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Karachi, Dhaka To Receive 5.4m Climate Migrants By 2050: UN

ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Dhaka will be the only two cities in Asia-Pacific region among the 10 cities of the Global South that will receive eight million climate mig­rants by 2050 if the world warms by more than 1.5 centigrade above pre-industrial levels, a UN study finds. Of those 10 cities,…

Distribution Of Free Textbooks To Begin In Khyber Next Week

KHYBER: The education department will start the distribution of free textbooks among the students of all government schools from next week in Khyber tribal district with officials conceding an overall deficiency of 30 percent in comparison to their required number of books. Officials said that textbooks were already dispatched to…

Teenage Girl Dies After Quack Administers IV Drip In Malir

KARACHI: A teenage girl died during treatment by an alleged quack in the Malir area, police said on 22nd March. Malir City SHO Farasat Shah said that the 15-year-old girl, identified as Nusrat Wahid, complained of pain due to fasting, and her family took her to a local clinic in…

Mystery Shrouds Mansehra Schoolgirl’s Death On Campus

MANSEHRA: As mystery surrounded a schoolgirl’s death on campus in the Hilkot area here on 22nd March, the police began an investigation. “We’re trying to ascertain what exactly happened to the girl,” additional SHO of the Battal police station Shujaat Hussain Shah told reporters. He said the body was shifted…

Dir School Heads Told To Ensure Success Of Enrolment Drive

LOWER DIR: District education officer Inayatullah Khan has directed school heads to ensure the success of the upcoming enrolment drive by bringing out-of-school children to public sector educational institutions. He was addressing a meeting of headmasters and principals of government middle, high and higher secondary schools at the Balambat Education…

Children’s Creative Talent Celebrated At Competition

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) celebrated the creativity and imagination of young artists from across Pakistan at its A.R. Nagori National Art Competition. Launched on World Children’s Day 2024, the competition provided a platform for children to express their unique interpretations of happiness through art.…

Mother, Stepfather Held For Killing Minor Boy

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The police have arrested the mother and stepfather of a six-year-old boy, whose body was recovered from a graveyard here in the small hours of 20th March. Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Hafiz Mohammad Adnan said on March 21 that the boy was murdered by his stepfather, with…

Eid Polio Vaccination Plan In 15 Districts

LAHORE: Anticipating the mass movement of people during Ramazan and Eid holidays, an Eid vaccination plan to curb polio virus transmission has been rolled out in 15 district of Punjab. As a part of the plan, the Punjab government will deploy polio teams on the major exit and entry points,…

Special Children Mesmerise Audiences With Spectacular Performances

ISLAMABAD: Breathtaking performances by special children with a particularly heartwarming rendition of the national anthem in sign language and brilliant artwork mesmerised audiences at the National Special Education Centre for Hearing Impaired Children on 20th March. The event titled, “Special Abilities Expo & Spring Plantation Drive”, was organised by the…
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