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WHO, Unicef Declare Maternal, Neonatal Tetanus Eliminated From Sindh

KARACHI: The province of Sindh has been declared “maternal and neonatal tetanus-free” by international experts. A debriefing session held on Monday at a local hotel was chaired by Sindh Health Secretary Rehan Iqbal Baloch and attended by officials from the federal directorate of Immunisation, EPI-Sindh, Unicef, World Health Organisation (WHO)…
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Quality Education Stressed For National Progress

LOWER DIR: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Malakand Chairman Mohammad Nasim Khan stated that no nation could develop and progress without providing quality education to its children. He was addressing a function after inaugurating a private educational institution at Shehzadi as chief guest here on Sunday. The function…
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Teenage Boy Held For Rape, Murder Of Minor Relative

SAHIWAL: Arifwala City police arrested a teenage boy on 1st December for raping and murdering his five-year-old relative near Gillani Housing Society, Chak 63/EB. The body of a five-year-old missing boy was found in a field. Reports said the child had been missing from Bhatta No 2 locality in Arifwala…
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PM Calls For Bold Steps To Address HIV Epidemic

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said healthcare is a fundamental human right and acknowledged the growing HIV epidemic in Pakistan, according to an official news agency. In his message on World AIDS Day, the PM called for bold, innovative, and sustainable interventions to address the challenge, PPI reported. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s…
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Pleas Against Outsourcing Of Public Schools Dismissed

LAHORE: Dismissing a challenge to outsourcing the management of public sector schools through the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), the Lahore High Court has observed that the policy decisions require political judgment, not legal interpretation. “Functionality of the Foundation is governed and regulated by the Government. Petitioners in fact are seeking…
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Baby Kidnapped From Larkana Hospital Recovered In Karachi

LARKANA: The Larkana police have caught a suspect in Karachi and recovered from his possession a newborn girl allegedly taken away from Shaikh Zayed Hospital for Women more than a week ago, SSP Dr Mir Rohal Khan Khoso said in a late Friday night press release on 29th November. He…
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First Adolescent, Youth-friendly Space Inaugurated In Quetta

QUETTA: In a groundbreaking initiative, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Netherlands and the School of Leadership Foundation (SLF) inaugurated the first Adolescent and Youth Friendly Space (AYFS) in Quetta under the ‘Aghaaz’ project on 30th November. This four-year initiative aims to establish AYFS centres in Islamabad, Peshawar and…
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Chess in Education Programme Launched In AJK Under PM’s Mind Sports Initiative

MUZAFFARABAD: The Chess Federation of Pakistan (CFP) on 29th November launched the ‘FIDE In-Person Training’ in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) under the Prime Minister’s National Mind Sports Initiative for Schools (NMSI), in collaboration with the territory’s elementary and secondary education and sports, youth, and culture departments. FIDE, the International…
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Constitutional Bench Calls For Swift Recovery Of Abducted Minor

• Terms confidential report on kidnapping satisfactory • Quetta protest postponed for over 10 days upon chief minister’s assurance ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench on 28th November expressed satisfaction after examining a confidential progress report on the abduction of a 10-year-old private school student kidnapped days ago from the Multani Mohalla…
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