RAWALPINDI: Al-Shifa Trust has called for mandatory eye screenings in schools, stressing that early detection and treatment of vision problems can significantly reduce the risk of childhood blindness. Talking to the media, president of Al-Shifa Trust retired Maj-Gen Rehmat Khan said that while some eye health initiatives exist, they are…
ISLAMABAD: Health authorities have confirmed a new case of wild poliovirus in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, marking the first instance of the virus reported from the region. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed a new case in 23-month-old male child…
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has initiated the process to extend the Medical Teaching Institutions Reforms Act to Khyber Institute of Child Health Peshawar and Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital Swat. In a letter, the department directed the medical superintendent of the SGTH Swat and director of the KICH…
KARACHI: The Sindh Education Department has stated that five million sets of books have been printed and delivered to government schools free of cost. In a statement issued here on Sunday, the department said that the Sindh Textbook Board (STBB) has completed the distribution of free textbooks across the province…
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur here on 1st June announced to provide furniture to all enrolled students of government schools under the educational emergency. He directed relevant authorities to ensure that provision of furniture to every government school was completed during the next fiscal year. He said that…
LOWER DIR: Despite Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s claims of imposing an ‘education emergency’, the dismal condition of a primary school in Tangu Manz area of Rabat Dara paints a different picture. During a visit to the school on Saturday, social activist Daim Shah told journalists that over 700 boys and girls…
KARACHI: The academic year in schools across Sindh started in April but despite the passage of around two months, there is a persistent shortage of textbooks for classes one to matric as hardly any class’s complete course pack is available in the market. A visit to the Urdu Bazaar has…
BAJAUR: A student was injured after he was allegedly tortured by teacher of a government primary school in Lowi Mamond tehsil here on 31st May, the victim’s father and police said. Talking to reporters, Mohammad Bilal, a resident of Kitkoot area, alleged his 11-year-old son, Mohammad Hazrat, a student of…
GILGIT: Despite rain and winds in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan on 31st May, government schoolteachers continued to boycott classes and hold a protest sit-in for a sixth consecutive day to press the authorities for their one-point agenda of long overdue promotions. Academic activities at government schools across Gilgit-Baltistan have been suspended…
QUETTA: Media professionals issued a powerful call for the government to prioritise the protection and preservation of the country’s future potential through child-focused interventions. These include improving child survival, enhancing cognitive development through nutritional support, ensuring equal educational opportunities, and promoting child-responsive budgeting. A key strategy for achieving these outcomes…
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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