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Minor girl tortured to death by her employer, his sisters

A minor girl employed as a domestic help had allegedly been tortured by her employer and his two sisters to death in Nemat Colony No 2 locality of Faisalabad. According to the first information report (FIR) registered under sections 302 and 34 of the the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), complainant…
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Call to upgrade school for differently-abled children

Residents of Bannu district, including political and social activists, have asked the provincial government to upgrade the school for children with disability to high level. Talking to reporters on 23rd Feb 2024, they said the population of differently-abled children was in the thousands but they lacked educational and other facilities.…
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Spike in suicides in Pakistan

THIS is with reference to the report `Man kills wife, three kids before committing suicide` (Jan 23). According to a survey, between 15 and 35 individuals take their own lives in Pakistan every day. Shockingly, Pakistan is ranked 72nd globally, with a suicide mortality rate of 9.8 per 100,000 population.…
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Importance of climate justice

The World Day of Social Justice is celebrated every year on February 20. The International Labour Organization (ILO) unanimously adopted the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization on June 10, 2008 and termed equal opportunities for development and seeking justice as important pillars for the prosperity of…
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Poliovirus found in Lasbela sewage sample

According to a news report, an environmental sample collected from Balochistan’s Lasbela district has tested positive for wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). The virus was found in a sewage sample collected from Lasbela, an official of the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH)…
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