RAWALPINDI: A mother of three was allegedly tortured to death by her husband due to some domestic issues, police said on 15th August. An FIR has been filed against her husband and children for murder and concealing evidence of the crime. Ghulam Akhtar, a resident of Kot Adu (District Muzaffargarh),…
NAROWAL: Female teachers in the Sialkot district will be provided with e-bikes with the support of the business community. Sialkot Deputy Commissioner Saba Asghar Ali told Dawn that as per the vision of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, a comprehensive plan had been devised with the help of the local business…
LAHORE: The Hanjarwal police arrested a school principal for allegedly sexually harassing a Class IV minor female student. The minor girl’s mother, in her complaint to the police alleged that the suspect, was involved in immoral activities and had been sexually harassing her 11-year-old daughter, a Class IV student at…
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on 13th August issued a notice to the Peshawar Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), seeking its response to the petition of a visually impaired female student, who claimed that she was deprived of third position in the recently announced results of secondary school…
LAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has launched Phase II of the School Nutrition Programmme. In this connection, a consultative meeting between the PFA and a UNICEF team was held on August 12, said a PFA handout. PFA Planning & Coordination Director Muneer Hussain Chopra gave a detailed briefing about…
ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the alarming situation of violence against children in the federal capital, with systemic gaps in the criminal justice system for such offenses, a civil society organisation has sought specialised investigation unit sought to handle child abuse cases and violence. In its report, the Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO)…
SAHIWAL: A 12-year old seminary student was gang-raped by two youths on the mosque premises at Chak 90/6-R. According to reports, the victim, son of a grocery shop owner in the village had been attending the mosque for Hifz-i-Quran. The complainant said that over the past two weeks, he noticed…
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Terrorists blew up a government high school building in Birmal tehsil of Lower South Waziristan early on 10th August, the police said. Birmal circle DSP Asghar Ali Shah told Dawn on phone that terrorists planted explosives along the school’s boundary wall as well as inside the premises before fleeing the…
LAHORE: The national and provincial leaderships have reaffirmed their commitment to eliminate polio from Pakistan by finalising a comprehensive “Road to Zero” strategy during a two-day National Polio Management Team (NPMT) meeting, which concluded here on 8th August. Chaired by Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio, Ms Ayesha Raza Farooq,…
LAHORE: An elderly man allegedly slit the throats of his daughter and her three children, who have been living with him in his house in Multan, on 8th August. Police said Irshad Bibi (36) had been living with his father, Waris Khokhar, in his house at Basti Malook, along with…
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