raping his nine-year-old nephew and strangling him to conceal his crime. The suspect was booked on murder and other charges. The incident happened about one-and-a-half months back Initial inquiries suggested that the suspect was so clever that he…
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Women, Children Among 180 Afghans Deported At Torkham

KHYBER: The authorities deported 180 Afghans including women and children via Torkham border here on 27th March. Official sources told Dawn that these Afghans were illegally staying in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar and were deported to Afghanistan under section 14 of Foreigners Act. They said that among the total 180…
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