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Balochistan DCs Discuss Efforts To Curb Polio

QUETTA: After almost a dozen cases of poliovirus in Balochistan since January, an emergency meeting was held in Quetta on 18 August, attended by the deputy commissioners of all 35 districts of the province. The meeting was held to prepare a strategy for the fight against the polio virus, which…
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13-year-old Held On Charge Of Killing Boy

GUJAR KHAN: Jhelum police have solved the blind murder of a six-year-old boy by arresting his 13-year-old relative. Abdul Jabbar, a resident of Kotha Purana area, told Kala Gujaran police on August 6 that the body of his son, Usman, with his throat slit was found under a tree near…
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Private Sector To Take Over 1,000 Schools In RYK

RAHIM YAR KHAN: The Punjab School Education Department (SED) has decided to privatise government schools under a public-private partnership model in the coming months and Rahim Yar Khan will be the most affected district with the private sector taking over the maximum number of schools — 1,000 out of 2,777…
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Conference of Parties (COP) in Pakistan

As the climate crisis continues to escalate, the pressure to implement sectoral policies will also increase. It is often said that climate change is multi-sectoral therefore making it difficult to implement policies after the 18th Amendment. However, beyond that, no mention is made of how to bridge the gap between…
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Drive To Enrol 500,000 Children In Punjab Schools

LAHORE: The Punjab School Education Department on Saturday announced the ‘Back to School Campaign’, aiming at enrolling 500,000 children under the ‘Parho or Jagmagao’ slogan. Punjab Minister for School Education Rana Sikandar Hayat chaired a review meeting on the campaign. He emphasised the need to execute the campaign with full…
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NA Body Wants Modern Education Facilities In Capital’s Rural Areas

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Friday stressed the need for modern educational facilities in the rural areas of the federal capital. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training at a meeting chaired by Dr Azimuddin Zahid Lakhvi discussed various agenda items, including the ongoing face-lifting and…
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Polio

Punjab Facing Polio Virus Risk Due To Population Movement

LAHORE: Chief Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Uzma Kardar has said that Pakistan and Afghanistan’s future as polio-free countries are interlinked, reiterating that until the situation improves in Afghanistan, Pakistan cannot eradicate the virus. She expressed these views during her visit to the Emergency Operation Centre of Punjab where she…
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Teacher Arrested For Beating Up Student

SWAT: The Mingora police on August 13 booked a teacher and later arrested him after a resident complained that his nine-year-old son was beaten up by the accused in the school, leaving him injured. Asad, a resident of Mingora, reported that his son, who is in grade four, was severely…
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Polio

NA Body Concerned Over Rising Polio Cases

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services on Tuesday highlighted on the urgent issues of vaccine distribution and the troubling resurgence of polio cases in the country. The committee at a meeting, chaired by Dr. Mahesh Kumar Malani, assessed the working and performance of the Federal Directorate…
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