LAHORE: All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) on 16th January protested outside the Civil Secretariat against the government decision to cut salaries, pension, and gratuity and leave encashment. Protests were held in other major cities of Punjab as well. The interim Punjab government had issued notifications for these cuts, prompting…
ISLAMABAD: Anemia, a debilitating condition affecting millions of children, adolescent girls, and women in Pakistan, is silently draining the nation’s economy. With annual losses estimated at $2.5 billion for children alone and an additional $595 million for adolescent girls and women, the total economic toll from anemia exceeds $3 billion,…
ISLAMABAD: The country reported a polio case on 16th January, marking the second consecutive day of new cases and bringing the tally for 2024 to 73. An official at the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health confirmed the detection of the 73rd wild poliovirus…
CHITRAL: The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) organised a workshop here on 15th January, highlighting the integration of education for sustainable development and climate change education into national frameworks. The event, titled “Empowering Change: A Workshop on Systems Thinking for Climate Change and Environmental Education,” was part…
LAHORE: In a significant move to prioritise and address children’s rights, Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan has announced the formation of the first-ever Parliamentary Caucus for Child Rights in the provincial assembly. The initiative aims to establish a collaborative platform to address pressing issues related to children’s welfare…
KASUR: An eight-year-old boy was burnt alive at a brick kiln on 16th January in the limits of Mandi Usmanwala police station. According to police, Ayan, whose parents worked at the brick kiln, was roasting potatoes at one of the points at the kiln, when he suddenly fell into the…
ISLAMABAD: A day after concerns were shown by lawmakers on the floor of the National Assembly, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on 14th January decided to provide an additional budget of Rs40 million to the Directorate General of Special Education, which deals with the education of special…
LARKANA: A special secretary of education department on 15th January began probe into reports of open sale in the town’s markets of textbooks published by Sindh Textbook Board for free distribution in government schools. Special Secretary (admin, coordination & law) Syed Imdad Ali Shah, who was appointed by secretary of…
KARACHI: While police have failed to recover a minor boy kidnapped over a week ago in North Karachi, the kidnapping of two more children has sent ripples of concern among people, forcing the Sindh chief minister to order police to take practical measures for their immediate recovery. The CM not…
BAHAWALPUR: Three minor boys, one of them mentally-challenged, were allegedly raped by as many suspects, including a prayer leader and an 11-year-old boy, in separate incidents in the limits of different police stations in Lodhran district during the past 24 hours. According to police, in the first incident, a prayer…
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